Person running the non-emergency number today clearly needs a vacation because I was apparently an…read moreasshole for even calling the number and asking about noise ordinance clarification. What am I missing? She was acting like it was the 911 line. Literally her fucking job to help.

So grateful to the Edina police and their work to return stolen property. Sincere thank you!read more

I needed desperate help obtaining an important police report for something that happened to me. I…read moredidn't know precisely how to obtain through the website and I was stressing big time. I walked in to the department, and one of the ladies they have at the front window who helped me was phenomenal! She even stayed a few minutes late (on a Friday mind you) to help print the report I needed. I was so impressed, and happy we have people like her working in our local police department. This was an exceptional service. Thank you Saint Paul Police Department!

I have lived in New York City, Boston, Los Angeles etc etc. and all my experiences with the…read morepolice in this precinct have been super fast efficient and gracious. I am a senior female of color and have been treated with great respect fortunately. This past summer two men were heard yelling at one another one morning with the result of one getting stabbed, yes at 10 am behind our garages ( 1880's house converted into 4 rentals). The perpetrator ran away from the victim right up our driveway. And our neighbor who witnessed everything called the police who arrived in minutes. The second incident was at our post office near highway 52 on a boiling June day this summer of 90 degrees. A Mexican mother ran into the post office at 5 pm yelling to borrow a cell phone speaking only Spanish I speak fluent Spanish and asked her why and she said she must call her husband ( rush hour) to come with the keys for her 2 year old child was locked in the car. I quickly told her in Spanish, no time, we must call the police who CAME in less than 5 minutes of my call. The child had passed out was sweating to an extreme her tiny body was very hot after he immediately got the door open. I told the mother to please take the child out bring her inside the cool post office give her water and the mother REFUSED. So I quickly informed the officer, he felt the child and agreed and insisted the mother remove and cool her down. He was truly kind patient calm respectful of us all. The child was SO hot... I think she had left her in the car windows all closed while she had gone into the post office .......

Here I am reviewing the DMV. But, seriously, these people are exceedingly pleasant and efficient…read more This isn't your typical DMV office. I don't dread going here if I need to. Doing my business doesn't take forever. When I didn't have the right paperwork, they were super helpful. If you have a choice of which Wisconsin DMV to come to, come here!

Busy but very efficient, pleasant and staff is helpful with your questions. plus I needed 85. To…read morepost.

Everyone I've come across here has been kind, helpful, and efficient. The offices are extremely…read moreaccessible, clean, and in a great location. You can vote early here and do tons of other helpful things. I just visited the other day to pick up our free compostable bags that come with signing up for the city's free organic waste program. I was in and out in less than a minute. EZPZ. That's what I want when I visit a city office.

OK, I'm biased. My best friend from graduate school lives here and my brother works here as the…read moreCity Engineer. Small world.... 5 stars for the plug, minus 1 star for my overall unfamiliarity with this place (although Scott did take me on a driving tour, introduce me to many of his co-workers, and give me an interesting city perspective on the maintenance of an Eruv).

Hey--what can I say? The goodhue county jail wasn't too shabby. I mean, I'd live there the rest…read moreof my life if I got to choose where to dwell if I were condemned to prison life. Ya know, the best part of it was the fact that I ended up knowing some guys who I used to work with at Subway. I come in through the cell block and immediately eye on eye was established. Oh, the birds sung like the gypsies: twee twee tweedee dee dee doo DOO! That is not all. I mean, for having a bunch of felons, they were awfully nice. Like having a plethora of lawyers and counselors, I got legal advice from about 15 different inmates, all telling me the same thing while soothing my anxiety about the possibility of a becoming one of them. Whoever said felons don't have a soft side? You think this is all? Think not! I've got more: hell, there were cable tvs, your own shower, and get this--ping pong tables! Uh huh, yup, there is a GOD! Seriously, it was almost like a five-star luxury hotel, except.... uh oh, you ready for this? ...the food lowered the score to a three. Oh mighty mother of GOD: the food was awful! Terrible! Repugnant! After being locked up, hungry, cold, exhausted within a holding cell the size of your fist, all that was delivered to appease the pangs of stomach hunger was a cup size of milk, a rotting orange, and a MOCK REUBEN. Did you hear me? A MOCK REUBEN. I have no idea what the hell was in this slop of garbage, but it certainly wasn't the kind of Reuben Cecil makes. Nu-uh. Nozeree. In fact, I'm quite surprised I managed to classify the little bastard. I think...now, don't quote me, but there was ham, cheddar cheese, onion-kraut?--or something like sour kraut, and uh, butter (instead of thousand island dressing), all slammed together into a funny-looking, not pumpernickel, bread that was then pan fried to a burnt crisp...??! WTF? Now, I could have given this place a three all food items considered. But, I have to slap another star on--why you ask? Well, let me tell you: the shampoo brand they gave to us was named 'maximum security'! Who would have ever thought of a better shampoo brand to shove into the shower cell than that? It is as if they were inserting subliminal propaganda through advertising messages posted on the bottles they gave us, just to let us to know 'that we are watching you, son!' Genius, I say! Genius! Now, you tell me this: who wouldn't choose the Goodhue Country Jail for prison pleasure?

