A 24-year-old Anoka man is facing a felony harassment/stalking charge in Anoka County District Court.

Blaine will receive its Yellow Ribbon Community designation from Gov. Mark Dayton Thursday, May 17, during a St. Paul Saints pre-game ceremony.

A user group of what will be the new Castle Field is forming an official association to manage the field and fund-raise to offset costs of the new ball park.

The Coon Rapids Fire Department’s existing ladder truck has been sold.

A third Ramsey department head is heading for greener pastures.

An average of 10,000 people a day are turning 65 years old, according to the Minnesota Department of Health.

The next phase of construction on Anoka’s East Main Street is anticipated to start Monday.

A week after seeing the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) renewed in the U.S. Senate, Sen. Amy Klobuchar visited with committee members of Anoka County’s Lethality Assessment Program (LAP) May 2 to learn about the program, which officials hope will decrease domestic violence.

The annual kids’ fishing clinic at the Coon Rapids Dam Regional Park Saturday morning drew the usual large crowds even though the weather was cool and cloudy.

The Coon Rapids City Council has changed one part of the new sewer rates it had put in place last month.

A Spring Lake Park bar owner’s request to conduct a combined boxing and mixed martial arts event didn’t make it off the mat at a recent council meeting.

A series of post-construction open houses start this weekend at 11635 Xavis St. N.W., the city of Coon Rapids’ fifth Home for Generations remodeling project.

A secret smallmouth bass fishing spot is now more accessible.

Efforts at the Minnesota Legislature to scuttle the city of Coon Rapids’ ordinance that would require prepayment of gasoline at stations in the city have apparently failed.

Construction will get under way this summer on the new Castle Field.

Andover elected officials May 1 approved a plan to financially assist a senior housing developer.

The lawn mowing season is now in full swing.

After failing to approve the proposed medical clinic at St. Francis High School April 16, the St. Francis City Council unanimously voted to deny the St. Francis School District 15’s request for a conditional use permit (CUP) and zoning ordinance amendment for the clinic May 7.

Next weekend’s first Blaine Triathlon has reached its maximum number of registrations.

“It feels good to be home.”

Former Minnesota Twins slugger Harmon Killebrew’s two greatest passions were remembered Saturday in Blaine during an emotional field renaming ceremony.

To cut down on the inconvenience of road work for two consecutive years in the same general area, the East Bethel City Council April 18 decided to move some 2013 Coon Lake Beach neighborhood road projects to 2012.