Forest Lake News

How do you find ways to thank military personnel who return to Minnesota with bodies scarred by bullets and bombs? JoAnne Benoy has found a way 70 times and it keeps happening with handmade quilts that show appreciation and gratitude to those who have sacrificed.

St. Paul, Minn. -- A public comment period on a water-quality report for six lakes in Washington and Chisago counties begins Nov.

They needed a sledgehammer to get in. The owner of the home had refused entry, and when the St.

For the fourth time this year, Central Bank of Stillwater has taken over a failed bank.

Brian Kubicki hopes hisA son, Kenneth Mark, is as fascinated by frogs as he was as a kid.A But ita s too soon to tell if his five-month-old with wife, Aura Reyes, will follow in dada s footsteps.

A man believed responsible for carjacking a vehicle in Forest Lake in the early morning hours of Sunday, Nov.

Here is the latest Minnesota news from The Associated Press FOREST LAKE, Minn. The Minnesota State Patrol says two people are dead after a crash on Interstate 35 in Forest Lake.

Tomorrow our nation will recognize its veterans once more. Older Americans will recall when this day was called a oeArmistice Day,a when, on Nov.

James Holland and son Jude had spent a a oeweekend with the boysa on a northern Minnesota lake.

A Twin Cities man and a toddler were killed on Interstate 35 Sunday morning when their car was struck head-on by another vehicle.

A man and a young child were killed and two others injured in a head-on car crash Sunday along Interstate 35 in Forest Lake, the State Patrol said.

Authorities say a body found Thursday afternoon on the north shore of Lake Superior was that of a missing kayaker and former Milwaukee school teacher.

A search of Forest Lake High School and the grounds turned up empty Friday morning after an intruder alert forced local police and school officials to lock down Forest Lake High School, Century Junior High School and the District Office Building for just under an hour.

Six years after the charter school Lakes International Language Academy opened in Forest Lake, the public school district will respond with a program of its own.

Tuesday was a good night for challengers, as newcomers were elected in races for the Forest Lake school board, the South Washington County school board and the Mahtomedi City Council.

Come visit if you dare! Jason Avenue N. in Forest Lake will be the Haunted Avenue once again thanks to Chris Costello and his gang of Halloween fans.

Six people were hurt in a two car crash on Saturday that left two teens in critical condition.

Federal and state regulators have closed another Minnesota bank. The two branches of Riverview Community Bank of Otsego will reopen Saturday as branches of Stillwater-based Central Bank.

Federal and state regulators on Friday closed another Minnesota bank - this one in the northwest Twin Cities metro.

Five candidates are vying for three open spots on the Forest Lake school board. Incumbents David Gay and Eric Langness will face off against Kathy Bystrom, former school board member Karen Morehead and Erin Turner in the Nov.