The West St. Paul Charter Commission met earlier this week to interview candidates for a vacant seat and consider potential changes.

The West St. Paul Charter Commission met earlier this week to interview candidates for a vacant seat and consider potential changes.
The West St. Paul City Council met for the first official business meeting of the year and worked through a lot, including new development, ordinance tweaks, Moreland Avenue construction, and more. A yard sign ordinance and the definition of family prompted the most heated conversation.
Local artist Carolyn Swiszcz talks about the West St. Paul editions of her zines, which focused on local topics including Signal Hills and Granny Donuts.
The first official business meeting of the newly elected City Council includes a series of public hearings on development projects, final approval of the Moreland reconstruction project, and discussion about the residential sign ordinance.
For the first time in 132 years, West St. Paul has a female majority on City Council as newly elected members are sworn in.
In 1971, a lighted ski hill opened in the new Marthaler Park, complete with a tow rope. The ski program later closed, but remnants of the tow rope remain at the top of the hill.