The Week in Review: Fires, Petland Protest

American Idol auditions came to St. Louis, and Lake Saint Louis resident Vicki Trost was quoted in a article by the St. Louis Business Journal. Trost didn't make the cut, but she enjoyed the experience.

The Suburban Journals posted an article on July 1 about a protest at the Lake Saint Louis Petland store. On Father's Day, protesters with signs picketed the store, at the Shoppes of Hawk Ridge, saying that the store sold puppies from puppy mills.

Fires made news over the last few weeks in Lake Saint Louis. StlToday.com reported the fire on Bayside Court, and here at Lake Saint Louis Patch, we posted Suburban Journals featured an article about Lake Saint Louis having three fires in a ten-day period. Then, on Thursday, Lake Saint Louis Patch reported on a

Chief Mike Force and Assistant Chief Chris Digiuseppe were Lake Saint Louis' media darlings this week as their supernatural suspense novel The Light Bringer was released. The two were interviewed on stltoday.com, on KSDK.com, and in a Steve Pokin column in the Suburban Journals.

Lake Saint Louis Patch carried several articles about events for the Fourth of July weekend, including , an article about the , a piece warning about the use of, and information about the .

As of the time of this writing, with bad weather moving through the area on Sunday night, a concert and fireworks at the Arch in St. Louis had been canceled. Cross your fingers for better weather on July 4!