East Side Newsbriefs

The number of new sexually transmitted diseases continued to rise in 2018, according to an April 30 release from the Minnesota Department of Health on its annual STD, HIV and hepatitis C statistics report.

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) confirmed an emerald ash borer (EAB) infestation in the northwest corner of the City of Inver Grove Heights. 

St. Paul Regional Water Services is hosting an open house at its treatment facility from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Thursday, May 9, as one of several activities it will be holding as part of National Drinking Water Week, May 5 - 11.

The City of Inver Grove Heights has hired a new Community Development Director, Heather Rand.

Dakota County is partnering with the rideshare company Lyft on a pilot project to provide another transportation option for people receiving home- and community-based services to get to and from work and community activities.

Inver Grove Heights Community Theatre will be performing “Cabaret” this summer. “Cabaret” is a musical set in 1931 Berlin as the Nazis are rising to power, and focuses on the nightlife at the seedy Kit Kat Klub.

Dakota County Community Development Agency’s Senior Housing Program provides affordable rental housing to Dakota County’s growing and active senior population, and serves adults age 62 and older.

Motorists traveling on westbound Interstate 494 between Bailey Road and Seventh Avenue in South St. Paul should plan for major delays as westbound I-494 is reduced to a single lane and ramp closures.

Skin cancer affects one in five Americans. It’s the most preventable and curable cancer, when caught early. Melanoma Monday, the annual kick-off to Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection & Prevention Month, is May 6.

The Minnesota Humanities Center is now accepting submissions for its 2019 Veterans’ Voices Award through July 21.