Brooklyn Center News

Under Minnesota's new accountability system, only 42 schools have been identified as "Priority," or needing special attention.

Though you might live or work in Lakeville, chances are you're intimately curious about what's happening in your neighboring communities.

If Minnesota had a stronger anti-bullying statute on its books, would Rachel Ehmke be alive today? How about Jay'Corey Jones? We can't answer "what might have been" questions - but here's what we do know: Minnesota's current anti-bullying law is among the shortest in the nation - a mere 37 words.

Have you ever been bullied? Not just now and then, but in a persistent, destructive way that went on for weeks, months or longer? Have you ever bullied someone? What did it feel like? How did you get over it, as a victim or as someone who bullied? Who helped you? How did it change you? On Tuesday, we'll have a Post-Bulletin Dialogues community ... (more)

Fast-food chain Chick-fil-A, long known to be making a broader expansion into the Twin Cities, will open a location at the site of the former Brookdale Mall in Brooklyn Center.

An Apple Valley man has been charged with shooting a Brooklyn Center man in the back last week and hitting another in the head with a gun before leading police on a high-speed chase.

The U.S. Attorney's Office has charged William Wellington Williams, 28, no known address, with three counts of bank robbery, and Kevin Eugene Davis, 33, also no known address, with two counts of bank robbery.

Two Brooklyn Center men have been ordered to court on charges of burglary in Minnetonka.

On Monday, Rachel Rae Foster, 23, of Albert Lea, was convicted for second degree burglary and sentenced to time served in jail, two years of probation and $778 in fines, fees and restitution.

26-26 at the Minneapolis Marriott Northwest in Brooklyn Center. Keynote speakers include: Cy Wakeman on engagement and accountability; Tim McDonald, M.D. on the seven pillars for responding to patient safety incidents; Brian Wong, M.D., the founder of the Bedside 'Trusted' Project; and Jim Reinertsen, M.D., on engaging boards and senior leaders.

Police say it happened just after midnight. Officers were called to the Humbolt Court Condominiums on the 6800 block of Humbolt Avenue North and found the victim with non-life threatening injuries.

The Twin Cities Metro Water Safety Task Force helped put together a video showing what to do if a drowning occurs, especially in an apartment pool.

Late last year, Brooklyn Center resident Robert Brentrup and his partner, Chuck Clingman, agreed to temporarily take in a homeless teenager through the Suburban Host Home Program, which facilitates such arrangements.

A bomb threat and a canceled prom didn't slow down Robbinsdale High School students who were determined to celebrate.

It's a night you're never supposed to forget and for Robbinsdale Armstrong High School students this year's prom was just that.

BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. -- A dance party moved to a nearby parking lot after a bomb threat prompted an evacuation at the Earle Brown Heritage Center Saturday night.

Hundreds of volunteers in the Robbinsdale Area School District were treated like the VIPs they are as they were honored at the annual Volunteers in Partnership appreciation breakfast May 3 at New Hope Church.A More than 400 volunteers through the district's community volunteer program were invited, along with district administrators and community ... (more)

Police arrested masseuses at two different massage parlors Tuesday after receiving an anonymous letter accusing the establishments of allowing prostitution on the premises, Hopkins Police announced Thursday afternoon.

That's what greets the "cuppers" - or coffee tasters - at Caribou Coffee Inc., a three-man team that tests each batch of beans ordered by the Brooklyn Center company.

As the Minneapolis division of the FBI celebrates the opening of its new $61 million facility in Brooklyn Center, it is also honoring two agents who lost their lives in the line of duty.