Fridley News

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Fridley's Citizen Advisory Group for local polluted Superfund sites meets on Thursday, May 23, 2013, from 6-8 p.m. at Fridley City Hall .

A $15.7 billion education package that will "make life easier" for working parents, according to the bill's supporters, now awaits Minnesota Gov.

Seeing your bill at the gas pump climb to $50, $60 or even $70? The Minnesota statewide average gas price is $4.27-the highest in the lower 48 states, according to a Monday report in the Pioneer Press .

Americans across the country are reacting with shock to the devastation caused by a 2-mile wide Tornado in Oklahoma .

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A Coon Rapids hospital plans to build the county's longest skyway. A local college recently opened a skyway and another will rise in Anoka.

A $15.7 billion education package that will "make life easier" for working parents, according to the bill's supporters, now awaits Minnesota Gov.

Have a look at the City of Fridley's report on the former JLT or Tiro Industries site here or at the City of Fridley website .

Editor's Note: Every week we bring you a sampling of stories from Patch sites in the west metro: Eden Prairie, Edina, Fridley, Golden Valley, Hopkins, Lake Minnetonka, Maple Grove, Minnetonka, Plymouth, Richfield, Shakopee, Southwest Minneapolis, St.

Mike Maher began his new job May 1, 2013 as director of the City of Fridley's Springbrook Nature Center , replacing the retiring Siah St.

The City of Fridley's Springbrook Nature Center won't get $5 million in state bonding funds this year after all.

A federal judge sentenced Steven Eugene Daniels of Fridley to 160 months in prison Monday for the June 14, 2012 armed robbery of Discount Tobacco and Groceries , 315 Osborne Rd.

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Spring Lake Park police wrote the second-highest number of speeding tickets among cities in the Twin Cities metro area, according to a report on WCCO-TV . That year, Spring Lake Park police wrote 1,150 tickets for excessive speed.

Steven Eugene Daniels, 46, admitted to robbing Discount Tobacco and Groceries on June 14, 2012 along with another man, who was carrying a gun, according to information provided by the United States Attorney's Office in Minnesota.

Minnesota state Sen. Barb Goodwin , who represents Fridley, spoke on the floor of the Minnesota Senate Monday against adding exemptions for people who oppose gay marriage to the bill to legalize same sex marriage.

Editor's Note: Every week we bring you a sampling of stories from Patch sites in the west metro: Eden Prairie, Edina, Fridley, Golden Valley, Hopkins, Lake Minnetonka, Maple Grove, Minnetonka, Plymouth, Richfield, Shakopee, Southwest Minneapolis, St.

In mid-April, UNITE HERE Local 17 appealed to supporters for immediate phone calls and e-mails to help save the jobs of four longtime cafeteria workers at the BAE plant in Fridley.

A Fridley-area student is among the winners of $2,500 National Merit Scholarships released Wednesday, the organization announced.