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The annual Northern Artists' Studio Crawl including stops at 18 studios and 40 artists.
Ham Lake resident David Estrada created an 11-foot-tall steel work of art for the Ham Lake Snow Bowl.
Jeffery Skiles, co-pilot of “Miracle on the Hudson” U.S. Airways Flight 1549, hosted the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Chapter 237’s Young Eagles rally Saturday, Sept. 18.
The Lee Carlson Center for Mental Health and Well-Being held its third annual RoofRaiser the evening of Sept. 17 until the evening of Sept. 18. Seven volunteers camped out on roofs throughout the north metro area to raise money for the non-profit organization.
Multiple public safety officials simulated a response to a train derailment and chemical spill at the ATK Federal Cartridge complex Saturday morning, Aug. 21. Around 200 people participated in the drill.
The opening night feature at the Anoka County Fair Grandstand was Motokazie's Supercross series, which was delayed briefly by a passing storm.
The 2010 Patriot Ride had a new home base at Ham Lake Lions Park. The fifth annual event raised approximately $100,000.
A brief recap of the one-day nurses strike outside Mercy Hospital in Coon Rapids.
ABC Newspapers captured scenes from the final day of school at Sandburg Middle School in Anoka.
The Ramsey Elementary School fifth-graders re-enacted the journey from Independence, MO. to Oregon in the 1848 Great Migration.