South metro news: Apple Valley to collect unwanted shoes for recycling

Shoes in any style and condition can be dropped off at the Apple Valley Community Center, 14603 Hayes Road. The shoes will be collected by USAgain and separated for reuse or recycled into new products.

The city offers the program to celebrate "America Recycles Day" on Nov. 15. In 2014, Apple Valley recycled 10,987 pounds of shoes.

Winter parking restrictions begin

Winter parking restrictions begin Sunday in Shakopee and last through March 31.

Shakopee's rules include no parking on any city street from 2 to 6 a.m. In the area north of 10th Avenue and west of Marschall Road, however, there are odd/even parking rules.

Parking is allowed on even-numbered days on the even-numbered side of the street between 2 and 6 a.m. On odd-numbered days, parking is allowed on the odd-numbered side of the street.

After a snowfall of 2 inches or more, a snow emergency is declared and parking restrictions apply 24 hours a day until the streets have been plowed curb to curb. There is also no parking on snow routes during a snow emergency.

The fair will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. at 1 Mendota Road W., Suite 420, in West St. Paul.

For more information, call Lisa Thomas at 651-554-5631.

Residents of Apple Valley, Eagan and Burnsville can drop off their unwanted pumpkins from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Nov. 7 at the Eagan Community Center, 1501 Central Pkwy.

Dakota Valley Recycling will turn the pumpkins into compost.

All candle wax must be removed. No painted pumpkins will be accepted. Kids who come with their parents will get a prize.

Eagan is providing up to eight wooden stakes per house to mark where the street ends and residents' properties begin. The free stakes are available around the clock outside the front doors of the Eagan Maintenance Facility, 3501 Coachman Point.

Although snow hasn't accumulated — yet — the city asks residents to pound in the stakes now, before the ground freezes.

Eagan's Indoor Winter Farmers Market will be held every other Saturday, starting Nov. 7 at the Eagan Community Center, 1501 Central Pkwy.

The market will be open from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., and feature 15 to 20 vendors selling their produce, products and crafts.

The Farmington Fire Department's 65th annual Turkey Bingo night is Nov. 14. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., with bingo from 6 to 10 p.m.

There is no admission charge. Bingo cards, daubers and raffle tickets will be for sale at the door. There will be door prizes drawn throughout the evening. Turkey sandwiches and refreshments will be served.

The fundraiser benefits the Farmington Fire Department's Relief Association and Auxiliary Association.

The cuisine of the Iron Range, from potica and kolache to lutefisk and baccala, will be the topic du jour Thursday at Heritage Library, 20085 Heritage Dr., in Lakeville.

Cookbook author B.J. Carpenter will discuss her book "Come, You Taste: Family Recipes from the Iron Range" at 7 p.m. The book "celebrates the cuisine of numerous ethnic groups and features fond memories of neighborhoods now gone," according to its publisher, the Minnesota Historical Society Press.

Carpenter will be joined by Tom Forti of Sunrise Creative Gourmet, who will share samples of products with origins on the Iron Range.