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Washington County Commissioner Fran Miron will be out of commission for the next few weeks as he recovers from quadruple bypass heart surgery. Miron, 69, of Hugo, is scheduled to undergo surgery early Wednesday at St. John’s Hospital in Maplewood. Miron told his fellow board members on Tuesday that the timing of the operation was good because the board does not meet on July 25 and other .
Maplewood Mayor Marylee Abrams got the news on Sunday that Ramsey and Washington counties will be soon expanding a pilot program and collecting food scraps from all residents in her city. On Monday, Abrams joined officials from the counties and the three other test cities — Cottage Grove, Newport and North St. Paul — to learn more about the expansion of the program and to tour a new addition .