A GoFundMe page has been set up for Taraji White, the 9-year-old girl burned in a van fire outside of Walmart in Fridley Aug. 6.
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The Fridley Police Department and Anoka County Sheriff's Office collected money for the Special Olympics from the roof of Dunkin’ Donuts in Fridley Aug. 16. Donors received a coupon for one free doughnut.
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Night to Unite and National Night Out are annual celebrations throughout Minnesota and the United States that encourage neighborhoods to host block parties and get to know their neighbors and city employees.
Only one of three Anoka-Hennepin School Board seats up for election this year is contested.
Four candidates have filed for three seats on the Spring Lake Park School Board in the Nov. 5 election, according to the Secretary of State’s website.
Four candidates filed to run for three seats on the Fridley School Board in November’s election.
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Resting behind the newly built portion of Fridley’s Northern Stacks development is a piece of the city’s history: a building topped with two nearly century-old smokestacks, one with six white stars painted down its side.
The American Red Cross is suffering a national blood shortage this summer. The shortage is not unusual for this time of year, according to Red Cross external communications manager Sue Thesenga, but Anoka County residents can help by donating at upcoming blood drives.
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Bail has been set for the 70-year-old man charged with second-degree manslaughter and two counts of negligent fire after his cook stove allegedly started a fire that killed a 6-year-old girl in Fridley Aug. 6.
A 6-year-old girl critically burned in a Fridley van fire Tuesday, Aug. 6, has died of her injuries, and her 9-year-old sister remained in critical condition at Hennepin County Medical Center Aug. 7.
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Working at various dance studios for a number of years, Angela Mannella-Hoffman felt bothered.
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A 70-year-old man was arrested after two vans caught fire Tuesday morning in a Fridley parking lot and injured two girls, according to the Anoka County Sheriff’s Office.
Three buildings at the Anoka County Highway Department complex on Bunker Lake Boulevard in Andover are getting new roofs.
Anoka County is launching a program to integrate care for pregnant mothers abusing substances.
Final design work is underway for the reconstruction of Osborne Road from University Avenue to Highway 65 in the cities of Spring Lake Park and Fridley.
Columbia Heights man shot twice with shotgun
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A 28-year-old Coon Rapids man faces charges in the attempted abduction of a 7-year-old Fridley girl after police sought the public's assistance identifying him.
The 69th Avenue access to University East Service Road in Fridley should be removed, according to a traffic study conducted by Spack Consulting.
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A 28-year-old Coon Rapids man has been arrested in connection with a July 26 attempted abduction in Fridley, according to the Anoka County Sheriff’s Office.
Update: Authorities say a Coon Rapids man has been arrested in the case.
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A murder suspect is in custody after several police agencies pursued him Tuesday morning in the area south of I-694 near Menards, 5351 Central Avenue NE, Fridley, according to John Elder, public information officer for the Minneapolis Police Department.
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3 Anoka-Hennepin board seats up for grabs
The Fridley Police Department is recruiting Police Explorers and reserve officers.
Fridley Post 303 Legion baseball couldn’t catch a break in North Hennepin League play this summer.
A rock crushing and recycling operation will begin in Fridley, despite resident concerns over noise and air pollution.
In Fire Chief Michael Spencer’s 13 years working with the Fridley Public Safety Department, he’s responded to a lot of interesting calls.
SLP man allegedly attempts to light woman on fire
Fridley’s Night to Unite offers green initiative
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The 2019 Anoka County Fair begins Tuesday, July 23, and runs through Sunday, July 28, at the Anoka County Fairgrounds.
Satire, comedy, singing and maybe even a touch of foreshadowing make up Fridley Community Theatre’s newest production, “Urinetown,” opening July 19.
As of July 19, ABC Newspapers has expanded its coverage to include Columbia Heights and Fridley.
Despite a dominant start to the Legion baseball season, Fridley Post 303 went 2-3 at the Gopher Classic last weekend.
Teams can’t prepare for a regular rotation when facing Fridley Eagles Post 303, Totino-Grace’s Legion baseball team.
This week marks the final edition of the Sun Focus as coverage of Fridley and Columbia Heights moves to ABC Newspapers, part of the same company as Sun Newspapers.
Fridley’s Madsen Park will be getting a makeover now that the city won the Minnesota Timberwolves and U.S. Bank’s “Our Courts. Our Future.” competition in late May.
Columbia Heights has fielded a Legion baseball team this summer for the first time in over a decade, playing under the name Tri-City Gold.
Wes Nugteren has been growing and planting things since he was young. Growing up on a farm in South Dakota, he would help with growing produce that his family would eat, can and preserve.
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There is a new community market in Columbia Heights that will continue on Saturdays throughout the rest of the summer.
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Average lawns, as we’ve come to know them in the past half-century or so, are virtually useless.
The Fridley City Council unanimously approved the Fridley Corridor Development Initiative at its June 24 meeting.
With the MSHSL’s section realignment completed this past spring, several local teams will see a new postseason landscape starting in the fall.
Totino-Grace-based Fridley Post 303 Legion baseball rolled through June with a 22-1 mark.
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Recent Totino-Grace graduate Jake Svihel missed state titles in wrestling his first three championship match attempts, but he went out a champion in his fourth attempt March 2.
Pilgrim Dry Cleaners is hosting its 12th annual Scouting for Uniforms Drive throughout the month of July this year, with collections kicking off July 1.
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