Volunteers from the Coon Rapids American Legion Auxiliary served lunch to residents of the Camilia Rose Care Center last week.

Contracts have been awarded by the Coon Rapids City Council for two of the three residential street reconstruction projects planned this year.

The Walgreens Way to Well Health tour bus stopped at Walgreens store #02935 at the corner of Egret and University Avenue May 10 while on a nationwide tour to promote good health.

Members of the Coon Rapids American Legion, the Coon Rapids VFW and their ladies auxiliaries will be selling poppies in the community today (Friday, May 17) and tomorrow (Saturday, May 18).

A feasibility report for the reconstruction of Blackfoot Street has been accepted by the Coon Rapids City Council and a public hearing has been scheduled for Tuesday, June 4, 7 p.m.

Morning rush hour travelers at the Coon Rapids Northstar Commuter Rail station May 7 were greeted by volunteers taking part in a blitz to improve rail safety.

A man with nine prior domestic violence-related convictions in the past 10 years has now been charged with two more following an incident in Coon Rapids.

Sporting blue Special Olympics Minnesota T-shirts, they bounce and kick, wiggle and weave – giggling all the way.

Members of the Coon Rapids City Council are excited that the city is getting its first skyway.

The Coon Rapids American Legion and Ladies Auxiliary have supported the school patrol program at Coon Rapids elementary schools for decades.

A Civil War documentary to be screened at the Coon Rapids Civic Center Thursday, May 16, 6:30 p.m., has a Coon Rapids connection.

Miss Coon Rapids Emily Kallis and Miss Coon Rapids Outstanding Teen Kathryn Kueppers host the annual Princess Party Saturday, May 18.

There will be no change at the top of the leadership in the Coon Rapids VFW and Ladies Auxiliary for the 2013-2014 year.

Joint powers agreements with Anoka County have been approved by the Coon Rapids City Council for two intersection projects in the city this year.

Motorists driving East River Road in Coon Rapids Saturday morning would have noticed Coon Rapids firefighters at a house fire.

Joint powers agreements with Anoka County for two county highway projects in Coon Rapids have been approved by the Coon Rapids City Council.

For the first time this year, the Nucleus Clinic invited the public into its Coon Rapids building for a celebration.

Work has started on the Coon Rapids Dam rehabilitation project.

The city of Coon Rapids has launched its Open to Business program in partnership with the Metropolitan Consortium of Community Developers (MCCD).

Residential housing values in Coon Rapids are on the rise.

It may have been the first Saturday in May, but those attending the annual kids’ fishing clinic at the Coon Rapids Dam Regional Park Saturday were dressed as it if was still winter.

The Coon Rapids City Council has given the green light for a park bond issue to be placed on the Nov. 5 general election ballot.