Candlelit Tours At LeDuc+New Children's Exhibit Coming To Lawshe

Get on up, Mendota Heights! Let's get this day started. Here's everything you need to know about what's happening today in Mendota Heights.

First, today's weather:

Mainly cloudy and warm. High: 72 Low: 61.

Here are the top stories in Mendota Heights today:

1. The Dakota County Historical Society will host the annual Candlelit Tours events at the LeDuc Historic Estate from Oct. 16- 17.(Mendota Heights Patch)
2. The Dakota County Historical Society has been awarded a Community Ties Giving Program Community Spaces grant, which will be used to design a new children's exhibit for the Lawshe Museum. (Mendota Heights Patch)
3. The Dakota-Scott Workforce Development Board has elected Vance Boelter as chair and Mike Forbord as vice chair. (Mendota Heights Patch)

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Today in Mendota Heights:

• Friends of the Wescott Library Book Sale (9:00 a.m.)
• Heritage Library Afternoon Book Discussion Group (12:30 p.m.)
• Housing Crisis Support Services - Wentworth Library (1:00 p.m.)
• Friends of the Pleasant Hill Library Book Sale: Member Preview Night (5:00 p.m.)
• LeDuc History Book Discussion Group - Wentworth Library (6:30 p.m.)
• Club Book With Kate Quinn Online - Wentworth Library (7:00 p.m.)
• Fall Bird Watching Online - Wentworth Library (7:00 p.m.)

Mendota Heights Patch Notebook

• Mendota Elementary PTA: "Our Kindergarteners visited the Mendota Pumpkin Patch today! Each Spring our outgoing 4th graders plant the patch as a welcome present for our Kindergarteners!..." (Facebook)
• School District 197: "This week Somerset Elementary KICKED off National Bullying Prevention Month with KINDNESS! The entire school is participating in their Kindness In Chalk event..." (Facebook)
• School District 197: "School District 197 will be hosting two community meetings that are open to anyone in the community who would like to gather more information about the Fall 2021 Operating Levy Election..." (Facebook)
• City of Mendota Heights: "Save the date for fun with the little ones at this free upcoming event!" (Facebook)
• Saint Thomas Academy: "This week we continue celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month with another interesting fact: Hércules Florence, a French-Brazilian inventor, is considered one of the pioneers of photography..." (Facebook)

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• Social Security Seminar (Oct. 11)
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• Taxes in Retirement Webinar (Oct. 18)
• Pine Bend Bluffs brush haul + celebration! (Oct. 30)
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— Morgan Reddekopp

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I grew up in Eagan, MN before attending Winona State University where I majored in Creative Digital Media and minored in Journalism and Creative Writing. I am very excited to be a reporter in my hometown! In my free time, I like to paint, draw and write. I am currently working on my poetry manuscript, and also enjoy hiking and being outdoors.

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