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Albertville approves of plans for new daycare facility
At the April 15 Albertville City Council meeting, the council approved the plans for an 11,500-square-foot or larger daycare center. City Planner Al Brixius presented the plans for Everbrooke Daycare by Oppidan Holdings LLC, which will be located at 6869 and 6883 Laketowne Place NE. “We’ve been waiting since 2006 for another development at this location. This is a very nice looking building, it’s going to be a good use of the site and finally put something up there that may motivate additional development,” Brixius...
‘Our voices were actually heard’: Students celebrate as Anoka-Hennepin school board backs down from budget threats
A conservative school board member broke an impasse on Tuesday night when he agreed to decouple DEI initiatives from the district’s 2024-25 budget. The post ‘Our voices were actually heard’: Students celebrate as Anoka-Hennepin school board backs down from budget threats appeared first on Sahan Journal.
$3.1 million lottery jackpot won in Minnesota
COON RAPIDS, Minn. — Go check your lotto tickets — one lucky Minnesotan won $3.1 million in the Thursday Lotto America drawing. The Minnesota Lottery said in a release that the winning ticket was sold at Cub Foods in Coon Rapids at 2050 Northdale Blvd. The state has...
Arrests, sentencings, fire calls for April 25
Wright County Sheriff arrests: • Marie Lynn Carlisle, 62, of Monticello was arrested April 15 in Monticello on a charge of domestic assault. • Jonathan Thomas Correll, 22, of Elk River was arrested April 17 in Monticello on a Wright County warrant for third-degree DWI. • Michael David Chadwick, 42, of Monticello was arrested April...
Officials seek missing Ramsey man, whose vehicle was found in St. Francis
RAMSEY, Minn. — Authorities in the north metro are asking the public to keep an eye out for a missing man. Anoka County officials said 62-year-old Robert Scott Stelling was last seen around 2:30 p.m. Saturday leaving his home in Ramsey. A few hours later, his vehicle was found near the 22900 block of Rum River Boulevard Northwest in St. Francis.Officials described Stelling as 5'7" and 264 pounds. He was wearing blue jeans and a white T-shirt with blue dots when he was last seen.Anyone with information about Stelling is asked to call Anoka County Dispatch at 763-427-1212 or 911.
Sherburne County sheriff report April 25
The following individuals have been booked into the Sherburne County Jail for the alleged offense(s): - Michael John Taylor, 34 of Zimmerman, MN 55398 for MSD Domestic Assault. - Shane Dean Burgardt, 50 of Zimmerman, MN 55398 for MSD Harassment Restraining Order violation. - Darren Lee Misquadace, 33 of Onamia, MN 56359 for Mille Lacs County and Sherburne County warrants. - On April 12 th , Charles Crapser reported the theft of items from a storage unit on 320 th Ave NW in Baldwin Township. Items taken include: a Coleman minibike with camouflage fenders and a black luggage rack; a Campbell Huss field 4-gallon air compressor; a Rol air dual tank gas powered air compressor; a Fourney mini torch set; and three Milwaukee pack out boxes filled with miscellaneous tools. Value of items taken is estimated at $3,588.00.
Coon Rapids man sentenced for fentanyl possession during arrest
A Coon Rapids man, Tanner Nicholas Delaney, age 24, was sentenced in Redwood County Court for felony-level drug possession over an incident last February. According to court documents, on Feb. 4, the Redwood County Sheriff’s Office was called to an area business on a report Delaney was there. Delaney had current warrants out for his arrest. Delaney was found in the parking lot and taken into custody. During a search, he was found with fentanyl on his person, and he admitted smoking it two hours earlier.
Minnesota will soon be home to 5th largest solar facility in the nation
BECKER, Minn. — In a new rule, the EPA says coal plants need to start capturing their smokestack emissions or shut down. It's a move to curb planet-warming emissions — something Minnesota wants to do by going carbon-free with our electricity by 2040.Utilities are doing so by shifting to more renewables.Xcel Energy's Sherco coal plant in Becker is a mammoth maze of massive machinery."What you see on the ground is about 2 million tons of coal which equates to two months of burning if both are operating at 100% power," said Plant Director Michelle Neal.That coal is loaded into a 21-story 3,000-degree...
Historically Speaking: Congregation merged 2 churches
The brothers Samuel and William Creighton were Methodist men that had come to the land that was soon to be Monticello through Samuel’s enterprise in being a minister with the Wisconsin Conference. Samuel was the sole inductee in the matter of establishing a Methodist congregation at this newly formed townsite, which he had played a role in forming. Zadock Brown, along with the Creightons, built a steam sawmill on the...
70-year-old Ramsey accountant sentenced to 6 months in prison for tax crimes
A 70-year-old Ramsey man has been sentenced to six months in prison followed by one year of supervised release and restitution for operating a tax preparation business as cover for a tax fraud scheme, announced United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger. According to court documents, Lyle Nierenz ran tax preparation...
Brooklyn Park Community on Alert After Unexplained Gunfire Incidents, Police Seek Leads
Residents of Brooklyn Park were on high alert this week after reports of gunfire swept through their neighborhood. Tensions rose when at 10:05 p.m. last Tuesday, officers rushed to the 10000 block of Honeysuckle Ave. N. after receiving calls about potential gunshots. The exhaustive search that ensued, however, turned up nothing, as officers found no evidence that shots were fired, according to the Brooklyn Park Police Department.
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