Oct. 21: Trick-or-Teeing
5-7 p.m.
Par 3 Community Golf Course
Celebrate the season by taking your little ghosts or goblins for a spooktacular trick-or-teeing experience! Get in costume and visit six golf course holes for a treat and enjoy the festive games and activities!
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Oct. 21: Paper Shredding Event
9 a.m.-Noon
Mendakota Park
Shred and recycle confidential material. Pioneer Secure Shred staff collects and secures material into a locking security container and transports it directly to the mobile shredding vehicle.
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Oct. 21: Dakota County Fix it Clinic
Noon-3 p.m.
Pleasant Hill Library, Hastings
Get items fixed or mended for free and learn useful repair skills! Volunteers help you figure out what's wrong and fix your broken items. Clinics build community and reduce the amount of stuff thrown in the trash.
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Oct. 28: National Prescription Drug Takeback Day
10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Mendota Heights City Hall
Proper disposal of unused medication is important not only to prevent abuse, but to protect the environment.
Take advantage of this safe and responsible means of disposing of prescription drugs - during this takeback event, pull your vehicle into the roundabout in front of City Hall for convenient drop off and assistance if needed.
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Ready to Vote?
Although there are no city offices up for election this year, there will be three different elections within 30 days for most Mendota Heights residents:
1. Tuesday, Nov. 7, voters in School District 197 are asked to go to the polls and elect four school board members and answer two referendum questions. For information on where to vote, visit isd197.org/vote2023
2. Thursday, Nov. 16, voters in Minnesota House District 52B (Mendota Heights voting precincts 2, 3, 4, and 5) are asked to go to the polls for a Special Election Primary to select candidates for the 2023 Special Election. To find your voting precinct, visit pollfinder.sos.state.mn.us. Absentee/early voting for the Primary begins Nov. 8, at City Hall
3.?Tuesday, Dec. 5, voters in Mendota Heights voting precincts 2, 3, 4, and 5 are asked to go to the polls for a Special Election to fill a vacancy in the Minnesota House of Representatives. Absentee/early voting for the Special Election begins Nov. 27, at City Hall.
For everything you need to know about the 2023 Election, visit MendotaHeightsMN.gov/Elections.
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Weekly Crime Report
The Mendota Heights Police Department provides a weekly list of incidents taking place in our community.
Previous crime reports?are available in the?Laserfiche archive system?on the City website.?
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Compost Fall Yard Waste
Just in time for fall yardwork, the South St. Paul Compost site is now open for the season.
Yard waste including grass clippings and leaves can be dropped off for $1 per bag.
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SAVE THE DATE
Tour de Rec: Yoga and Games Galore
Dec. 2; 6-7 p.m.
Garlough Elementary Gym
Join us for the City?s traveling program that brings free recreation events to local neighborhood parks and facilities!
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Pumpkin Composting
Nov. 4-5
City Hall Parking Lot
Pumpkins are a great source of nitrogen for compost! Every part of a pumpkin is compostable - skin, meat, stem and guts. Stop by and toss your pumpkins into the large dumpster so they can be composted! No candles, paint or other decorations, please.
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Reuse Series 2: Sewing and Mending for Beginners
Nov. 4; 1-2:30 p.m.
West St. Paul City Hall
Don?t let a missing button or a small hole get between you and your favorite clothes! Come to this free class to learn basic sewing skills such as sewing a button, using pins, snaps and hooks, a simple hem and patching from local seamstresses Rachel Lind and Lois Larsen. Feel free to bring any of your own supplies or fabric scraps you want to practice with. The first 10 people to register will receive a small sewing kit to use and keep! This class is free, but registration is required.
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Schedule
Planning Commission Meeting
Oct. 24; 7 p.m.
City Council Meeting
Nov. 8; 7 p.m.
Natural Resources Commission Meeting *CANCELLED*
Nov. 9; 6 p.m.
Natural Resources Commission Work Session
Nov. 9; 6 p.m.
Meetings take place at City Hall; changes or cancellations are noted at?mendotaheightsmn.gov/Calendar.
How to Watch
Watch online or on demand at?townsquare.tv/webstreaming;?or on cable television:
- City Council & Planning Commission:?Ch. 18/798 HD
- Airport Relations (select meetings televised), Natural Resources & Parks and Recreation Commission:?Ch. 15/859 HD
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