City is latest to try the junior councilmember program.

Anoka-Ramsey Community College and Anoka Tech recently mobilized a huge effort to help train dozens of Minnesota National Guard soldiers whom the governor is deploying to long-term care facilities to help with a nursing shortage.

According to leaders in both cities, Blaine and Lexington entered into an agreement in 1977 to use an interconnected water system. Lexington’s smaller well would only be used in the summer months, when demand for service is higher.  Now that Blaine has spent millions of dollars to upgrade its water and treatment facilities, it wants Lexington to be metered, as well. 

It started out as one parade down every street in Blaine, but Scavo said that’s not possible. So the routes are divvied up among Blaine, Spring Lake Park, and Mounds View over four different nights: Monday, December 6 in West Blaine, Tuesday, December 7 in East Blaine, Wednesday, December 8 in the TPC Twin Cities […]

Sheriff James Stuart will stay in office through the end of his third term, which expires at the end of 2022.

The Anoka-Hennepin School District says it sometimes receives little or no notice when supply chain issues mean something is just not available.  That can create a challenge when you are serving more than 24,000 lunches.

Over the last six months, a major renovation has re-shaped the food shelf experience into more of an open-market feel.

Rafferty says by the time it re-opens, the facility will have been closed for two years, first because of the pandemic, and later the YMCA announced it would not re-open the building.  The city took control of it and hired consultants to help draw up a plan to make an activity center work financially.  Council […]