North Metro
New school board election rule is costing Minnesota school districts
Law requires special elections for most school board vacancies, boosting cost to districts.
North Metro
Developer Kelly Doran shifts his attention to the suburbs
After selling upscale apartments built near the U, developer Kelly Doran has new projects in north and west suburbs.
North Metro
Coon Rapids Applebee's customer charged with attacking woman for not speaking English
The victim suffered deep cuts on her face, the complaint says.
East Metro
Body found in lake is missing Mounds View man Henry McCabe
Henry McCabe went missing on Labor Day. Minnesota's Liberian community organized searches to find him.
North Metro
Woman exits car after wreck north of metro, is fatally hit by vehicle
The chain of events unfolded at night on Hwy. 95, west of Cambridge.
East Metro
West Metro
North Metro
Shortage of state psychiatric beds leaves local hospitals jammed
Change in state law has left jails, hospitals competing for limited long-term care spots.
East Metro
North Metro
Anoka's Forest Hill Cemetery opens new cremation site, structure
Established in 1890, Forest Hill Cemetery is a nondenominational public cemetery owned and operated by the city.
North Metro
Lino Lakes City Council races heat up over Centennial Fire District split
Candidates critical of Lino Lakes' break from a three-city department are taking on council incumbents.
North Metro
Price tag hike of almost $500M for northern suburbs light rail
The cost estimate for the next light-rail transit project in the Twin Cities, linking Minneapolis to the northern suburbs, now stands at $1.48 billion.
North Metro
Brooklyn Center imposes moratorium on sex-offender placements
Alarmed by a surge in the number of Level 3 predatory sex offenders living in town, the City Council has passed a 120-day moratorium.
West Metro
Early approval for Anoka-Hennepin district teachers' contract
The contract, with salary boosts and increases for coaches and extracurricular leaders, is the teachers' union's earliest agreement in the last decade.
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