The District 16 School Board has approved a recommendation to proceed with the planning and implementing of a six-period day for the 2011-12 school year.

The Ham Lake Lions Club and the Don Hansen VFW are hosting a breakfast for the community Saturday, Sept. 11 from 8 a.m. to noon.

Blaine city leaders have decided it’s time a proposed tobacco-free policy for city parks get a scheduled review and discussion at a future Blaine council meeting.

Talk to Barb Abeler about her nascent business, LifeCleanse of Anoka, for a while and words like “gut,” “sewer system” and “encrusted stuff” seep into the conversation. Occasionally, the word parasite emerges.

Spring Lake Park council members recently learned the city has saved more than $8,000 on a one-year extended recycling contract with Waste Management.

Nine months after the idea of bringing back professional soccer to the National Sports Center in Blaine, became a reality, the future of the NSC Minnesota Stars after the 2010 season looks bleak at best without some help from community.

A 17-year-old Blaine male is in stable condition after being shot early Sunday morning during a house party in Andover.

The Blaine City Council wants more information from Anoka County before signing off on 125th Avenue (County State Aid Highway 14) reconstruction plans.

During the past year homelessness has increased 40 percent in Anoka County.

When the Ham Lake City Council votes on the preliminary 2011 budget and levy Tuesday, Sept. 7, the levy could be lower than it was in 2010.