Fridley News

Undated 2013 courtesy photo of Chief Lynne Tellers Bankes of the White Bear Lake Police Department.

The Star News newspaper profiles one student graduating from Fridley High School who stands out in several ways-including his 45-minute commute from Zimmerman, MN to school in Fridley: Jacob Crippes, 18, has come a long way since sixth grade, when he became the first student in the Elk River School District to enroll in the Northwest Suburban ... (more)

Mike Holst of Crosslake was a first responder when tornadoes struck Fridley 48 years ago this week.

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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.

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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.