North Metro
Spring Lake Park youth football agrees to accommodate deaf players
When Dov Nathanson, a deaf fourth-grader, plays football, the vibrations from a drum on the sidelines help him feel the "huts" barked by the quarterback. A sign-language interpreter allows him to follow along in team huddles.
North Metro
Blaine City Council set to pick between brewpub, school
Spring Lake Park schools and a taproom eye the same block. To coexist, city rules must change.
North Metro
Weekend crashes leave 3 dead in Anoka, Isanti and Otter Tail counties
Drivers in Isanti, Otter Tail counties, pedestrian in Coon Rapids killed.
North Metro
Police officers saluted at Coon Rapids rally
The event was meant to counter "Black Lives Matter" protests critical of police.
East Metro
East Metro
Kids' story times increasingly popular at Washington County Libraries
Engaging the little ones — not keeping them quiet — is the goal at the Washington County sessions.
North Metro
Charges: Champlin woman threatened to 'taste' neighbors' 'delicious' children
Carrie Pernula was charged Thursday with stalking and disorderly conduct after the incidents, which began in late September.
West Metro
Mother who caused Amber Alert facing criminal charge
Anoka woman who lost custody took toddler from day care.
North Metro
ID'd: Driver who was hit, killed waiting at red light in Zimmerman
The other driver was hospitalized in Princeton with serious injuries, the patrol said.
Variety
Twin Cities man's $25 online fantasy football bet earns him $1 million
Gene Schaum of Brooklyn Park says he's grateful to Miami's defense and Detroit's quarterback for his windfall on the controversial FanDuel site.
North Metro
West Metro
15-month-old Ramsey girl abducted by mother who lost custody is found safe
Anoka County Sheriff's Office says child and mother are in danger.
North Metro
Anoka County sheriff now using eye scanners to ID inmates
A pioneering new iris-scanning system in Anoka County is quicker and more accurate than a fingerprint.
Eat & Drink
24 more Dunkin' Donuts outlets to open in Twin Cities area
New Dunkin' Donuts outlets by the dozens — two, to be exact — are in the newly reinvigorated Minnesota pipeline thanks to a pair of franchise agreements announced Wednesday by the nation's largest doughnut-and-coffee chain.
West Metro
Anoka-Hennepin resorts to bill collector over school lunch debt
The measure is a last-ditch effort to try to get back $160,000 from families owing $100 or more in school meal debts.
North Metro
'Great tips' help nab Andover ATM robber
The suspect's photo, his finger on the spray pump, was shared with the public.
North Metro
North Metro
Fewer parties in the park after Brooklyn Park adopts new noise rules
Brooklyn Park requires people to rent city-owned speakers.
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