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The simulated shotgun blast that crashed through the empty halls of Roseville Area High School the morning of Sunday, Nov. 18, sounded all too real.

Residents of the north suburbs got a break this year from major construction projects on the area’s biggest east/west corridors, though another one is coming up for 2019.

Though PJW Automotive had serviced its last car two weeks prior, the former New Brighton auto shop’s owner, Pat Whelan, was still there Nov. 14, breaking down the business he’d spent half his life building up.

My sister Sue and I had been thinking about taking a trip together — maybe to New England for fall colors — but the day after Sen. John McCain’s funeral in Washington, D.C., she suggested we go there instead.

In a day when technology reigns, the Inver Grove Heights Police Department decided to turn to the devices that are almost always attached to people’s hands to help fight crime.

Challenges remain ahead

It could be a busy time for the Inver Grove Heights Parks and Recreation Commission as it explores the idea of a barrier-free playground. 

Reveal comes as development work stalls

NAMI Minnesota, a part of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, presented Sanjana Dutt with a Transforming Attitudes Award at its annual conference held in St. Paul on Nov. 3.

The Falcon Heights City Council was happy to give final approval Nov. 14 to a senior housing complex that will be built on Larpenteur Avenue. It should be complete in a year.