Coon Rapids News

Like a happy wanderer, Jesse Hendrickson travels along life's winding road, watching stories unfold and meeting fascinating characters along the way.

The Coon Rapids City Attorney's Office is leading the way in the state in the electronic charging of criminal complaints.

The city of Coon Rapids is planning to dip into its $3 million economic development fund to help another Coon Rapids business expand.

Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul, the Texas Congressman, greets caucus voters at Coon Rapids Middle School in Coon Rapids, Minnesota, on Tuesday, February 7, 2012, amid Minnesota's Republican caucuses.

The 2012 Coon Rapids Junior Royalty was crowned Saturday afternoon to climax the annual pageant at Coon Rapids High School auditorium.

Samantha Phillippi earned a prize package of close to $5,000 for winning the 2012 Miss Coon Rapids title at the annual scholarship pageant Saturday evening at Coon Rapids High School auditorium.

Students, from left to right, Marie Koon, Kwiyear Mongrue and Ekow Nana-Kweson prepared for rehearsal of their gospel choir after school recently at Coon Rapids High School.

Republican front-runner Mitt Romney battled Rick Santorum and Ron Paul on Tuesday in political caucuses in Minnesota and Colorado, hoping to extend his winning streak in the race for the presidential nomination.

Republican front-runner Mitt Romney battled Rick Santorum and Ron Paul on Tuesday in political caucuses in Minnesota and Colorado, hoping to extend his winning streak in the race for the presidential nomination.

Producer Patti Hynes-McCarthy puts on two hats in The Seasons Dinner Theatre production "On Golden Pond." The show opens this weekend with Hynes-McCarthy stepping into the spotlight in a lead role of Ethel Thayer.

Sam's Club in Sartell will host a free heart health screening from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Almost 24 hours a day, with only a 30-minute break here or there, a herd of more than 1,600 cows... COON RAPIDS, Minn.

A harpist will be featured at Coon Rapids Arts Commission's second concert in its 2012 dessert and coffee concert series.

That's when the state's political parties will have their precinct caucuses at various locations, including many in Anoka County, all beginning at 7 p.m. The caucuses will begin the process of selecting candidates for the 2012 election and policy positions to shape the political platform, according to the Minnesota Secretary of State's website.

U.S. Bail & Fugitive Enforcement Agent James Cumler is asking the help of the citizens of Anoka and Pine counties.

Ann Blake of Andover and her sister Jean were enjoying an afternoon of shopping and walking in the Arbor Lakes commercial district in Maple Grove on Jan.

A public open house meeting on Anoka County's plans to reconstruct University Avenue from County Road 10 to Main Street in Blaine and Coon Rapids will take place Wednesday, Feb.

A relatively new entrant to the Twin Cities' housing market recently bought 350 properties stretching from Rochester to Isanti, Minn., and plans to start building.

A teen from Coon Rapids has been cast in a play about the Holocaust. Areanna Ash, 17, a junior at Blaine High School, has been cast as Gabriela in Youth Performance Company's production of "And a Child Shall Lead." The show, penned by playwright Michael Slade, opens at the Howard Conn Fine Arts Center in Minneapolis Feb.

Cody Ray Stamnes, 2764 132nd Lane N.W., Coon Rapids, was charged with felony theft and receiving stolen property counts, while Ramsey residents Christopher Robert Bartlett and Dylan James Jensen, who both live at 5590 148th Lane N.W., were each charged with one felony count of receiving stolen property.

An up-close behind the scenes look at Coon Rapids city government is available for the first time to residents of the city.