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Mary Jane Smetanka

Reporter | Hennepin County

Phone: 612-673-7380

Mary Jane Smetanka covers trends in Hennepin County and the cities of Bloomington, Edina, Golden Valley, Hopkins, Richfield and St. Louis Park. She also blogs for Greengirls.
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Minneapolis' shelter overrun with pit bull dog breeds

Rescue groups can't keep up with the number of abused, abandoned dogs.

Updated: May 01, 2012, - 09:46 PM

Edina tries to ease parking at 50th and France

A proposal for a six-story ramp, however, is raising questions about aesthetics.

Updated: May 01, 2012, - 04:16 PM

Good works put squeeze on Golden Valley

Charity events and festivals are taxing the time of city employees.

Updated: April 24, 2012, - 09:13 PM

Golden Valley's licensing office to reopen in July

The office has been closed for more than a year following an employee's arrest.

Updated: April 24, 2012, - 12:14 PM

Mysterious $100 donation arrives at Richfield City Hall

An anonymous money order made payable to "Police Richfield" went into a crime prevention account. But who sent it, and why?

Updated: April 17, 2012, - 03:44 PM

Calling on Hennepin County to handle 911 service

To cut costs, Golden Valley this week is expected to join Hopkins in asking Hennepin County to take over its dispatching.

Updated: April 14, 2012, - 08:33 PM

$2 million redesign planned for France Avenue intersections

The aim is to make the commercial area south of the Crosstown Highway safer for walkers. But it must be done soon to avoid losing $1 million in federal money.

Updated: April 10, 2012, - 04:00 PM

U's trove of census data stands alone in the world

When it comes to bragging rights for loads of information about lots of people, Facebook has nothing on the University of Minnesota.

Updated: April 08, 2012, - 09:00 PM

Act of faith: Edina adds dates to no-meetings list

Don't expect to hear about any City Council meetings in Edina on the Islamic holidays of Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha or the Hindu holiday of Diwali.

Updated: April 04, 2012, - 10:21 PM

Worried officials in Hopkins want Airsoft guns off streets

An ordinance being drafted would forbid people from having the realistic pellet guns out in public. To transport the guns, people would have to carry them in cases.

Updated: April 03, 2012, - 11:18 PM