🌱 What this new Allina union contract means for Vadnais Heights patients

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In today's newsletter:

• What this new Allina union contract means for Vadnais Heights patients

Also on today's calendar: Twin Cities Youth Fellowship Night and 3 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: A gusty t-storm in the p.m., with a high of 66 and low of 29 degrees.
• Saturday: Cloudy, windy and chilly, temps: high: 44, low: 30.
• Sunday: Mostly sunny and chilly, with a high of 48 and low of 31 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Allina Union ratifies agreement after bargaining, strike authorization (hometownsource.com) — A doctor from Allina’s Vadnais Heights Clinic is celebrating a newly ratified three-year union contract that immediately boosts provider autonomy, safety measures, and leave protections across the system. More than 600 Allina doctors, PAs, and nurses backed the deal with over 90% support after months of bargaining, a one-day strike, and a strike authorization vote.
   

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📸 Around Vadnais Heights

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Vadnais Heights

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday April 25

• Twin Cities Youth Fellowship Night
  Liberty Classical Academy, 3878 Highland Ave, White Bear Lake
  6:00 pm

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Other local events

Saturday April 18

• Earth Day Clean Up!
  Vadnais Snail Lakes Regional Park - Sucker Lake Picnic Area , 4500 Rice St , Vadnais Heights
  10:00 am

Sunday April 19

• Trinity Lutheran
  Trinity Lutheran Church , 115 4th St N , Stillwater
  3:00 pm

Wednesday April 22

• Earth Day
  Vadnais Heights, MN Calendar Vadnais Heights, MN 55127
• Office Hours with Mayor Krachmer
  Vadnais Heights, MN Calendar , 800 East County Rd E , Vadnais Heights
  3:30 pm
• East Ridge vs Gentry Academy
  TCO Sports Garden , 1490 County Rd E E , Vadnais Heights
  6:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday April 17

• Maker Adult
  Roseville Library , 2180 North Hamline Avenue , Roseville
  10:00 am
• Fri-Yay! Animal Architects with Harriet Alexander Nature Center
  Roseville Library , 2180 North Hamline Avenue , Roseville
  10:30 am
• Baby & Me Storytime
  Mounds View Library , 2576 County Road 10 , Mounds View
  10:30 am
• Black American Computer Literacy Class
  Rice Street Branch Library , 1011 Rice Street , Saint Paul
  3:30 pm
• Dunn Brothers Coffee Arden Hills
  Dunn Brothers Coffee , 1160 County Rd E , Arden Hills
  9:00 pm

Saturday April 18

• Science Olympiad Tournament
  Mounds View High School , 1900 Lake Valentine Rd , Arden Hills
  8:00 am
• Norwegian Foot March & Trail Run
  Arden Hills Armory - Hamline Avenue - Minnesota National Guard , 4761 Hamline Ave N , Arden Hills
  9:00 am

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🗞 Nearby News

White Bear Lake

• Man pleads guilty in Eagan street racing crash that killed 2 teens (cbsnews.com)
• Envoy Medical Appoints Chas McKhann to Board of Directors (marketscreener.com)
• 27 years after Nathan Edberg vanished, authorities seeking public's help (wctrib.com)

Roseville

• TikTok influencer Josh Liljenquist banned from St. Paul parks for 180 days (fox9.com)
• Hawkins (NASDAQ:HWKN) Share Price Passes Above 200 Day Moving Average - Here's Why (marketbeat.com)
• Supreme Court rules in decision regarding conversion therapy (mndaily.com)

St. Paul

• Flesh-Eating Parasite Prompts New Pet Rules In Minnesota (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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