Coon Rapids News

Interlachen Country Club General Manager George Carroll is among seven people selected for induction into the Minnesota Golf Hall of Fame this year, the Minnesota Golf Association announced Tuesday.

He has more than 20 years of experience in Minnesota higher education, having taught at the technical college, community college and university levels before entering administration, where he has served as dean, chief information officer, chief financial officer, chief academic officer and chief of student affairs.

Heavy, persistent rain in the Twin Cities metro area was clogging the morning commute Thursday, with standing water at several points around the highway system and a mudslide reported on a north metro interstate.

The following people were arrested between 7 a.m. Tuesday, May 22, and 7 a.m. Wednesday, May 23, according to the Washington County Sheriff's Office: Mark Beyer, 29, of North Branch, transferred from Faribault's Minnesota Department of Corrections facility on burglary charges.

Anoka County and the Ham Lake and Andover fire departments are offering a two-day safety camp next month for kids who will be entering third and fourth grades this fall.

Two years after Coon Rapids scaled back plans for a $46.5 million community center to a $13 million ice arena, a redevelopment area toward the north end of Coon Rapids Boulevard is back on the drawing board.

Milutin Dimac, center, his wife, Seima Audacic-Dimac, and sons Jasmin and Eric, far right, sit for a photograph in the living room of their Coon Rapids home Friday, May 18, 2012.

A modern job hunter's nightmare: hearing about a job that seems to be a perfect fit, going through an endless online application process for it, and then ... nothing.

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Family and friends of Fridley resident Dirk Paaverud say he hasn't been seen since Saturday and are asking for help locating him.

The Anoka County Historical Society will hold one of its annual "Dolly and Me Teas" this Saturday at the History Center and Library, 2135 3rd Av.

Warmth and rain beginning in March have produced acres of luxurious green spaces to enjoy -- unless you have to mow acres of grass every week.

Judith Ann Mengelkoch was born on April 4, 1942, in Richfield, the daughter of Raymond and Dail Mengelkoch.

The Anoka County Historical Society will hold its annual "Dolly and Me Teas" this Saturday and on May 19 at the History Center and Library, 2135 3rd Av.

A former nurse at a Minnesota assisted living facility has been sentenced to a year in prison for stealing painkilling medication from patients.

It began as a Bible study group - a large handful of high school students sitting in a circle talking about Scripture.

RAMSEY, Minn. - The State Patrol says at least one person is dead following a two-vehicle accident in Ramsey early Friday morning.