Rockville News

AVON - Gardeners can become inspired next weekend. The Avon Area Arts Board will host the 13th annual Summer Gardens Tour July 18-19. It will feature seven private gardens in the Rockville, Cold Spring and Richmond area, according to Helen Manion, the event's volunteer coordinator.

Tractor pulls, medallion hunts, car shows and community tours are just a few of the activities available at the 2009 Rock-Fest. The three-day event opens Friday and ends Sunday.

A Sartell woman was injured Sunday morning while knee boarding on Pleasant Lake.

YELLOW RIBBON COMMUNITIES provide support to Veterans. The Race toward becoming Minnesota's first Yellow Ribbon Region began a few weeks ago as a part of the 2nd Annual Old Glory Run.

A 73-year-old architectural gem stands on a hill above Rockville. Built in 1936 by the WPA, John Clark Elementary School provided 78,773 hours of labor for previously unemployed workers during the Great Depression.

More than 25 people participated May 15 in HealthPartners Central Minnesota Clinics Bike to Work event to promote healthy living in Central Minnesota.

Some new Water and Wastewater Department projects are expected to begin this month to expand capacity and allow for growth.

ROCKVILLE - Four area fire departments are battling a large shed fire today near Rockville.

Kevin and Robbin Voigt are thankful for their neighbors today. Neighbors helped the rural Rockville couple rescue a few vehicles and some other family goods from a large storage shed that was discovered burning late Sunday morning.

Several events will be held this week to show support for soldiers and their families.

That's our advice to all residents of Brockway Township as it ponders whether to become its own city.

I have been following some of the activity at the Legislature and I am very concerned with the lack of good priorities from the Democrats.

Residents are gearing up to rid their homes of things they can't just toss in the trash.

There's nothing like a good bargain. Discounts dazzle wallets and sales spark spending.

If it ain't broke, don't fix it. That cliche describes my reaction to the intent of area legislators to unite Stearns, Benton and portions of Sherburne counties together into one "convenient" and conglomerate county.

The passage of a $29.9 million tax increase to expand Rocori High School has created a problem for Superintendent Scott Staska.

COLD SPRING - Construction could start this summer on a high school expansion that would create a combined Rocori middle school and high school for grades six through 12.

A sex offender labeled as the most likely to reoffend has done just that, authorities say, charged with repeatedly raping a teenage boy less than two weeks after the suspect was relocated to his parents' home in Hopkins upon release from prison.

A Rockville man was arrested Tuesday after investigators found 443 grams of psylocibin mushrooms in an apartment.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt became president of the United States in March 1933, a month before I was born, and died a month before I turned 12 during the first month of his fourth term.