Fridley News

Disturbing the peace . Police received a report at 8:15 a.m. that a man and a woman were in a yard, arguing loudly, on the 8700 block of VanBuren St.

This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Staff writer Ryan spent his nights living in the bushes near Northtown Mall.

A Fridley man was one of three Twin Cities residents accused of stealing $89,000 from Medicaid, according to a federal indictment unsealed Wednesday.

A Massachusetts cardiologist has filed a lawsuit against his former employer alleging that he was fired because he resisted pressure to use Medtronic stents in exchange for the clinica s ability to participate in trials of a new heart valve developed by the Fridley company.

The Anoka County medical examiner's office identified the Fridley man killed by a car while riding his bicycle Friday night.

Law enforcement agencies are still investigating a vehicle-bicycle collision that killed a 55-year-old Fridley man Friday night near Northtown Mall.

A 55-year-old Fridley man was killed when the bike he was riding was hit by a car Friday night in Blaine.

A car vs. bike accident in Blaine Friday ended with the death of the biker, an Anoka County Sheriff's Office official said today.

Last update: October 26, 2009 - 6:14 PM How appropriate that the first blog entry I'm writing in more than a week is about health care.

Swine flu patients whose damaged lungs have left them unable to breathe are driving demand in the U.K. for a lung-bypass technique seldom used on influenza cases.

The League of Women Voters of Fridley will hold a school board candidates forum at 7 tonight at Fridley City Hall, 6431 University Av.

Every time I go to the grocery store, I check my receipt to make sure I was properly charged for my honeycrisp apples and cereal.

"Just wondering: Do the NWA passengers on Wednesday's wayward flight get those extra bonus miles credited to their frequent-flyer accounts?" No one goes there anymore.

The Ham Lake City Council Oct. 5 approved by-laws to join the new Minnesota Metro North Tourism Convention and Visitors Bureau .

Shares of Natick, Mass.-based Boston Scientific are off more than 15 percent this afternoon after the company cut its earnings guidance and reported weak third quarter sales.

Theft . A woman from a home on the 600 block of 128th Avenue NE. called police to report that her 11-year-old daughter took her car keys and left in the vehicle.

High school: Lake , 7 p.m. - Eastview at Jefferson; Kennedy at Eagan; Lakeville South at Apple Valley; Rosemount at Lakeville North.

Fridley-based Medtronic Inc. has established a new international headquarters in Singapore, which will oversee the companya s operations in Asia as well as Latin America, Canada, Europe, Africa, Middle East and Australia.

When Viagra fails, a stent propping open arteries near the penis may be the answer for men with erectile dysfunction.

No one had spoken to or seen Eric Truskowski for nearly a week before Sunday morning, when a friend drove to the man's Fridley apartment complex and roused a manager and two caretakers.