Sunday, July 29, 2012
A train/pedestrian accident took a life in Fridley, and Braemar will get a makeover as we tour the news from the western suburbs.
Editor’s Note: Every week we will bring you a sampling of stories from Patch sites in the west metro: Edina, Golden Valley, Hopkins, Maple Grove, Minnetonka, Plymouth, Richfield,Shakopee, St. Louis Park and St. Michael. New Uses: A New Kind of Resale Store After six months in Minnetonka, the store New Uses near Ridgedale has become popular with both sellers and buyers by focusing on furniture, consumer electronics, home decor and higher end appliances. Whether they’re looking to buy or sell, “Everyone’s looking for a good deal," said the store's manager. Hopkins resident: No Need to Legislate Beekeeping Hopkins has never required beekeeping permits before, so why start now? Bees are good for the environment; they pollinate our flowers, …
Saturday, July 28, 2012
Heather Arseth will compete for Mauritius in the 2012 Olympics. She is a graduate of Wayzata High School and currently attends the University of Iowa. The below story originally posted to Patch in July of 2011.
Editor's note: Heather Arseth will be swimming the 200-meter freestyle event on Monday, July 30. She will swim in Heat 1 against Aurelle Fanchette of Seychelles, Natthanan Junkrajang of Thailand, Joo Baek II of Korea and Danielle Villars of Sweden. Coverage will begin locally at 4 a.m. The 200-meter freestyle semifinals are scheduled for 1:30 p.m. local time, and the finals will be swam on Tuesday at 1:40 p.m. in Minnesota. Heather Arseth is taking the road less traveled, but she hopes that path will still lead her to the 2012 Olympic Games in London. Arseth, a 2011 Wayzata High School graduate, is eligible to swim for the Mauritius National Team because her mother, Caroline, is a native of the country. Arseth holds dual nationality and …
Friday, July 22, 2011
Plymouth resident and competitive swimmer Heather Arseth is eligible to compete for the Mauritius national team in the 2012 Olympics as well as international swimming championships this summer.
Heather Arseth is taking the road less traveled, but she hopes that path will still lead her to the 2012 Olympic Games in London. Arseth, a 2011 Wayzata High School graduate, is eligible to swim for the Mauritius National Team because her mother, Caroline, is a native of the country. Arseth holds dual nationality and she left July 15 to train and compete for Mauritius for a month. Mauritius, an island country off the coast of Madagascar, will send Arseth to the World Aquatic Championships in Shanghai, China, and the Indian Ocean Island Games in Seychelles before she returns home in mid-August. But for Arseth, the opportunity to compete at the world level is both exciting and bittersweet. Because she doesn’t live in Mauritius, she said she…
