Many adults might know little about the next trip to the moon, but students at University Elementary in Blaine are up to date after getting a briefing from a NASA official. It’s part of the school’s unique focus on aerospace, engineering and science.

They also helped manage about one thousand other volunteers who came in to lend a hand. “We learned a lot that day,” said Lakso.  “It’s very taxing to be out on a hot day picking up debris after a tornado in a community that has been devastated, but we were excited to be able to […]

A spokesperson for Met Council confirmed that the trial, which at one time was scheduled to begin next week in Anoka, has been postponed. According to Met Council and to the Minnesota Judicial Branch, the parties were notified of a status conference set for December 8, where there could be word of a settlement or “progress on a settlement.”

Midwest Regional Forensic Lab is the only lab in Minnesota to win the Project FORESIGHT Maximus Award given to the top 15 labs in the world by faculty from West Virginia University who analyze crime lab data.  They’ve won it two years in a row.

As buses rolled in at University Avenue Elementary School, Governor Tim Walz and Education Commissioner Heather Mueller were there to lead the official welcoming committee.

Testing at the Lino Lakes site at the former YMCA will occur Monday-Thursday, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., beginning September 13.

DFL State Senator Jerry Newton says he won’t file for re-election in 2022. Newton represents Blaine and Coon Rapids in St. Paul.

Senator Michelle Benson (R – District 31) announced she will seek the GOP nomination to challenge Governor Tim Walz.

Representative Erin Koegel lost three fingers after something went wrong when she was using a power saw.

The Barrys simply wanted to keep their home, which they built by hand over a three-year period in the late 1970s.