Elk River News

MINNEAPOLIS - Two women and one man were arrested Tuesday morning for possession of heroin, cocaine and marijuana in connection with the drug bust in Elk River, according to the Sherburne County Sheriff's Office.

The public has until March 7 to comment on a water-quality report for parts of the Elk River watershed in Benton and Sherburne counties.

Two Elk River businesses will host an American Red Cross blood drive this month.

Furniture Outlets USA has completed the conversion of its former liquidation center here into a home furnishings complex featuring a 32,000-square-foot Ashley Furniture HomeStore, a 42,000-square-foot multi-line Furniture Mart and a Jo-Ann Fabrics and Crafts store.

School bus slides into oncoming lane A school bus driver travelling west on 181st Avenue near Fillmore Street in Elk River on Monday morning during a snow event slid into the oncoming lane after a motorist in front the Kottkes bus reportedly applied the brakes suddenly and unexpectedly.

Funding for potential expansion of the Northstar rail line will be up for discussion Feb.

Phillip and Lynn George of Elk River, Minn., announce the engagement of their daughter Kristen George to Nathan Denny.

The panel of reflectors in back of Scott Randall's house is 12 feet high and 40 feet long.

Police catch suspected tire slasher Elk River police believe they have solved a recent criminal damage to property spree that included about 15 instances of tires being slashed.

As of Jan. 19, Elk River has seen just five inches of snow. Steve Ziemer of Elk River Municipal Utilities, who tracks precipitation, recorded two inches of snow in November, a trace in December and three inches in January.

An arctic cold front is set to move into west central Minnesota late Wednesday afternoon and is expected to reach the Twin Cities Wednesday night.

The Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled today that Sherburne County investigators didn't violate the Constitution when they attached a GPS device to a burglary suspect's work vehicle and used it to track him to a burglary scene.

He was born March 26, 1947, in Anoka, the son of Simon and Betsy Jacobson. He grew up and attended school in Elk River, Minnesota, graduating from Elk River High School in 1965.