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Anyone eligible to vote in Ramsey County may cast their absentee ballot – either in person or by mail – for the 2024 state primary election Friday, June 28 through Monday, Aug. 12.
At the June 11 board of commissioners meeting, County Manager Berg announced Ramsey County has received four achievement awards from the National Association of Counties. The four Ramsey County programs includes Professional Elder Mentorship Program, Appropriate Responses Initiative, Food security program and Driver’s License Academy.
Saint Paul — Ramsey County Public Health and the Minnesota Department of Health will hold a soilSHOP (screening, health, outreach and partnership) soil testing event on July 10 from 3-7 p.m., at the Eastside YMCA. The event will offer free lead screenings of soil samples, information on how to lower lead exposure, best practices for gardening and other lead and health information.
For more information, call the Minnesota Department of Health Site Assessment and Consultation Unit at 651-201-4897 or 1-800-657-3908 or email health.hazard@state.mn.us.
You can also call Ramsey County’s Healthy Homes Program at 651-266-1139 or email healthyhomes@ramseycounty.us.
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Dana DeMaster, Christina Rost and Sophia Thompson were appointed to key leadership roles in the Health and Wellness Service Team
Dana DeMaster has been named director of the Innovation and Strategy division of the Health and Wellness Service Team after serving as the interim director since June 2023.
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Christina Rost has been appointed Director of Ramsey County Veterans Services. She has served as interim department director since August 2022, and prior to that, was a veteran services officer with the county starting in 2016.
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Sophia Thompson has been named director of Ramsey County Social Services after serving as the Deputy Director overseeing the department’s Mental Health division since May 2021.
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Market Bucks provides SNAP recipients with more food at local farmers markets
Market Bucks, a program run by The Food Group, allows residents receiving SNAP to triple the amount of money they can spend at participating farmers markets.
Here’s how it works: If someone spends $10 of SNAP benefits at a participating farmers market, they will receive an additional $10 in Market Bucks to spend on SNAP-eligible food and $10 in Produce Market Bucks to spend on produce at the market. Learn more about Market Bucks. Learn more about Market Bucks.
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