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The Selimer-Blanchette parcel would be the third purchase the city of Andover will have made since voters approved a $2 million open space refrendum in 2006. Submitted file photo

Andover offers $300,000 to buy open space

By Eric Hagen on May 17, 2013 at 7:03 am

The city of Andover is once again targeting a 40-acre parcel east of Hanson Boulevard and about one mile north of 161st Avenue for open space preservation.

 
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New sexual conduct charges filed against Coon Rapids man

By Eric Hagen on May 16, 2013 at 2:48 pm

An Andover man and former Minneapolis police officer already accused of having or talking about sex with young girls faces six new charges in Anoka County.

 
The Andover citywide garage sale May 16-18 has 174 households participating. Eleven more bought booth space at the Andover YMCA/Community Center field house as well. File photo by Eric Hagen

Andover citywide garage sale this weekend

By Eric Hagen on May 15, 2013 at 11:00 am

Andover’s fourth annual citywide garage sale is this Thursday, May 16 through Saturday, May 18.

 
Alison Feigh, program coordinator for the Jacob Wetterling Resource Center/National Child Protection Training Center is the guest speaker at the May 17 Mayors' Breakfast.

Youth First needs community support to survive

By Tammy Sakry on May 9, 2013 at 7:06 am

Youth First has been providing kids in Andover, Anoka and Ramsey with a safe place to be, adults to connect with and help with improving academically for the last 19 years. But that could all be endangered.

 
Beckham Eckhardt, 3, and Clare Fairchild, 5, of Ramsey perform the La Raspa dance. The El Gato con Botas Spanish language immersion center instructs kids ages three to five as well as K-6 students before and after school. Photo by Eric Hagen

Kids perform for Cinco de Mayo at The Farmstead

By Eric Hagen on May 8, 2013 at 2:46 pm

A group of students from the El Gato con Botas Spanish language immersion center in Ramsey performed a few different traditional Mexican dances, such as the Carnavalito, May 3 for residents of The Farmstead senior housing facility in Andover.

 
Rainah Toney, 10, and her sister Arianna Toney, 7, sign the Healthy Kids Day - Healthy Living banner pledging their commitment to living healthier this summer.

YMCA promotes healthy living to kids, families

By Peter Bodley on May 2, 2013 at 7:02 am

Hundreds of kids and their families came to the Healthy Kids Day event at the Emma B. Howe Family YMCA, Coon Rapids, Saturday evening.

 
Bunker Lake Boulevard will be completely closed from near Blackfoot Street to Seventh Avenue starting May 6 for a road reconstruction project.Photo by Eric Hagen

Part of Bunker Lake Boulevard closing May 6

By Eric Hagen on May 2, 2013 at 7:00 am

Commuters who use Bunker Lake Boulevard (CSAH 116) east of Seventh Avenue will have to find an alternative route this summer.

 
Multiple grass fire broke out in Andover Saturday, April 27. The most impacted area, shown in this photo, was on the north side of Bunker Lake Boulevard near Blackfoot Street where about 60 acres burned. Photo by Eric Hagen

Investigators still looking into Saturday Andover grass fires

By Eric Hagen on April 30, 2013 at 9:53 am

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is trying to figure out why multiple grass fires broke out Saturday (April 27) in Andover.

 
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Andover council approves paving neighborhood’s roads

By Eric Hagen on April 30, 2013 at 7:00 am

Andover is partnering with a neighborhood to pave gravel roads this summer.

 
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Andover buys residential property

By Eric Hagen on April 29, 2013 at 7:00 am

The Andover City Council April 16 took another step in expanding the footprint of its city campus on the north side of Crosstown Boulevard and east of Nightingale Street.

 
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Andover man charged with illegally possessing shotguns

By Eric Hagen on April 27, 2013 at 7:03 am

An Andover man with a felony conviction on his record has been charged in Anoka County District Court with illegally possessing two shotguns.

 
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Former officer facing more criminal charges

By ABC Newspapers on April 24, 2013 at 1:10 pm

An investigation of nearly 9,000 pages of electronic evidence of alleged online conversations between a former Minneapolis police officer, Bradley James Schnickel, and numerous juvenile females last year has led to charges being filed by the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office.

 
Rory Theng. Submitted photo

Andover realtor top U.S. agent for Weichert Real Estate

By Eric Hagen on April 23, 2013 at 7:00 am

Rory Theng has been in the real estate business for about four years and he has already been recognized as being the top company associate for a single year.

 
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Andover man charged in Hennepin County for sexually explicit conversations with minor

By ECM on April 18, 2013 at 8:19 pm

An investigation of nearly 9,000 pages of electronic evidence of alleged online conversations between a former Minneapolis police officer, Bradley James Schnickel, and numerous juvenile females last year has led to charges being filed by the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office.

 
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Man in sudden cardiac arrest survives

By Peter Bodley on April 17, 2013 at 1:32 pm

Michael Hess remembers “bit and pieces” of what happened the morning of March 27 at Life Time Fitness, Coon Rapids.

 
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Courtyards of Andover has new caterer

By Eric Hagen on April 16, 2013 at 9:40 am

A catering company that started seven years ago in the garage of an East Bethel home is the new lessee of The Courtyards of Andover.

 
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Minneapolis SWAT team leader found guilty of assault in Andover

By Eric Hagen on April 15, 2013 at 9:54 am

A Minneapolis Police Department SWAT team leader accused of punching and seriously injuring a man last summer at Tanner’s Station in Andover was found guilty of all charges Saturday by an Anoka County District Court jury.

 
The North Metro Soccer Association donated $40,000 to help develop a 40-acre Andover park that will include three fields that could be used by the youth soccer, football and lacrosse associations. The Andover Football Association will donate $10,000 over the next five years or sooner. File photo by Eric Hagen

Local soccer, football associations donate to future Andover park

By Eric Hagen on April 13, 2013 at 7:05 am

The North Metro Soccer Association and Andover Football Association are writing checks to help make a planned 40-acre Andover city park a reality.

 
Crooked Lake School has one hockey rink (shown) and a separate free skating rink. The city of Andover may close these rinks starting next winter because of ongoing maintenance problems, but the youth hockey association is concerned about losing the warming house (shown), which the school owns and will continue using for storage. File photo by Eric Hagen

Decision delayed on future of Crooked Lake School rinks

By Eric Hagen on April 12, 2013 at 7:02 am

The Andover Parks and Recreation Commission April 4 delayed a decision on whether to close the hockey and skating rinks at Crooked Lake Elementary School.

 
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Deputy rescues Andover man from pond Thursday morning

By Eric Hagen on April 11, 2013 at 4:56 pm

An Andover man was rescued from a pond early Thursday morning, April 11, after his vehicle slid off the road. According to the Anoka County Sheriff’s Office, the vehicle that Zach Steven Fritz, 19, was driving slid off the icy road on the southeast corner of Bunker Lake and Crosstown boulevards i...

 
Pov’s Sports Bar was open at this location in Andover for 17 years before it closed at the end of 2011. It will be demolished soon and replaced by a new Walmart near the end of this year or in early 2014. Photo by Eric Hagen

Pov’s property sale to Walmart closes, site prep begins

By Eric Hagen on April 9, 2013 at 2:38 pm

Pov’s Sports Bar in Andover will be demolished in the next couple of weeks to make way for a new Walmart.

 
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Andover man accused of providing medication that killed girlfriend

By Eric Hagen on April 8, 2013 at 3:42 pm

An Andover man has been accused in Anoka County District Court of supplying his girlfriend with medication that killed her in February.

 

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