At Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Circle Pines, pews remain taped off to promote social distancing. Pastor Ted Diedrick says in person attendance is about 60 percent what it was before the pandemic, but online viewing is more than making up the difference.
Continue reading...STATE PATROL: 2021 SPEEDING STILL OUT OF CONTROL
In one Anoka County case, sheriff’s deputies pulled over a 17 year old going 73 in a 30 mile an hour zone near Andover High School. Langer credits the deputy for being in the right place to stop him before someone got hurt.
Continue reading...CENTENNIAL SCHOOLS HOPES TO HAVE A MORE-NORMAL SUMMER FOR COMMUNITY ED PROGRAMS
Summer is about offering the community options, and now that people can start to gather with less-restrictive guidelines, the hope is that the community education offerings can reach more who need them.
Continue reading...PLAYGROUNDS REFRESHED AT BLAINE PARKS
The playgrounds at Northwood, Fort Lion, Hidden Ponds and Centennial parks will all be replaced this year.
Continue reading...SEARCH IS ON FOR STOLEN HANDICAPPED VAN
Blaine police said someone stole the 2007 maroon Toyota Sierra van from an underground parking garage earlier this month. The van was specially outfitted with a wheelchair ramp.
Continue reading...ANOKA COUNTY LIBRARY TO GET NEW APP FOR DIGITAL CHECKOUTS
A change is coming for library users of who like ebooks and audiobooks. Anoka County Library is in the process of changing the app it uses to provide the ebooks.
Continue reading...CENTENNIAL FOOD SHELF GETS UPGRADES
A partnership that included the city and Connexus Energy replaced outdate florescent lighting with a modern L-E-D lighting upgrade. Donations helped cut the cost in half, allowing the food shelf to spend more money on food.
Continue reading...LINO LAKES PUBLIC SAFETY RE-EXAMINING FIREFIGHTING MODEL AS CROSS-TRAINED OFFICER NUMBERS DWINDLE
When Lino Lakes abandoned the Centennial Fire District (that also included Centerville and Circle Pines) several years ago, one big selling point for taxpayers was that the city would cross-train police officers as firefighters and pay them a stipend. In the years since, that trend has dwindled. Now, the city is looking at ways to improve response times for daytime weekday hours–including a possible plan to work more closely with Centennial.
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