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Week In Review: A Bizarre Accident, Ambitious Attorneys & Joe's New Day

A weekly rundown of the stories readers found most interesting over the last seven days.

 

Week in Review is a rundown of the most popular stories posted on Inver Grove Heights Patch over the last seven days.  

This week we covered the bizarre freezing weather, the closure of Highway 52, police news and the death of an Inver Grove Heights man. We also featured announcements from the football team, a student hoping to attain Eagle Scout and a blog from the . 

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But the Week in Review is about what has most peaked the interest of the public. And with that, the list is limited to just the top five. 

In order of descending popularity, the week's most popular stories were the following:

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This one proved to be rather controversial. It's a small space across from the High School but readers pointed out difficulties with access and square footage.

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Attorneys for former  pastor Leon Piepenbrink are hoping a Dakota County judge will grant an Apr. 9 motion to suppress what prosecutors are calling an admission of guilt in a case in which Piepenbrink faces seven felony counts of theft by swindle.  

3.

A 19-year-old St. Paul man died after an accident on the eastbound lanes of Mendota Bridge, according to the Minnesota State Patrol.

2.

Assistant Dakota County Attorney Kevin Golden filed a Notice of Intent seeking the maximum sentence for three .

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Mayor George Tourville decreed 'Joe Kennedy Day' in front of a packed city council chambers. Few eyes stayed dry once Joe's mother Valerie stepped in front of the microphone.  

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