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C-I softball posts best record in nearly a decade
The Cambridge-Isanti softball team will enter section play on a high after putting together a turn-around season. The Bluejackets have won three of their last four games after posting a 2-1 record last week. The week began with a 1-0 win at Sartell on Monday, May 13, followed by a 5-4 loss at North Branch in the team’s Mississippi 8 final the next day. C-I closed the regular season with...
County Commissioner updates Champlin Council
Hennepin County Commissioner Kevin Anderson gave a presentation on May 13 to give the Champlin City Council a general overview of county projects associated with the city. “Over half of our budget is health and human services,” he said. Champlin has about 1.4% of the population and property tax base. “I always try to keep that in mind, especially as we’re evaluating how we’re trying to make sure that we’re being equitable in our distribution of the work.” ...
Pirates, Rebels, Centaurs baseball teams head into sections
All three varsity baseball teams in the Brooklyn Park/Brooklyn Center coverage area were busy last week with their final games of the 2024 regular season. PCM Park Center/Columbia Heights/Maranatha Christian Academy opened last week with a 3-2 win over Armstrong on May 20, a statement of intent ahead of the coming section tournament. The Pirates...
Rebels softball collects two shutout sectional wins
Champlin Park softball began the Section 5AAAA tournament in near-perfect form last week, picking up wins against Irondale and Spring Lake Park in the first two rounds. The Rebels began last week with an 8-0 win over seventh seed Irondale in the first round of the Section 5AAAA tournament. It was a team effort as Amanda Kotsmith, Marissa Rothenberger, Laila Nestoss, Sydney Burnevik, Addy Andrews, Erin Kaluza, Lauren Heltemes and Layla Nguyen scored one run each. Reese Reimler and Ava Abrahamson ended the day with...
Memorial Day services planned for Monday in Elk River
The Elk River American Legion Davis-Darrow-Meyer Post 112 will kick off this year’s Memorial Day services of remembrance on Monday, May 27, starting at 6 a.m. with the Elk River American Legion Honor Guard performing honor ceremonies at Veterans Memorial on Highway 10 and nine cemeteries across the local community. The schedule is located at right. The city of Elk River and Elk River Beyond the Yellow Ribbon are once again hosting a Memorial Day parade on Monday, May 27, at 10 a.m. to honor...
Zimmerman American Legion to honor fallen
The Zimmerman American Legion, Kriesel-Jacobsen Post 560, will honor members who have died in the past year at a ceremony after touring several local cemeteries, U.S.S. Liberty Park and Kriesel Jacobson Post 560. Tentative times are: Bellwood.......................... 8:45 a.m. St. Pius Catholic Cemetery.... 9:40 a.m. ...
Area Track and Field: Blaine boys finish as true team state runner-up
The Blaine boys track and field team finished as the state runner-up in the Class AAA True Team State Championships held in Stillwater May 17. The Blaine girls earned seventh place, and the Anoka boys earned ninth place. The Blaine boys won a pair of events, with Zughumnan Zillang atop the high jump and a first-place run by the 4x200-meter relay. The Bengals had a trio of runner-up finishes by Gerald Ferguson in the triple jump, Jamareon Douglas in the 100 and the 4x100 relay;...
Candidate Filing Period Opens for Coon Rapids City Council Elections
It's time for political hopefuls in Coon Rapids to throw their hats in the ring as the candidate filing period for the upcoming municipal elections kicked off May 21st. Candidates have until 5 p.m. on June 4th to file their paperwork if they are eyeing a spot on the City Council for Wards 1, 2, or 4, or the At-Large seat. Details released by the City highlight that these positions, which come with a four-year tenure, will officially begin on the first day of 2025 and will spell out their terms on the final day of 2028.
Boys tennis: Mounds View stops Ponies in section semifinals
It was a familiar foe that stopped the third-seeded Stillwater boys tennis team in the semifinals of the Section 4AA tournament on Friday, May 17 at Mounds View High School. Mounds View took advantage of its strong singles lineup to topple the Ponies 7-0, the same score it posted while handing Stillwater its only conference loss on the way to another SEC championship earlier this season. The second-seeded Mustangs were...
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