Mounds View

Move would make way for gun range.

The mermaid statue that once stood on top of The Mermaid in Mounds View was removed Feb. 6. 

“I can tell you, if there’s a gun club next to a place I might buy or rent, I won’t buy it or rent it,” said Mounds View resident Verne Rice. 

Education Minnesota, the state’s teacher’s union, has announced this year’s slate of candidates for the 54th Minnesota Teacher of the Year award.

Martha Rush, an educator for more than 20 years currently working as a social studies teacher for Mounds View High School, sat in the back corner of a coffee shop, her glasses resting on her nose above an inquisitively warm, teacherly smile. 

The Spring Lake Park-Blaine-Mounds View Fire Department was called to extinguish a grass fire Nov. 29 near Interstate 35W at the County Road I off-ramp, resulting in the momentary shut down of the ramps for the county road.

Gerry Tietz, president of the New Brighton/Mounds View rotary club, ended the Nov. 21 lunch meeting with a proclamation; it’s a new era for the rotary club. 

Mounds View High School sent five of its swimmers to the state meet Nov. 16-18. The girls swim and dive state championships were held at the University of Minnesota in the Jean K. Freeman Aquatic Center.

Some 69 members strong, the Mounds View High School girls swim and dive team concluded its regular season by defeating its last four opponents and finishing seventh at the true team state meet, ahead of rival East Ridge. 

ELECTION 2017

2 new board members elected, one incumbent reelected

The Mounds View School District is growing.