A local team, named the Lino Loons, came to play in this years Redbull Tournament. Each member of the team is from the north metro area,  two members are from Lino Lakes, one from Blaine and the other from Minneapolis. 

For much of the last two years, Blaine and Coon Rapids Police Departments have shared a contracted mental health professional. Now, Blaine city leaders have granted Police Chief Brian Podany’s request to make the position permanent and full-time.

Circle Pines leaders decided to come up with a plan for the owners of the derelict Down Under night club property to fix issues the city has deemed a public nuisance.

Centra Homes sent a letter to city leaders on July 29 requesting termination of its agreement to develop the Block 7 plot near the intersection of Centerville Road and Main Street.

As city council members debated the possible need for portable classrooms at the school, and what the city would require to allow that to happen, even temporarily, Mayor Tim Sanders offered a rebuke of the district for what he deemed poor planning regarding the Sunrise attendance area.

That could help the sports center–and the city of Blaine–land more lucrative tournaments outside the Target USA Cup each July.

Seniors and residents in Blaine celebrated National “Noon” Out. The Mary Ann Young Center hosted an afternoon of safety facts, games and prizes.

At a city council meeting on July 26, City Administrator Patrick Antonen announced a city-hired building inspector declared the remains of the club a public nuisance, and Antonen said the building’s owners, Tim Pawlik and his brother, have been notified. Antonen then announced the city would take the additional–and, by law, unnecessary, step of holding a public hearing to declare it a public nuisance.