Anoka City Councilmember Carl Anderson talks about one of the many businesses that made multi-million dollar investment in the city last year.

Area cities all optimistic about growth in 2013

By Mandy Moran Froemming on February 20, 2013 at 1:44 pm

On the same day President Barack Obama gave the first State of the Union address of his second term, member cities of the Anoka Area Chamber of Commerce also gave an update on their own slice of America.

Man pleads guilty to first-degree burglary

By Peter Bodley on December 6, 2012 at 7:06 am

A man charged in Anoka County District Court in connection with two reported burglaries in Coon Rapids Oct. 26 has pleaded guilty to one of two felony charges.

Vacancy on Anoka-Hennepin District 11 school board

By ABC Newspapers on November 28, 2012 at 4:24 pm

The Anoka-Hennepin School Board is accepting applications and resumes through Dec. 14, 4 p.m., from persons interested in filling the District 3 seat vacated by the resignation of John Hoffman.

Homes in eight cities were allegedly burglarized by Jerried Michael Curtis from July to Oct. 31. Victims came to the Ramsey Police Department to identify their stolen property Nov. 19 and 20 among the more than 800 pieces of jewelry, coins, electronics and other items recovered. Photo by Tammy Sakry

Victims view 800 pieces of stolen property

By Tammy Sakry on November 20, 2012 at 9:38 am

John Sanders spotted something he didn’t even know was missing among the more 800 pieces of stolen property - the baseball he had signed by several 1961 New York Yankees baseball players.

Jane Campe of KleinBank, a member of the Anoka Area Chamber of Commerce’s board of directors, talks with guest speaker Peter Vodenka about his family’s harrowing escape from the communist country of Czechoslovakia in 1983.

Anoka Area Chamber turns 60

By Mandy Moran Froemming on October 13, 2012 at 7:00 am

Anoka Area Chamber of Commerce members were riveted by Peter Vodenka Tuesday morning as he shared the gripping story of his young family’s defection from Czechoslovakia in 1983.