Elk River News

The Town of Burlington board unanimously approved both a zoning changing and a conditional use application as approved by its planning and zoning committee to allow an asphalt plant on the former J.W. Peters property.

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. - Waves of heavy rain and thunderstorms pushed across much of Minnesota overnight Wednesday night and continued into Thursday morning.

Resurfacing the two-lane section of Highway 23 from Highway 25 to the east limits of Foley will also take place in 2012, along with the installation of a new pipe for the storm water retention pond, which will be constructed northeast of the highway 23/25 intersection.

You're a female janitor at Elk River High School. Your boss, a man, prohibits women from talking to each other, tells the male janitors he doesn't want women on his crew, says "women have their place -- the kitchen and the bedroom," and says Elk River High School is not the place for women.

A Big Lake Republican who is vying for the new Senate District 30 seat is making some noise on her way out of the Minnesota House of Representatives.

ELK RIVER, Minn. - A dog was killed by a female bear in the backyard of a residence in Livonia Township Monday morning.

Nate Schroder has served as a pastor for most of the last 30 years, but he always considered himself an entrepreneur at heart.

ELK RIVER, Minn. - Laura Hudson, a military wife from Elk River, has been waiting a year for the moment her husband returns home.

ELK RIVER, Minn. - Josh Wolf's parents knew they were in for an interesting ride when he started quizzing them about square roots.