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ACES Program Helps Youth Grow

One of the main goals of youth intervention is to make a positive impact on the life of a child, in hopes that those positive impacts will help that child become a productive part of society when they grow up. Youth intervention comes in all different shapes and sizes and there is no magic program that will work for every student.

Wells Fargo Partners with YIPA

Wells Fargo has teamed up with the Youth Intervention Programs Association to help keep youth programs going strong as well as teach about financial literacy.

Centennial Student Uses Geography Knowledge In Competition

A Centennial Middle School student is competing for a chance to be the winner of the National Geographic Bee.

Sharing Food During FoodShare Month

The month of March is very important to local food shelves and also a good time for the public to be more aware of the need.

Kira the Hawk Delights Nature Center Visitors

Wargo Nature Center sits among the more than 5,000-acre Rick Creek Chain of Lakes Regional Park Reserve in Lino Lakes. People come for hiking, canoeing, snowshoeing and more. But, one of the most popular attractions at the nature center is an aging red-tailed hawk who can’t fly.

Blaine Teacher Arrested for Criminal Sexual Conduct

An elementary school teacher is facing charges of criminal sexual conduct after allegedly assaulting one of his fourth grade students.

Mercy Hospital Named One of Nation’s Best

For the fifth time Mercy Hospital has been named one of the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals by Truven Health Analytics.

SBM Fire Picks New Chief

With long time fire chief Nyle Zikmund retiring this spring the Spring Lake Park-Blaine-Mounds View Fire Department has selected its next leader.

Minnesota Stands Out From Crowd on Super Tuesday

Caucus goers had their voices heard on Tuesday night as Bernie Sanders and Marco Rubio took home victories in Minnesota. The underdog candidates had put a focus on Minnesota in recent weeks making multiple campaign visits. Rubio spent part of Super Tuesday in Anoka County as he held a rally for an overflow crowd in Andover.

Getting Children to Read with a Seussical Sway

For the first time Anoka County Libraries joined millions of their peers nationwide in celebrating the sixteenth annual Read Across America Day. It is a fun way to let both young and old know Dr. Seuss’s birthday is great time to pick up a book and read.