This winter the city of Centerville held a snowplow naming competition. It was a simple idea with a bigger goal.

The Anoka-Hennepin School Board approved the working agreement for the 2023-24 and 2024-25 school years with Anoka-Hennepin Education Minnesota (AHEM) at its Feb. 26 meeting. The school board supported the contract with a 5-0 vote of approval with Board Clerk Jeff Simon abstaining as recommended by state law as his spouse is a teacher.

The winter of 2023/2024 has been almost non-existent in the North Metro. For most cities snow plows and road salt have rarely been used. North Metro TV stopped by one area public works department to see what this all means.

These are joyous times for the Blaine High school wrestling program – which is celebrating the past and present in the same season.

The North Metro area got a Valentine’s gift on February 14th. It wasn’t red and it wasn’t chocolate-covered – it was white. A long-awaited snowstorm dropped a few inches on the Twin Cities.

Scott Schulte has been elected chair of the Anoka County Regional Rail Authority for 2024. Schulte will oversee the entire operation and has a clear vision of what he wants to accomplish.

“Sleepless in Seattle” was a hit movie back in 1993. Three decades later later “Snowless in Minneapolis” is a reality show as the winter of 2023-24 has been practically snow-free.

In mid-January there was a breakthrough in negotiations between the teachers union and the Anoka-Hennepin school district. Both sides reached a tentative deal on a new collective bargaining agreement. The contract is still not formally approved, but significant progress was made.

The Emerald Ash Borer has a knack for showing up in all the wrong places. EAB is the enemy of ash trees – and in the North Metro crews are removing infected ones to prevent the spread of this tiny beetle.

Anoka County literally wants “gap funding.” The county made a money pitch recently to a senate bonding tour that stopped in Circle Pines – requesting a grant to complete a missing link on a popular trail.