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Minutes of the ISD 199 School Board dated March 26, 1985. At this meeting, among other topics, board members heard arguments for changing the name of Simley High School.

Newspaper article describing plans to dedicate the Simley High School football field in honor of Timothy Boche.

Newspaper of Independent School District 199 events for June-July 1977

Minutes of the ISD 199 School Board dated March 26, 1985. At this meeting, among other topics, board members discussed conference realignment for Simley Athletics, physical education requirements, and district personnel.

A Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) assessment of the Pine Bend Historical Marker constructed by the National Youth Administration (NYA) in 1939-1940.

Original architectural plans (not fully completed) for the Pine Bend Historical Monument to be located between Inver Grove and Hastings on Trunk Highway No. 52 & 53 [in 2022, U.S. Highway 52 and Minnesota Highway 55], designed in November 1939 by…

A circa-1939 photograph of the Inver Grove Township community building, constructed in 1939 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The building stood on the southeast corner of the intersection of Barnes Trail and Minnesota Highway 55 until its…

A 1965 Star Tribune article detailed how the Minnesota House passed three controversial laws that paved the way for the creation of what is today Inver Grove Heights. A lack of Minnesota Municipal Code law required special legislation to create the…

Pheifer describes how the trial unfolded with all the DNA evidence but Guevara was still acquitted on all accounts. Jim Backstrom spoke out about the effects of the case and how it not only affected him but the community. Then, Torres explains the…

After Robert Guevara was acquitted on all accounts, the Erstad family began planning a funeral for their lost 5 year old, Corrine, but also unexpectedly lost their prematurely born daughter Maggie on March 3, a little less than a month after the…