Coon Rapids News

This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Staff writer Though Coon Rapids City Council members voiced their angst at having 'more questions than answers' regarding the city's proposed $54 million Regional Resource Center, in the end they narrowly adopted a resolution to move the project forward.

This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Managing editor A Coon Rapids girl will be heading to Orlando, Fla., in August to compete for the Miss America's Outstanding Teen title.

A Coon Rapids man who shot an undercover Robbins- dale police officer during a road-rage confrontation in June 2007 has pleaded guilty to one of the three felonies originally leveled against him, according to a prosecutor who handled the case.

This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Managing editor The Coon Rapids Police Department is mourning the loss of one of its police dogs.

Five people from Shakopee and Savage are among 18 charged today in federal court in connection with a Twin Cities indoor marijuana growing ring called "one of the largest drug operations of its kind in Minnesota" by Hennepin County Sheriff Rich Stanek.

This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Staff writer Have you ever dreamed of taking to the stage, microphone in hand, singing a favorite classic while behind you a guitarist provides perfect harmony? It's not something the average singer gets to experience on a regular basis.

This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Union Editor Twenty-seven teams gathered at the Anoka County Fairgrounds Friday to fight back against cancer.

The latest in a recent series of deaths involving bicycle-car crashes occurred Wednesday when a 60-year-old cyclist died after a car struck him in Blaine.

Two Austin men were charged in federal court Thursday as part of a large, suburban Minnesota marijuana bust.

A 60-year-old Blaine man died Wednesday afternoon after being hit by a car in Blaine, police said.

In busting apart a Twin Cities, marijuana-growing operation, officers seized more than 3,300 plants, $225,000 and made 18 arrests.

A 64-year-old Coon Rapids woman accidently hit the accelerator pedal instead of the brake pedal and slammed through the front of a Quiznos restaurant in Coon Rapids during the Wednesday lunch hour.

One person is dead after a car struck a bicyclist in Blaine on Wednesday. The accident happened in the 131st block of Jefferson Street NE in Blaine just before 4 p.m. Wednesday.

Motorists will encounter a detour on Highway 23 beginning July 6 as crews reconstruct the Rum River bridge in west Milaca.

The Minnesota Department of Transportation has issued a list of the Top 10 construction zones to be aware of heading into the Fourth of July holiday weekend.

A state judge has denied a request for a new civil trial in the wrongful death claims against Burlington Northern Sante Fe railroad arising from the deaths of four people at a train crossing in Anoka County in 2003.

A woman from East Bethel died in a car accident Thursday night. The victim has been identified as 41-year-old Vickie Lynn Kopka from East Bethel.

The council met with members of the community center task force Tuesday to get an update on the project, its initial cost estimate, potential revenue sources and hear a recommendation from the task force to move forward with the project.

A man accused of shooting an undercover officer in what was described as a road rage case has taken a plea agreement.

Anoka Area Relay for Life will hold its annual fund-raiser starting Friday, June 26.