http://weeklynews.com en-us Thu, 23 May 2013 01:17:25 GMT Daily feed of articles http://weeklynews.com/Main.asp?SectionID=10&SubSectionID=10&ArticleID=11516 Whether its in her home town or thousands of miles away, Jen Blevins' desire to help others continues to grow strong. The 1990 Wayzata High School graduate and East Middle School seventh-grade life science teacher is on leave from her teaching job to spend a couple of years in Haiti on a mission trip through ReachGlobal. "I have been going on short-term mission trips with my church for many years. But 2007, on a mission trip to New Orleans to do crisis response work post Hurricane Katrina, was the first time I thought to myself, 'I could do this longer term. Is this what God is calling me to do?' So, when I got back home, I got more involved in serving at my church and in the community ... and I kept going on mission trips ... and that desire inside me kept growing," she said via e-mail from Haiti. News Mon, 20 May 2013 21:30:00 GMT http://weeklynews.com/Main.asp?SectionID=10&SubSectionID=10&ArticleID=11515 Community members had a chance to weigh in on a proposed Xcel Energy project to upgrade a transmission line that will run near Chanhassen, Shorewood, Excelsior, Deephaven, Greenwood, Minnetonka and Eden Prairie. The original proposal included upgrading approximately 20 miles of the 69 kV (kilovolt) transmission line to 115 kV. The upgrade would require taller and larger poles and possibly deforestation in some areas. This project was first presented to the city of Greenwood in late 2010. Council member Tom Fletcher volunteered to take the lead for the city in monitoring this project. News Mon, 20 May 2013 21:27:00 GMT http://weeklynews.com/Main.asp?SectionID=10&SubSectionID=10&ArticleID=11514 As a means of improving efficiency and reducing costs, Shorewood Mayor Scott Zerby proposed a sharing of public works services with the cities of Excelsior and Tonka Bay at the May 13 city council meeting. Zerby presented a draft memo to the council for consideration that would be sent to Excelsior Mayor Mark Gaylord and Tonka Bay Mayor Gerry De La Vega. In the memo, Zerby calls for the trio of cities to explore the cost effectiveness of facilitating a shared public works unit. News Mon, 20 May 2013 21:25:00 GMT http://weeklynews.com/Main.asp?SectionID=10&SubSectionID=10&ArticleID=11513 News Mon, 20 May 2013 21:18:00 GMT http://weeklynews.com/Main.asp?SectionID=10&SubSectionID=10&ArticleID=11510 News Mon, 20 May 2013 21:13:00 GMT http://weeklynews.com/Main.asp?SectionID=10&SubSectionID=10&ArticleID=11511 News Mon, 20 May 2013 21:13:00 GMT http://weeklynews.com/Main.asp?SectionID=10&SubSectionID=10&ArticleID=11509 News Mon, 20 May 2013 21:11:00 GMT http://weeklynews.com/Main.asp?SectionID=10&SubSectionID=10&ArticleID=11508 News Mon, 20 May 2013 21:10:00 GMT http://weeklynews.com/Main.asp?SectionID=10&SubSectionID=10&ArticleID=11498 News Mon, 20 May 2013 20:46:00 GMT http://weeklynews.com/Main.asp?SectionID=10&SubSectionID=10&ArticleID=11496 News Mon, 20 May 2013 20:43:00 GMT http://weeklynews.com/Main.asp?SectionID=10&SubSectionID=10&ArticleID=11495 News Mon, 20 May 2013 20:40:00 GMT