This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Union Editor The Anoka Police Department suffered a loss last month with the sudden death of the squad's only K9.

Authorities say the Lino Lakes woman who died last spring after her SUV went into a Hugo pond had a blood-alcohol content of 0.216, more than twice the legal limit for driving in Minnesota.

Patriot Bank Minnesota plans to close its Wyoming, Minn., headquarters and move the bank's charter to its Forest Lake office.

Here's what some teens - and some parents - had to say about electronic monitoring.

The man who authored the new ordinance in Lino Lakes restricting the list of languages the city government could use to communicate with citizens to English only says we shouldn't call it English-only. What? MPR got a hold of an e-mail exchange between Roeser, the city counselor who pushed through the resolution, and Ivy Cavegn, a Lino Lakes ...

For a historical look at English-only sentiment, read Nekessa Opoti's full Daily Planet piece .

Let's start with two fact-checking stories, both related to GOP gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer.

It's nice to know that in the Twin Cities, there is justice even for the undead.

Lino Lakes residents lined Lake Drive on Saturday for the town's seventh annual Grande Day Parade, part of its Blue Heron Days Festival.

Charles Koch, 79, of New Ulm, died Thursday, August 19, 2010 at the New Ulm Medical Center in New Ulm, surrounded by his family.

As crews work to open the newly constructed southbound ramps at the Interstate 35E/Anoka County Road 14 interchange in Lino Lakes, the existing ramps from southbound I-35E to County Road 14 and from County Road 14 to the southbound interstate will close at 9 a.m. on Friday, Aug.

Share + Aug 13, 2010 9:04 am US/Central Reporting Lindsey Seavert Republicans are circulating a YouTube video that staffers say shows that DFL governor candidate Mark Dayton is a bad dog owner.

Step back from that white-hot, summertime grill - and the sizzle of some political red meat hitting it - and take a logical look at the latest 'English-only' push in Minnesota.

While making English the official state language seems harmless on the surface, the action has negative consequences.

A tree being cut down Tuesday fell on a 64-year-old man in northern Minnesota and killed him, the Cass County Sheriff's Office said.