Kayla Nelsen
Community Editor at Sun Thisweek
@SunThisweek Community Editor. I like learning about people and places and writing about them.
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6 days ago |
hometownsource.com | Kayla Nelsen
Julie Pulkrabek, Rosemount Police Department’s first female officer, retired after 28 years with the department. The community honored the detective’s legacy of above-and-beyond community engagement and leadership within the department at a celebration on April 25. “Julie is a change agent,” said Police Chief Mikael Dahlstrom. “She could see a problem in the department or the community and then could find a solution to remedy that.”kAm!F=<C236< 8C6H FA :?
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1 week ago |
hometownsource.com | Kayla Nelsen
Lakeville native Katrina Pete is helping aspiring artists bloom and bring floral beauty into their homes through her passion for painting. The Farmington resident's roots are in Lakeville, where she was raised and attended school. Pete went on to the University of Minnesota to study medical lab science and worked at United Hospital in St. Paul for 12 years.
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2 weeks ago |
hometownsource.com | Kayla Nelsen
Kathy Anderson of Rosemount has been supporting Minnesotans with disabilities for over 30 years and is hoping to grow the visibility of disability services in Dakota County through her role at the local organization Living Well Disability Services. Anderson began her service in 1994 as a direct care provider with Living Well. The organization, based in Mendota Heights, operates 37 homes across the Twin Cities metro areas, 18 of which are located in Dakota County.
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2 weeks ago |
hometownsource.com | Kayla Nelsen
Until May 20, Dakota County residents can submit feedback about the 2050 Vision Plan for the county parks system. The plan establishes a vision and implementation framework for parks, greenways and natural systems. The plan was drafted to respond to changing demographics in recreational trends, evaluate the need for potential new parks, greenways and natural areas and identify new partnerships and strengthen existing partnerships to establish consistent funding.
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2 weeks ago |
hometownsource.com | Kayla Nelsen
Dakota County residents can spend the summer wading through local wetlands collecting insects and plants to help scientists track ecosystem health. The volunteer program is a partnership between a handful of cities across Dakota County, the North Cannon River Watershed Management Organization and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. The Wetland Health Evaluation Program began in 1997 as a way to teach community members about wetlands while outsourcing some work from environmental scientists.
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