New Brighton News

The Minn-Kota Chapter of the American Red Cross has a new director. Greg Voss is currently executive director of the Andover YMCA Community Center and a longtime Red Cross volunteer.

NEW BRIGHTON, Minn. -- The split over gay clergy within the country's largest Lutheran denomination has prompted a conservative faction to begin forming a new Lutheran church body separate from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

A decision by the country's largest Lutheran denomination to allow gay pastors to serve as clergy is leading a conservative opposition group to try to form an alternate Lutheran church body.Leaders of Lutheran CORE said at a news conference in a Minneapolis suburb on Wednesday that they disagree with this August's decision on gay pastors by ...

It was supposed to be a night at the movies but ended in a crime when a Twin Cities man had his wheelchair stolen.

Leonard Pitts' column rightly explained how it is a grave mistake to generalize that the Fort Hood shooter is typical of every Muslim in America.

Voters in two north suburban school districts Tuesday passed operating levies that were expiring but rejected those that would have raised taxes further.

There's been a lot of talk about the dangers of driving while talking on a cell phone and, while this is a problem, are we missing the bigger picture? Many people who own cell phones are in bondage to them.

Maplewood voters have ousted Mayor Diana Longrie after a contentious term. City council member Will Rossbach gained more than 51 percent of the vote to oust Longrie, who garnered about 39 percent.

Creepy costumes are gone for another year. Creeping gas prices continue to climb.

Last week, my 3-year-old daughter and I built a fairy house on an island at Silverwood Park.

Silverwood Park in St. Anthony focuses on integrating arts and nature programming.

The hotly contested races for New Brighton mayor and city council revolve around the Northwest Quadrant.

Two candidates for the St. Anthony-New Brighton school board think the district is taking in too many outsiders.

One man is dead and two others injured after a collision on Minnesota 280 Friday night.

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In the fall of 2006, Michele Vance, 61, of New Brighton went in for her annual physical.

Another episode of creative hearing, reported by Crazy and Loving It: "I was listening to the radio but not paying much attention.

Cities should have business contact, other data for public safety. Last update: September 18, 2009 - 9:39 AM SAFETY FIRST "Having the contact information on hand is good for the city and good for first responders.'' Gerald Urban , city administrator of Vadnais Heights, one of several metro-area communities in which businesses must supply ...

The Rev. Mary E. McNamara has begun her term as the seventh president of UCC-related United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities, an ecumenical Protestant seminary in New Brighton, Minnesota.

A proposal to require Mounds View businesses to register with the city appears to be losing support on the City Council.