People - Roseville Review

A ‘Cuban from Minnesota’ tells her story

Marisella Veiga, her siblings and mother fled Cuba on Dec. 30, 1960, leaving their home to escape the new revolutionary government led by Fidel Castro. 

Her father, Miguel, followed them to Miami, Florida, early the next year. 

Five years after the Veigas’ arrival in the United States, they moved to Roseville, where they purchased a house on West Belmont Lane.

Army Reserve Sgt.

Brimhall Elementary School sixth-grader Ellen Wagner was the 10UA goalie representing the Roseville Raiders at the Sunday, Feb. 28 Minnesota Wild game against the Florida Panthers at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul.

The Ramsey County Arena Task Force submitted a report with recommendations on the future of the county’s 11 indoor ice arenas to the Ramsey County Board last month.

Roseville Area Schools District 623’s two candidates for 2016 Minnesota Teacher of the Year made the cut and were named as semifinalists Feb. 29.

The fifth annual Little Canada Recreation Association’s Ice Fishing Contest took place on Gervais Lake in Little Canada on Saturday, Feb. 6. 

State Rep. Alice Hausman has been named the “Homes for All” 2015 Housing Champion.

Saint Rose of Lima Catholic School fourth-grade teacher Mary Greenstein is brimming with enthusiasm for the work her students put into this year’s lighthouse extra-credit assignment.

A Roseville man has filed paperwork to make a run for the 4th Congressional District in the U.S. House.

Roseville's longtime building codes coordinator, Don Munson, is retiring after nearly 20 years of working for the city on Jan. 20.