Valley Creek Road Work + Woodbury 'Medical Zone'

Happy Monday, neighbors! It's me, Jason Addy, your host of the Woodbury Daily.

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny and nice. High: 70 Low: 55.

Here are the top stories today in Woodbury:

1. Road Work To Close Lanes On Valley Creek Road For 2 Weeks (Woodbury Patch)
2. Woodbury adds 300 health-related businesses in bid to become medical zone (West Central Tribune)
3. Suspect In Fatal Woodbury Grad Party Shooting Arrested Thursday (Woodbury Patch)
4. Plenty of GOP criticism, yet few challengers for Secretary of State Steve Simon (Minneapolis Star Tribune)
5. High school football: Late-game chaos leads to East Ridge victory over rival Woodbury (TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press)

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Woodbury Patch Notebook

• US National Weather Service Twin Cities Minnesota: "If someone asks you what day it is, tell them today's the last day that we lose 3 minutes and 5 seconds of daylight per day! We slow our loss to 2 minutes and 47 seconds a day by the end of the month. Only 80 days until we start gaining ..." (Facebook)
• Saint Ambrose Catholic School: "Some of the band students from Saint Ambrose played in a small, mixed ensemble at the Woodbury Expo at Healtheast this past Saturday and did a fantastic job representing our school! Bravo on the performance and all your extra work!" (Facebook)
• New Life Academy of Woodbury: "We loved hosting our Early Ed Family Carnival tonight! Whether it was the unique balloon creations or the fun games and prizes, connecting with other friends and families was the best part of the night! #WeAreNLA" (Facebook)
• Saint Ambrose Catholic School: "Check out this peek into our school marathon. It was a fantastic day!" (Facebook)
• Woodbury, MN Police Fire EMS: "We had so much fun at Woodbury Parks & Recreation and Washington County Library's Big Truck Day on Sept. 25! If you missed us (or just need more big trucks in your life), be sure to visit us at the Fox Run Fire Station Open House this Sa..." (Facebook)
• City of Woodbury, MN - Government: "The annual Fire Prevention Week Open House is this Saturday, Oct. 9, at the Fox Run Fire Station in Woodbury. Meet local firefighters and check out our fleet of emergency response vehicles!" (Facebook)

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— Jason Addy

About me: I was born and raised in eastern Pennsylvania before earning my journalism degree at Penn State University. I recently moved to Minnesota after working for several years in Illinois as the editor of a weekly newspaper and for Patch. I look forward to telling and sharing your stories, and keeping you informed during these unprecedented times and beyond. If you've got a story, I want to hear it.

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