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News Roundup: Soccer Money Stolen, Swing Bridge Stairs and Turitto's Pizza & Submarine

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

Though you might live or work in Inver Grove Heights, chances are you follow, to some degree, what's happening in the neighboring communities. Here are the Top 5 stories from IGH as well as some of the top stories posted on area Patch sites last week.

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A wonderful video tribute to Spc. Joseph Kennedy and his family produced by our friends over at Town Square Television.

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Sharon Lee Pieske, 43, was charged Apr. 24 with stealing $1500 from a collection box used to fund the IGH Youth Soccer Association.

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The  is considering allowing DNR 2nd Lt. Alex Gutierrez to conduct a firearms safety training course inside city limits.

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This IGH icon received three new reviews and spurred plenty of comments and discussion after being featured first in our bi-weekly You Review It series. 

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The Inver Grove Heights city council narrowly approved building a set of stairs for the Rock Island Swing Bridge at the Apr. 14 council meeting. 

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George Tourville June 13, 2013 at 02:32 pm
Danette You are so right about Barbara Ave leading into the new City Hall. The Street has been in aRead More Maintenance only durning the construction of the Public Safety Building and remodel of the City Hall. The Street updates were recently discussed at a meeting in May and a improvement plan should come back to the City Council very soon. We were waiting to complete the construction of the buildings so we would not damage a new street. We may need some additional work done in the East Parking Lot and then forward a plan to get Barbara Ave fixed and looking good. Danette, thanks for your comments and concern.
Danette Malerich June 14, 2013 at 08:31 am
It looks like I need to get to more City Council meetings. I must have started coming just afterRead More that. It's only when people start participating and communicating that issues get resolved and things get done. I would encourage more citizens to make the time and go to the City Council meetings. Thank you Mayor Tourville for your prompt response.
Al Tate June 14, 2013 at 12:00 pm
Editor James Sanna - how about you or someone from Patch actually go to City Council meetings andRead More report back to us what's going on? Isn't that the job of a local news source, to report on local news? Former editor David Henke used to go to all the meetings or at least follow up on it. Why hasn't anyone else from Patch done that since he left? When will you be a local news source for us patch Sanna?
Heather Albrecht Scufsa June 11, 2013 at 11:20 pm
congrats
George Tourville June 13, 2013 at 02:39 pm
Congratulations to (Michael, Jack and Henry) for your hard work and devotion toward your Eagle ScoutRead More Award. Your leadership and community service is truly appreciated.
View from the new Mississippi River Trail near Pine Bend in Inver Grove Heights.
Al Tate June 10, 2013 at 04:05 pm
Thank you for that great info!
Steve June 11, 2013 at 10:03 am
Kristen, can you add where the trail starts also? thanks
George Tourville June 13, 2013 at 02:47 pm
The Dakota County Segment of the Mississippi River Regional Trail starts in South St Paul goes southRead More through IGH and will go to Hastings in the next couple of years. The Spring Lake Area is being worked on as we speak by Dakota County for work next spring. You can go to the Dakota County website and search under Trails for more details. It is great for walking and bikes.
Diane Baum June 7, 2013 at 10:23 am
Actually I wrote a nice blog about the Rock Island Swing Bridge park and the one comment that wasRead More posted was quite derisive!!!! Is this the apathetic opinion that our residents have of our city's parks? I sure hope not!!!! These places are for ALL of us to enjoy! There are many activities at each one, from trails to fishing, hockey and softball, soccer and playgrounds and even more! Save our parks....please speak out!
Dian Piekarski June 6, 2013 at 12:03 pm
Staffing ratios at hospitals was one of the top issues being negotiated by the union on behalf ofRead More nurses during the last strike. However, the union chose to settle for more money. The union and/or Nurses Association supports Rep. Atkins both financially and via endorsements. The bill initially was going to "mandate" staffing levels (something the union should have and could have negotiated). If the union is unable or unwilling to negotiate such an important issue on behalf of it's member nurses or their patients, what exactly is the purpose of and need for this union?
Donald Lee June 6, 2013 at 04:32 pm
Te law passed this session did not mandate staffing levels. All it did was mandate reports onRead More staffing levels. This clearly takes effort that is not going to patient care, so it cannot help patients. The union pushed hard for the reports, so it seems clear that at least the unions believe it will help them.
Peg Johnston June 17, 2013 at 10:58 am
It really upsets me to see what the CEO's at the hospitals make and yet the first thing they want toRead More cut costs on is cuuting back on nurses. They don't care that nurses are the eyes and ears of the doctors. Nurses spend time with patients and are expected to know when a patient takes a turn for the worse and to notify the doctors of the problem. They really hold the life of the patient in their hands!