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3 County Yard Waste Sites Will Be Open This Weekend

The weather this weekend is expected to be pretty nice and might give you an opportunity to start cleaning up your yard.

If you're in need of a place to get rid of yard waste, three Ramsey County collection sites will be open Saturday and Sunday.

The Frank & Sims, Midway and Shoreview/White Bear Township sites will be accepting grass, leaves and brush.

Mpls-St. Paul Home Tour Looking for Homes

Mpls-St. Paul Home Tour Looking for Homes

Just finish a remodel at your house?  The Minneapolis-St.

Pumpkin Recyling is Back in Ramsey Co.

Pumpkin Recyling is Back in Ramsey Co.

You've used that pumpkin for a ghostly effect last weekend....and it's starting to sag and rot on the front steps.

Now you can recycle it--without the candles, of course--at one of Ramsey County's seven yard waste collection sites.

You can also recycle corn stalks, straw and hay from your Halloween decorating efforts.

Ramsey County has collection sites in Arden Hills, Fr

Street Sweeping Underway in St. Paul

Street Sweeping Underway in St. Paul

An abundance of color fills many St. Paul neighborhoods right now but a lot of that color is being swept away. Annual street sweeping is underway in the city of St. Paul right now. It will go until November 23rd. Be sure to watch out for "No Parking" signs. The street sweepers will pick-up sand, dirt and leaves.

Where To Take Your Leaves

Where To Take Your Leaves

If you plan to spend some time raking this week, here is a great website for Ramsey County collection sites. You can take your leaves to several different locations.

http://www.co.ramsey.mn.us/ph/rt/collection_sites.htm

Summit, Thomas-Dale Neighborhoods New Home for Level 3 Offenders

Summit, Thomas-Dale Neighborhoods New Home for Level 3 Offenders

Two predatory offenders have moved into several St.

Time to Trim Trees: Emerald Ash Borer Hibernates

Time to Trim Trees: Emerald Ash Borer Hibernates

If you have an ash tree in your yard now is the perfect time to trim it up or take it down.

The emerald ash borer, a beetle that attacks and kills ash trees, is hibernating until spring.

The beetle is inactive between Labor Day and May 1st most years, but since this year has been unusually warm, it was active through September.