Mendota Heights Patch Week in Review April 30-May 7

Here's what you may have missed last week on Mendota Heights Patch:

Patch rolled out our new blogging platform this week, with posts about rafting at the , the learning curve of a, and the recently released . If you want to blog on Mendota Heights Patch, drop local editor Danielle Cabot a note at danielle.cabot@patch.com.

Photos posted Sunday captured the evening of .

In Monday's first segment, Mendota Heights Mayor Sandra Krebsach reminded residents of the importance of a severe weather plan.

District 197's school board made to probationary teachers and approved unrequested leave amounts for tenured teachers at their meeting Monday. The director of the Sibley choir program has been targeted for a reduction and a move to the elementary schools, which has prompted from .

Dakota County Commissioner Tom Egan on several ways Lilydale is receiving attention at the county level.

Interested in doing grocery shopping closer to home? You're not the only one. A local business owner is mobilizing support to establish a at The Village this fall.

A 17-year-old Mendota Heights artist was featured Tuesday for his gallery of work being shown at Sunfish Cellars this month. is the first artist to support the University of Minnesota's WineFest fundraiser for pediatrics that is also a patient of the program.

Thursday's Viewfinder featured the used at Mendota Elementary.

In sports, Sibley fastpitch was on Thursday, the beat Holy Angels and Sibley baseball .