when did they start frying the cat food? never mind your…read moretalkin about a different sandwich. deliciouso...the krout makes the flav.....yum yum

Honestly..... I've already posted a negative review for the police department. So now we'll talk…read moreabout City Hall. I have lived on Cascade Avenue for YEARS and the parking situation as always been a problem. So much so, that I was in an accident trying to get out of my driveway because I can't see past the illegally parked cars outside of my home. My husband and I have desperately tried to work with the police and the city to fix this. The city (not the police, they have NEVER been helpful) finally put up another no parking sign, but unfortunately, the police don't actually police it, so any time someone illegally parks, we have to be the one to call them. And unfortunately, the college students don't seem to care at all about the parking tickets, because it continues to be a problem. Because the police have not been helpful, we reached out to the city. At first, the city seemed to want to help. Scot Simpson talked to my husband about how to go above the chief of police's head. Scot Simpson had barrels put outside out home (after cones were stolen by the college students) and for awhile, things got a little better. We discussed a possible tow zone outside the house, and at first, Scot seemed helpful. However, after the snowfall, the barrel were ruined by plows. We were told that new barrels would be put out, but after two weeks (when calls went unanswered) Scot finally responded to my firmly worded email that there would be no barrels. Scot claims that there will be more police presence, but we have yet to see that. And the police treat us like a nuisance, so I'm not sure why Scot and the city think this will make any change. Last night, a car parked NEXT TO our driveway, right in front of a no parking sign. The police department and the city were unhelpful in this situation. We are told not to interact with illegal parkers, yet we are also told by the actions of the PD and city that they don't plan to help us at all - half the time the PD doesn't even want to ticket illegal parkers. The police chief, Scot Simpson, and everyone involved has was their hands of the situation. All should be held accountable for their lack of service in this situation. We now believe that this is a racist attack towards us as my husband is Hispanic and our last name is Spanish. That's the only reason I can think of that would cause this situation to go on for YEARS with no help.

UWRF is my alma mater so there is a bit of nostalgia in this review. The city has changed so much…read moresince I moved from there way back in 2000. Back in those days, the buildings that lined main street were old (and looked old). It was obviously a college town with many bars and night clubs along each side of the street. On any given night, there would be lots of loud drunk college kids walking (and puking) along the sidewalks. At some point, they decided to clean the place up. The university made major investments in their college of education, build a new massive sports complex on the south side of town and built out a new shopping complex right at the intersection of Cascade and main. Many of the night clubs gave way to restaurants, antique shops and a new expanded upper scale grocery store. Even the Falls Theater which was a mainstay for families got a new facelift. Ticket prices still stayed ridiculously low. Back then it was only $3 to catch a show at any time and now it's only $4 (with super cheap concessions to boot). River falls has continued to expand southward with new large building developments on the southern end of town. There is a lot of history in RF and many of the old homes still stand at the center of the city, juxtaposed against the new shiny university buildings and the roundabout now in the center of Cascade street (that just feels weird). They have a lot of green space in the City with parks and sports fields scattered throughout. Glen park is a great place to put your canoe or kayak into the water and paddle down the Kinnickinnick river to the St Croix. Their business district on the North side of town is also expanding and creating new jobs. My favorite brewery sits there (Rush River). There is a hospital and clinic on the east side (excellent facilities). The UWRF boasts an excellent teacher education program as well as agribusiness, pre veterinarian and business/finance programs. It has been consistently ranked high in public education rankings. The city is a mere 30 minutes from St Paul so it boasts the proximity of a major metro area but offers small town living. It's a great place to raise a family while working in the metro.

Huge building - wait was long for a Real ID license renewal. It was organized for how busy it was…read more Plenty of seating area - bring something to keep you busy just in case Take a ticket when you arrive and wait until they call your number I went on a Monday morning around 9am and waited for about 35-40 min Tried to call ahead multiple times for an appointment but no one answered the phone. The website wouldn't let me book online so I was just a walk in Staff was friendly Free parking lot, elevators, bathrooms available

From wen I entered the building to leaving it went really fast and the person that help me was very…read moresmart and got me in and out fast

Love everything about the place it's amazon lots of good people to meet if your a talking kind of…read moreperson or just want to have a little fun and enjoy the games

Great place for community and veterans alike. Fantastic that East Side Pizza is the food now…read more Will definitely make this a regular stop.