The Special Election for House of Representatives for District 47A is scheduled for Jan. 27. Voters on the western side of Woodbury and in South Maplewood will be filling the seat held by Sen. Amanda Hemmingsen-Jaeger. Shelley...

Shelley Buck, who garnered 87.5% of the vote, won the Dec. 16 Democratic primary for the House seat in District 47A. With no Republican candidate on the ballot Buck will likely represent western Woodbury...

With Sen. Amanda Hemmingsen-Jaeger’s election, her vacant House seat in District 47A will now be filled by voters from South Maplewood and eastern Woodbury.  The special election is scheduled for...

Amanda Hemmingsen-Jaeger was sworn in on Nov. 18 as the new state senator for Senate District 47, representing Woodbury and part of South Maplewood. Senator Hemmingsen-Jaeger wore a Minnesota-shaped...

Amanda Hemmingsen-Jaeger will move from the Minnesota House to the state Senate after defeating Republican Dwight Dorau in Tuesday’s special election for Senate District 47, solidifying the DFL’s one-seat...

Three incumbents and one newcomer won seats on the South Washington County ISD 833 School Board Tuesday night. Newly elected Elizabeth Bockman Eckberg received the highest percentage of votes at 15.37...

Voters in Independent School District 622 rejected two ballot measures seeking to hike the district’s 2026 operating levy and authorize an additional $2 million annual capital levy to improve classroom...

Early voting continues 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. through Friday this week at the  Washington County Service Center, followed by 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 1 and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 3. The...

Early voting for the four open seats on the South Washington County School Board has already begun and will continue through Election Day, November 4.  The majority of children in Woodbury attend District...

Nine candidates are running for four open seats on the seven-member South Washington County School Board, which oversees the sixth largest district in Minnesota, with a student enrollment of more than...

Amanda Hemmingsen-Jaeger recalls first getting involved in politics way back in eighth grade.  “It started by being a student representative for a referendum that was going for our school,” Hemmingsen-Jaeger...

Dwight Dorau is learning the rhythms of a special election. With only weeks between a primary and the November 4 general election, the retired Air Force colonel and current high school instructor is...