Roundabout

Thursday, July 3, 2025

July 03, 2025 • Estimated Reading Time: 6 minutes

Note from Editors: The mosquito control helicopters always create a buzz literally in the air over Woodbury and figuratively on social media. We share how to get alerts to know when they’re scheduled to fly so you can let your neighbors know.

You also might tell them to prepare for peak mosquito season, turbocharged by recent rain. Or share this newsletter so they can read all about it. We also update road construction, report on a pickleball permit, and relay how Mayor Anne Burt was surprised to win a prestigious award.

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Co-Editors: Pat Mack, Manali Shah
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Top Story

Steve Christensen examines a vial of mosquito larvae he just collected from a site near Ojibway Park in Woodbury. | Photo Doug Schultz

Pack The Bug Spray: Mosquitoes Getting Together For July 4 Too

by Doug Schultz | Published on July 3, 2025

Just when you thought it was safe to go outside… cue the scary horror flick music… TAKE COVER! THE MOSQUITOES ARE COMING! 

After an unusually quiet spring, mosquito populations in the seven-county metro area are expected to increase rapidly in the next few days and reach peak levels in the next couple of weeks, say officials from the Metropolitan Mosquito Control District (MMCD).  Woodbury is no exception. 

Yes, you got it: Mosquito swarms, just in time to potentially buzz-kill your outdoor plans for the Fourth of July weekend.

But Woodbury resident and MMCD field worker Steve Christensen is doing everything he can to make sure that doesn’t happen. He and other members of the six-person east metro crew based in Oakdale, have been working feverishly in the past few days to treat the many known mosquito-breeding hot spots in their areas in an effort to keep mosquito numbers in check.

City & County

Woodbury Mayor Anne Burt Wins Emerging Leader Award

by Pat Mack | The League of Minnesota Cities named Woodbury Mayor Anne Burt as the recipient of the 2025 Emerging Leader Award at its annual conference in Duluth. She was surprised by the honor.

New Closure For Valley Creek Road, Fireworks Traffic, Tamarack Road On Tap

by Pat Mack | Part of Valley Creek Road reopened recently near City Hall, but another section soon closed. Valley Creek Road between Settlers Ridge Parkway and Woodcrest Drive shut down in both directions on Monday, June 30.

Business

Eight-Court Indoor Pickleball Facility Planned

by Pat Mack | The Woodbury Planning Commission has approved a building permit for an eight-court indoor pickleball facility. The courts will be installed in a building at 390 Commerce Drive near Sam’s Club.

Life

Healing Hooves: Group Celebrates 25 Years Of Helping Children

by Manali Shah | Surrounded by open sky and gently rolling hills, just a few miles from Woodbury, River Valley Riders (RVR) has offered equine-assisted services to children with special needs for a quarter century.