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Thursday, September 11, 2025

September 11, 2025 • Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes

Welcome to your weekly Roundabout.

The legal saga surrounding former state Sen. Nicole Mitchell stretched on this week after her sentencing was postponed due to her attorney’s illness.

We’re also taking a look at the rules around campaign signs as election season ramps up, a court hearing for a former Woodbury teacher facing sex charges, and a reminder about e-bike safety as their popularity and risks keep climbing.

Chuck Nowlen | Editor
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Sen. Nicole Mitchell, DFL-Woodbury, testifies at her burglary trial. Photo: Pool via The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead

Judge Delays Nicole Mitchell Sentencing

by Roundabout Staff | Published on September 09, 2025

A new sentencing date was set last week for former State Senator Nicole Mitchell, who was convicted of burglary in July and resigned her legislative seat soon after.

Mitchell, who represented Woodbury and parts of Maplewood in Minnesota’s Senate District 47, had asked for a delay at her scheduled sentencing on Sept. 10.

She said her attorney, Dane Dekray, had “an illness that precludes him from adequately preparing” for that hearing. 

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Politics

What You Need to Know About Campaign Sign Laws in Woodbury

by Beth-Ann Bloom | Staff Reporter

With School Board elections in all three districts serving Woodbury as well as a special Senate election scheduled for November 4, Woodbury will soon begin to sprout a bountiful crop of campaign signs.

News

Dismissal Sought, Hearing Set for Former Teacher Accused of Seeking Underage Sex

by Chuck Nowlen | Editor

A case-dismissal/evidence-suppression motion was filed last week by the attorney for 44-year-old Jamey Scott Ralph Strand, a former Woodbury Math and Science Academy teacher charged with soliciting underage sex online. 

Out & About

E-Bike Safety Concerns Rise; Here's The Advice

by Beth-Ann Bloom | Staff Reporter

If you found an open road or trail in Woodbury this summer, it’s likely you ran into an e-bike. 

With any luck, you didn’t crash into the electric bike, and the rider avoided hitting you. But with well over 20,000 injuries annually on these non-licensed vehicles, it’s certainly a possibility.