Blaine leaders used a few precious minutes before a room full of state lawmakers to ask for tens of millions of dollars in next year’s bonding bill to help start overdue construction on Highway 65.

For more than 20 years with the department, he’s taken the two-wheeled approach to patrols.

Stadden has played soccer for  13 years, and Blaine’s Athletic Director saw a special talent and suggested she try out as a football kicker. Now, she’s winning games for the team.

Only six Minnesota schools earned the national designation to honor schools that made gains in overall academic performance or progress in closing achievement gaps among student groups.

The party drew in hundreds of people from across the region, including state lawmakers, as Bikes4Kids celebrated ten years and thousands of bicycles donated to those in need worldwide.

Many adults might know little about the next trip to the moon, but students at University Elementary in Blaine are up to date after getting a briefing from a NASA official. It’s part of the school’s unique focus on aerospace, engineering and science.

They also helped manage about one thousand other volunteers who came in to lend a hand. “We learned a lot that day,” said Lakso.  “It’s very taxing to be out on a hot day picking up debris after a tornado in a community that has been devastated, but we were excited to be able to […]

A spokesperson for Met Council confirmed that the trial, which at one time was scheduled to begin next week in Anoka, has been postponed. According to Met Council and to the Minnesota Judicial Branch, the parties were notified of a status conference set for December 8, where there could be word of a settlement or “progress on a settlement.”