Another lively evening featuring two accomplished authors is scheduled for Banfill-Locke Center for the Arts monthly reading series Friday, May 11, 7:30 p.m.

An open house featuring the newly remodeled Unity Hospital Family Birth Center will take place Saturday, April 28, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., at Unity Hospital. The event is free and open to anyone.

The Anoka County Board has awarded a contract for a project to overlay close to 24 miles of its roads this year.

The Anoka County Board took its show on the road for the first time in 2012 when the April 10 meeting took place at Ham Lake City Hall.

My first experience with a tornado was in Montana.

Extra enforcement to target distracted driving will be undertaken by Anoka County law enforcement agencies Thursday, April 19.

The Anoka County Sheriff’s Office hosted a bike helmet event on Tuesday, April 10 to ensure kids are safe.

Anoka-Ramsey Community College has been awarded two Minnesota Job Skills Partnership (MJSP) grants to work with local businesses.

Anoka County plans to overlay close to 24 miles of its roads this year.

Growing up the Miller boys were encouraged to play music together by their father and to practice by their mother.

Unsuccessful last year, the Coon Rapids City Council is applying once again for state funding to help pay for a trail on 85th Avenue N.W.

Federal funds for affordable housing have been cut significantly.

Four high school-age students, three of whom had attempted suicide, took the stage Feb. 27 at Fridley High School to talk to a crowd about their personal histories with mental illness.

Incumbents have found themselves paired in three Anoka County legislative districts under the Minnesota Legislature redistricting plan released by a courts panel Tuesday.

A regional consortium spearheaded by the Coon Rapids City Council for street maintenance materials and services will continue this year.

Officer leadership positions on the Spring Lake Park District 16 School Board remain mostly the same as last year.

Armed with a federal grant, Anoka County law enforcement agencies continue to work overtime in an effort to make the roads in the county safer for the traveling public.

Banfill-Locke Center for the Arts’ new exhibit titled “First Show” is a double entendre.

Don Toews is a registered nurse in Unity Hospital’s intensive care unit. He administers medications, he regulates vital signs, he helps accomplish life-saving procedures.

Anoka County will again tap into state grant dollars to support programs and projects that promote healthy living for county residents.

A proposal to enlarge the Coon Creek Watershed District has been approved by the Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources (BWSR).

With rhythmic precision, toes tap and arms move in time to the music. Looks of concentration and determination fill the women’s faces. There’s a turn here, a formation change there. Tapity, tap. Then the final pose.