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An interview with JD Das, a Bangladeshi immigrant who arrived in the US in 1992, and his experience with Inver Grove Heights when settling there in 2001. Mr. Das highlights his initial experiences in arriving in the US, and how it was in other areas…

An interview with Will Short, the director of Simley athletics as well as they head coach of the Simley wrestling team. He discuses some of his coaching career and how his father Jim Short started the program back in 1960s. Will Short also talks…

In this interview, Douglas Bester, a longtime resident of Inver Grove Heights, describes his observations and experiences regarding the city’s transition into a suburb. The main points include the different industries introduced into Inver Grove…

An interview Nasiro Abdusalam, a Oromo immigrant who arrived in the United States in 1999. He recalls his experience all the way to America and Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota. He puts strong emphasize on education and it's importance in the world,…

An interview with Dan Bernardy, A Minnesota fire fighter since 1986 who currently serves as the Fire Operations Supervisor. Interview features a description of Dan's time as part of the crew, his experience growing up around the same time as the…

This interview with Tim Drkula, owner of Drkula's 32 Bowl in Inver Grove Heights, discusses the history of Drkula's 32 Bowl and its connection to Inver Grove Heights and its history.

Interview with Craig Pasket, a longtime resident of Inver Grove Heights who talked about his upbringing in Inver Grove Heights, experience at Hilltop Elementary School and Simley High School, and time in musical programs in ISD 199.

Gene and Marliss Mankowski recall how Cameron's Liquor Store played a role in helping Inver Grove Heights residents celebrate over the decades.

Cameron's began as a feed store in 1890 along present-day Concord Boulevard. A 2009 construction project by the city of Inver Grove Heights, according to this 2009Pioneer Pressarticle, forced the move of Cameron's from the east side of Concord at…

The front page of theMinneapolis Star on Wednesday, September 17, 1958, devoted to the crash of a B-52 bomber from 30,000 feet onto the farm of August Kahl, located on present-day Broderick Ave in what was then Inver Grove Township. Today a marker…