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Level 3 sex offender moves in, officials say ‘broad awareness’ is key BY SHANNON GRANHOLM MANAGING EDITOR
playground, the new restrooms. The parking lot’s been redone, and we’ve done extensive work on the ball fields,”
Now that a Level 3 sex offender has moved into the area, staff from the Minnesota Department of Corrections and the Washington County Sheriff’s Office want the community to be informed and to reach out if they have concerns. Christian David-Robert Wille, 37, was scheduled to move into the vicinity of Dellwood Avenue and Peninsula Road last week, according to the Washington County Sheriff’s Office. A couple of days before, a community meeting was held at the Mahtomedi District Education Center. After a formal presentation, neighbors were able to ask questions and share their concerns. The Washington County Sheriff’s Office was notified by Ramsey County that Wille would be relocating to the area at the end of August. Sergeant Dani Erickson of the East Metro Human Trafficking Task Force added they were given about a two-week window to get the notification out. The sheriff’s office was only required to inform the city of Dellwood, but it also chose to alert the cities of Mahtomedi and Willernie. She added that the information was also shared with Mahtomedi High School’s school resource officer, who shared it with administration. The state’s Community Notification Act requires a risk level to be assigned to persons who are subject to registration under Minnesota Statute 243.166 or 243.167 before they are released from confinement in a Minnesota correctional or treatment facility. Risk levels range from Level 1, low risk, up to 3, higher risk
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Township Day is scheduled for 2-8 p.m. Saturday Sept. 20 at Polar Lakes Park.
Polar Lakes Park ‘ready to go’ BY LOGAN GION CONTRIBUTING WRITER
White Bear Township consists of five noncontiguous patches of land, which township
residents reside in, all are welcome to attend Township Day Celebration from 2-8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, at Polar Lakes Park. “We’ve got the new
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Council sends letter of opposition to relocation of retail post office BY SHANNON GRANHOLM MANAGING EDITOR
WHITE BEAR LAKE — City Manager Lindy Crawford, on behalf of the City Council, is sending a letter to the U.S. Postal Service to share its opposition on the current proposal to relocate retail services outside of downtown. The letter, which is drafted to Greg Shelton, a real estate specialist at USPS, CC’s U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, U.S. Sen. Tina Smith, U.S. Congresswoman Betty McCollum, State Sen. Heather Gustafson, State Rep. Brion Curran and Ramsey County Commissioner Kelly Miller.
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“I have received an overwhelming amount of community feedback in opposition of that potential relocation,” Crawford said. (See “Postal service says White Bear Lake Post Office relocation needed due to ‘space deficiency,” White Bear Press, Sept. 3, 2025.) “The post office has been conveniently located in downtown White Bear Lake since the 1930s. It was located previously on Third Street in a couple of different locations prior to the construction of its current location in about 1976,” she said. Crawford noted that she was able to get in touch with someone from USPS on the real estate side,
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