Putting up a Christmas tree is always a fun event for those who celebrate the holidays. Next year at this time there will be another option in the North Metro for getting a tree.

The medical device profession continues to thrive in Minnesota. A Michigan-based med tech company opened a new facility in the North Metro that will create plenty of jobs.

Volunteer bus drivers are a transportation lifeline for some residents who frequent the Mary Ann Young Center in Blaine. But unless more transit drivers can be found, getting these people around the area will be more challenging.

The walkout is meant to highlight the amount of unpaid hours teachers work every week, and by showing that those unpaid hours aren’t happening during the walkout. The teachers contract expired at the end of June, and teachers have been working without a contract since then.

There is finally finality in the Susan Witt-Zach Arco race for the Anoka-Hennepin School Board seat. Arco was declared the winner after a recount on Wednesday.

Anoka County board chair Matt Look announced that he will be leaving the board. He’s accepted a job as the city administrator for East Bethel.

Here are the results from November 7, 2023.

In January the inaugural Professional Women’s Hockey League begins. One of the six teams in the PWHL is located in Ottawa, which is where a North Metro hockey star will be playing.

Cold weather has arrived in the Twin Cities, which means road construction will wind up soon. In the North Metro one major project is almost complete.

For the second time this month Minnesota Governor Tim Walz came to Blaine for a major event. On Thursday it was announced that a brand new State Emergency Operations Center is coming to Blaine.