Anoka News
District 16 custodians to get 3.9 percent raise over two years
Spring Lake Park District 16 School Board has approved a 3.87 percent
increase in wages and benefits for its custodial workers...
County HRA spends down home rehab dollars
The Anoka County Housing and Redevelopment Authority (HRA) has spent
almost all of the close to $6 million in federal dollars...
Paying tribute to those who came to help, died in 2004 explosion
After its 2004 inception, the Ramsey Rotary group knew it wanted to
give something to the city, like a city entrance...
Countywide effort to focus on job training
A countywide collaborative involving the Anoka County Job Training
Center and education institutions is seeking $125,000 in state grant
dollars in an...
Anoka man dies in two vehicle crash on Highway 95 near Cambridge
An 18-year-old Anoka man died Sunday from injuries sustained in a
two-vehicle traffic crash at Highways 47 and 95, eight miles...
New District 16 equity coordinator �loves to learn�
Carolyne Zieske�s days of late are packed with meeting principals, English language learner teachers and other staff members.
Andover resident living the small business dream
When Amy Frechette was working at a Los Angeles law firm, she
frequently took lunch breaks in a nearby park where...
Fund-raiser for fallen officers memorial
The Don Hansen VFW, 17438 Baltimore St. N.E., in Ham Lake is hosting an
8 p.m. event Friday evening, Sept. 10...
Faith, family and friends hallmarks of Bob Germundson�s life
Faith, family and friends were the hallmarks of the life of Coon Rapids resident Robert (Bob) Germundson.
Preliminary tax levy is approved
The Coon Rapids City Council Tuesday adopted a preliminary 2011 citywide tax levy of $22,001,321.
Sheltering Anoka County�s homeless families
During the past year homelessness has increased 40 percent in Anoka County.
Push to expand Northstar to St. Cloud
Efforts have started to expand Northstar Commuter Rail service from Big Lake to St. Cloud.
Taking on AIDS in South Africa
An estimated 5.7 million South Africans were living with HIV and AIDS
in 2009. This is more than any other country,...
Bennigan�s general manager takes different stroke to living life to fullest
On Halloween night, 2008, Bernie Klarkowski was up past 2 a.m.,
cleaning and closing up shop at the Coon Rapids Bennigan�s...
New life for LOJ
When school board members voted last fall to close L.O. Jacob
Elementary School, many in the neighborhood of the historic schoolhouse
began...
Honor the Heroes event set for Sept. 10
The ninth year of the Honor the Heroes event Sept. 10 will once again
honor military members, police, firefighters, emergency medical
personnel...
Colon hydrotherapy business is growing in northern suburbs
Talk to Barb Abeler about her nascent business, LifeCleanse of Anoka,
for a while and words like �gut,� �sewer system� and...
NSC Stars future is up in the air
Nine months after the idea of bringing back professional soccer to the
National Sports Center in Blaine, became a reality, the...
ABC photo contest winners announced
A photo of a St. Paul church at night took top honors in the 2010 ABC
Newspapers photo contest.
District 11 attendance landscape remapped
The new school year means more than just new books, new classmates, new assignments.
