Last week first responders took local kids holiday shopping as part of the Heroes and Helpers program. This year’s event helped 39 families and 68 kids.

Last week first responders took local kids holiday shopping as part of the Heroes and Helpers program. This year’s event helped 39 families and 68 kids.
West St. Paul Police and South Metro Fire are teaming up to fight breast cancer with pink patches and the annual charity hockey game.
West St. Paul Police and South Metro Fire teamed up to offer Heroes and Helpers, a program where kids pair up with a police officer or fire fighter to buy presents for their family.
Watch the Optimist Club Talk ‘n Tacos Candidate Forum event featuring seven of the ISD 197 school board candidates.
West St. Paul City Council learned about ranked choice voting and the coming Moreland Avenue reconstruction project in 2021, and also awarded small business grants to 21 West St. Paul businesses for COVID-19 loses.
Six months into the pandemic, we check in on how local businesses are doing. A few have closed, a few are actually opening, and a lot are adapting.