Dakota County is paving an existing dirt trail in Thompson Park, connecting Dakota Lodge to the River-to-River Greenway trail.

Dakota County is paving an existing dirt trail in Thompson Park, connecting Dakota Lodge to the River-to-River Greenway trail.
A local artist designed and installed fairy doors in 16 parks across West St. Paul. “Hopefully, this spurs more curiosity,” said Travis Olson.
West St. Paul can thank James Kennedy for its current plethora of parks as well as recreation programming. City Council named Kennedy Park after him in recognition of his contributions.
If you’ve been by Garlough Park lately, you may have noticed the formerly dense forest is now wide open. It looks like a bomb went off, with shredded debris on the ground and nothing but mature trees still standing.
We ask the candidates for Dakota County commissioner District 2 about parks.
A major pedestrian and bicycle upgrade came to West St. Paul last year with the opening of the Robert Street underpass. We look at the project one year later.