Fridley News

Anoka County closed the boat launch at Riverfront Regional Park in Fridley late Tuesday afternoon due to high water on the Mississippi River.

Like other cities, Fridley has commercial properties that are currently vacant. Which business sites in Fridley would you most like to see re-occupied or redeveloped? "Visions for Vacancies " is a popular feature at other Patches such as Maple Grove Patch and Inver Grove Heights Patch .

The results of Patch's most recent Readers' ChoiceA poll A are in, and the favorite restaurant patio in the Fridley area is at the Shorewood Bar & Grill .

A Fridley backyard wiffle ball game for charity gets Luke Thompson's " Mippey5 " music-video treatment, parodying "Whistle," a song by Flo Rida .

The skies may have provided free irrigation for Fridley businesses in May, but someone has been making off with brass and copper parts from businesses' irrigation systems, according to Fridley police.

More than 200 customers will be without electricity until early Monday morning, according to Xcel Energy .

Fridley, Anoka County and many other Minnesota counties are under a severe thunderstorm watch and a flash flood watch.

The four big high schools in the Fridley area may host crowds at their commencements, but Fridley's three smaller private schools also hold their own, more intimate graduation ceremonies.

A Fridley School District official confirmed Friday that three district buildings were without electricity Thursday afternoon.

Fox 9 aired a report Thursday about Kayla Borman, a Fridley teenager with epilepsy:A Dr.

In the two months since Fridley Patch posted an interactive map to help current and former Fridley residents plot known cancer cases within their community , Fridley Patch users have pinned more than 570 data points as of May 24, 2012.

Heavy, persistent rain in the Twin Cities metro area was clogging the morning commute Thursday, with standing water at several points around the highway system and a mudslide reported on a north metro interstate.

Fridley's 49er Days 2012 will include two street dances at the new festival site , Moon Plaza .

Think you know the nicest patio at a restaurant or bar in the Fridley area? Prove it-by uploading a photo to this post.

How badly did the May 22, 2011 tornado hit Fridley's commercial buildings? Ron Julkowski, City of Fridley commercial building official, said 90 percent of repairs have been completed, though the city is waiting on insurance claims adjusters to make a final determination on pricing and damages for the remaining jobs.

Medtronic and General Milles-two major companies with facilities in Fridley-announced Tuesday they will lay off hundreds of workers worldwide, but the impact for Fridley workers isn't completely clear yet.

You no longer have to sort your recycling at all if you're a Fridley resident in a single family home or a multi-unit building with 12 or fewer units.

Farmers markets could pop up almost anywhere in Fridley under a proposed ordinance change that gets its first reading at Monday's city council meeting.

Electronic pulltabs are coming to a charitable-gambling site near you, thanks to financing provisions in the Minnesota Vikings stadium bill signed into law last week.

Fridley is under a severe thunderstorm warning until 7 p.m. Saturday. The National Weather Service issued the warning at 6:17 p.m. for Anoka and Hennepin Counties: RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 MPH.