Elk River News

Stephanie Barnier didna t plan to give birth at home, and Elk River police officer Chris Morgan didna t expect to be delivering a baby, either.

The second fed 240. Event organizers of the dinner are not expecting 480 this year, but they are planning for at least 300 to show up, and they will be ready for even more if need be.

The first free community-wide Thanksgiving dinner fed 120 thankful souls. The second fed 240.

It will unfold at 180 Monroe St. in Big Lake, the address of their new Habitat for Humanity home.

It has been amazing to watch entire communities rally around the victims of Lions Park Apartments fire victims.

After nearly a dozen years of wrangling - and then waiting - commuter trains began traveling up and down the line this past Monday.

A handful of families in need of temporary housing already have been turned away this fall by the group that goes by the name of B.A.S.I.C., and it's uncertain if and when the program will take flight.

Elk River is taking steps to have the water tower on Jackson Avenue placed on the National Register of Historic Places.

'Every year the need has increased dramatically, and we expect that to be case again this year,' said Mary Bakken, Gifts Anonymous coordinator.

Five Minnesotans have been indicted in federal court in connection with a wire fraud scam in which they created bogus bank accounts - with similar names to actual state vendors - to steal more than $3.3 million from West Virginia, Massachusetts, Kansas and Ohio.

ELK RIVER - Sherburne County law enforcement will be conducting special traffic patrols over the Thanksgiving holiday.

After a weekend of grand-opening fanfare, the Northstar commuter rail line opens Monday with hopes of easing the commute for Minnesotans from Anoka to Big Lake and beyond.

Details: Spurred in part by the coming of the Northstar Commuter Rail service, interest in a long-planned new rental apartment building within walking distance of the Elk River rail station has picked up.

On Monday, Northstar commuter rail will begin service from Big Lake to downtown Minneapolis.

And its commitment, which started out strong, has never wavered. So it might seem strange the Elk River community bank is finally winning the chamber's prestigious Business of the Year honor at a luncheon this Tuesday at Rockwoods.

Students who attend Talahi and Clearview elementary schools will have to travel to Elk River to get their H1N1 vaccines.

Six semi-finalists -- five of them with Minnesota connections and three with St.

The second annual Holiday Art and Gift Show and Sale will be taking place at the Arts Alliance Gallery during the months of November and December.

St. John Lutheran Church, 9231 Viking Blvd. N.W., Elk River, will host an Italian feast buffet from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov.

The congregants of Central Lutheran Church in Elk River voted Sunday, Nov. 8 to leave the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America .