AmericanTowns is a virtual "town square", connecting you to all the events and news happening in Maple Plain Minnesota. Whether it's town issues and community activism, or school calendars and sports schedules, AmericanTowns delivers the information faster and helps you use it better. en-us 30 https://www.americantowns.com/maple-plain-mn 144 69 https://www.americantowns.com/maple-plain-mn https://www.americantowns.com/images/atn_rss_logo.gif Fri, 05 Dec 2025 03:38:44 -0600 Sickle cell disease is the most common genetic disorder in the country; Grant will help gather data, identify next steps to help those afflicted https://www.americantowns.com/news/minnesota-wins-competitive-cdc-funding-to-expand-work-on-sickle-cell-disease-31636626-saint-paul-mn.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/minnesota-wins-competitive-cdc-funding-to-expand-work-on-sickle-cell-disease-31636626-saint-paul-mn.html Health and Fitness Fri, 05 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600 Radon is leading cause of lung cancer in people who never smoked More than 40% of Minnesota homes have dangerously high radon levels. That concerns https://www.americantowns.com/news/two-in-five-minnesota-homes-have-high-radon-levels-posing-cancer-risks-31641061-saint-paul-mn.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/two-in-five-minnesota-homes-have-high-radon-levels-posing-cancer-risks-31641061-saint-paul-mn.html Health and Fitness Fri, 05 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600 MDH updates screening recommendations Twenty-nine cases of congenital syphilis (including three stillbirths) were reported to the Minnesota https://www.americantowns.com/news/minnesota-department-of-health-news-congenital-syphilis-cases-reach-highest-number-in-decades-31645024-saint-paul-mn.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/minnesota-department-of-health-news-congenital-syphilis-cases-reach-highest-number-in-decades-31645024-saint-paul-mn.html Health and Fitness Fri, 05 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600 Addition of DMD will help identify affected children and connect them with earlier treatment, intervention and specialty care ?The Minnesota https://www.americantowns.com/news/duchenne-muscular-dystrophy-dmd-added-to-minnesotas-newborn-screening-panel-31645071-saint-paul-mn.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/duchenne-muscular-dystrophy-dmd-added-to-minnesotas-newborn-screening-panel-31645071-saint-paul-mn.html Health and Fitness Fri, 05 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600 The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) has found that moving forward with a new, freestanding rehabilitation hospital in Roseville is not in the https://www.americantowns.com/news/mdh-finds-proposed-nobis-rehabilitation-partners-hospital-is-not-in-the-public-interest-31650848-saint-paul-mn.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/mdh-finds-proposed-nobis-rehabilitation-partners-hospital-is-not-in-the-public-interest-31650848-saint-paul-mn.html Health and Fitness Fri, 05 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600 In This Edition: Updated COVID-19 vaccine recommendation for people 65 years of age and older Third case of measles confirmed in Minnesota https://www.americantowns.com/news/minnesota-department-of-health-got-your-shots-news-february-29-2024-31650851-saint-paul-mn.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/minnesota-department-of-health-got-your-shots-news-february-29-2024-31650851-saint-paul-mn.html Health and Fitness Fri, 05 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600 Increase in Global and Domestic Measles This is a follow-up to the CDC Health Alert Network (HAN): Increase in Global and Domestic Measles Cases and https://www.americantowns.com/news/minnesota-department-of-health-news-increase-in-global-and-domestic-measles-31654297-saint-paul-mn.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/minnesota-department-of-health-news-increase-in-global-and-domestic-measles-31654297-saint-paul-mn.html Health and Fitness Fri, 05 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600 Saint Paul, MN - The Commission on Judicial Selection announced today that it is recommending three candidates for consideration to fill a vacancy in https://www.americantowns.com/news/commission-on-judicial-selection-recommends-seventh-judicial-district-candidates-to-governor-walz-31658284-saint-paul-mn.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/commission-on-judicial-selection-recommends-seventh-judicial-district-candidates-to-governor-walz-31658284-saint-paul-mn.html Government and Politics Fri, 05 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600 Saint Paul, MN - Governor Tim Walz today signed a bill into law modifying the effective date of the net operating loss provision that passed in 2023. https://www.americantowns.com/news/governor-walz-signs-bill-adjusting-net-operating-loss-timeline-31658285-saint-paul-mn.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/governor-walz-signs-bill-adjusting-net-operating-loss-timeline-31658285-saint-paul-mn.html Government and Politics Fri, 05 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600 Saint Paul, MN - Governor Tim Walz today announced the appointments of Matti Adam and Seamus Duffy as District Court Judges in Minnesota’s Ninth https://www.americantowns.com/news/governor-walz-appoints-matti-adam-and-seamus-duffy-to-fill-ninth-judicial-district-vacancies-31658286-saint-paul-mn.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/governor-walz-appoints-matti-adam-and-seamus-duffy-to-fill-ninth-judicial-district-vacancies-31658286-saint-paul-mn.html Government and Politics Fri, 05 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600 Over 360,000 children have already benefited, with families receiving an average credit of $2508 Saint Paul, MN - Governor Tim Walz today urged https://www.americantowns.com/news/ahead-of-tax-day-governor-walz-urges-minnesotans-to-file-for-child-tax-credit-31658287-saint-paul-mn.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/ahead-of-tax-day-governor-walz-urges-minnesotans-to-file-for-child-tax-credit-31658287-saint-paul-mn.html Government and Politics Fri, 05 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600 Yesterday, the Minnesota DFL filed a petition with the Minnesota Supreme Court seeking a declaration that the Legal Marijuana Now Party did not meet https://www.americantowns.com/news/citing-multiple-failures-to-meet-statutory-requirements-dfl-challenges-legal-marijuana-now-partys-major-party-status-31658699-saint-paul-mn.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/citing-multiple-failures-to-meet-statutory-requirements-dfl-challenges-legal-marijuana-now-partys-major-party-status-31658699-saint-paul-mn.html Government and Politics Fri, 05 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600 ST PAUL, MN - Today, the Minnesota DFL announced the five award recipients that will be honored at the 12th Annual Humphrey Mondale Dinner. Named https://www.americantowns.com/news/minnesota-dfl-announces-2024-humphreymondale-award-winners-31658702-saint-paul-mn.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/minnesota-dfl-announces-2024-humphreymondale-award-winners-31658702-saint-paul-mn.html Government and Politics Fri, 05 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600 ST PAUL, MN - This morning, one day ahead of Minnesota’s presidential primary, Donald Trump called into a Minnesota conservative talk radio https://www.americantowns.com/news/trump-falsely-claims-he-won-minnesota-in-2020-31658704-saint-paul-mn.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/trump-falsely-claims-he-won-minnesota-in-2020-31658704-saint-paul-mn.html Government and Politics Fri, 05 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600 ST PAUL – Today, March 6, the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) Party announced the allocation of national delegates to the https://www.americantowns.com/news/dfl-announces-delegate-results-of-dfl-presidential-primary-31658705-saint-paul-mn.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/dfl-announces-delegate-results-of-dfl-presidential-primary-31658705-saint-paul-mn.html Government and Politics Fri, 05 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600