featured
First-time gardeners find growing produce in Elk River backyard exhilarating, rewarding
Additional Stories
It started to rain on the afternoon of Friday, Sept. 4 in Zimmerman at the home of retired Minnesota Army National Guard Master Sgt. Launette Figliuzzi. Figliuzzi was being discharged from the Minneapolis VA Medical Center after suffering a spinal stroke on Friday, May 29. She was expecting …
featured
Together Elk River Spirit Week kicked off with Make a Difference Monday on Aug. 24.
featured
Legion Honor Guard Commander Bill Dollansky dies from injuries suffered in fall; sharpshooter who operated tanks, raced cars and drove Ford trucks was a proud man
When Gov. Tim Walz declared a peacetime state of emergency on March 13, local churches in Elk River adjusted their schedules and cancelled worship services during the holy season of Lent.
A group of STEM-oriented students who were planning to go to a robotics world championship competition for the third year in a row will not have that opportunity.
featured
Cancer diagnosis after engagement only strengthened their bond
Elk River Municipal Utilities has earned a Smart Energy Provider designation from the American Public Power Association for demonstrating commitment to and proficiency in energy efficiency and environmental initiatives that focus on low-cost, quality, safe, and reliable electric service.
Forum focuses on future energy and highlights economic advantages of clean, renewable route
featured
Mike Beyer has been named Elk River’s volunteer of the month.
Community Aid Elk River, the local food shelf, invites the community to its 40th Anniversary Open House from 4:30-6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 8 at its facility, located at 12621 Elk Lake Road in Elk River.
featured
Elk River American Legion Timeline
1918
May 6: Private Paul Corey Davis, the first Sherburne County boy to die, succumbs to pneumonia in France.
Nov. 11: WWI ends.
1919
Sept. 2: Elk River American Legion Post 112, Paul Corey Davis Post, charter has 30 signatures.
Nov. 13: First officers elected
1920
Aug. 27: Permanent charter is received at Elk River.
1941
Dec. 7: Japan bombs Pearl Harbor.
Dec. 8: President Roosevelt declares war.
1943
Sept. 9: 1st Lieutenant Robert M. Darrow killed in Italy.
1945
Jan. 15: Sergeant George Meyer killed in Belgium.
May and August: WWII ends.
June 11: First national Flag Day.
1946
March 7: Post 112 members sign a new charter to recognize two Elk River men killed in WW II, and Post is renamed Davis-Darrow-Meyer American Legion Post 112.
1947
U.S. Army Air Corps becomes U.S. Air Force.
Post 112 Ladies Auxiliary is formed.
1962
Post builds a 30 x 70 foot building with cash donations and volunteer labor.
1970
Post builds a 34 x 36 foot addition with basement and public meeting rooms.
1979
Post builds another 30 x 36 foot space with a basement added, mainly for a game room.
1980
Post 112, Sons of the American Legion charter is received from National on October 21.
1985
The south extension, a 36 x 100 foot addition, was added, and some remodeling was done in the old lounge and hall, so it could be divided; a larger kitchen, new restrooms, a larger lounge, manager’s office and coat room were completed.
The post establishes an Honor Guard jointly with Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5518.
1996
Karen Luark becomes the first female commander of Post 112 and serves six terms (1996, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, and 2007).
2017
Post 112 Legion Riders Charter is started.
2019
Tom Kulkay is elected for his seventh term as commander of Post 112, which is the longest tenure in the 100-year history. of Post 112.
University of Minnesota Extension Master Naturalist Program, in partnership with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invites area residents to participate in National Public Lands Day on Sept. 28.
featured
Jessica Rothmeyer, counselor and author, will speak at event
featured
Brother-in-law honors WWII medic he looked up to with book and program at Handke
Elk River Senior Dining Site, administered by Catholic Charities, is located at 350 Evans Ave., Elk River (763-441-6288).
This time of year gardeners start to think of fall and wrapping up their gardening season. The fall can be a wonderful gardening season as well.
Pop Rocks will close out the 2019 Riverfront Concert Series season with a dance party rock show Thursday, Aug. 22. The concert begins at 7 p.m. at Rivers Edge Commons Park, 679 Main St., in downtown Elk River.
featured
One of Jenny Ziebarth’s favorite memories of her father was seeing him on a pontoon fishing with his grandchildren while spending a relaxing day at Veteran’s Lake in Ramsey.
featured
Laura Gifford relaxed on a pontoon while visiting with friends and family on Lake Orono this past Sunday. These days, Gifford takes as many lake days as she can.
featured
Elk River City Council members don’t seem to support a “T21” ordinance proposal that would raise the legal age for purchasing tobacco products in Sherburne County to age 21.
featured
Vince Smith worked as a dog handler in the Army during the Vietnam War, and he wouldn’t trade it for anything.
featured
Dressed in poodle skirts and letterman jackets, the residents, staff and guests of Elk River’s BeeHive Homes spent a recent afternoon traveling back to the ‘50s.
featured
The Fabulous Armadillos, a classic rock group from St. Cloud, will hit the Riverfront Concert Series stage on Thursday, Aug. 8. The free concert begins at 7 p.m. at Rivers Edge Commons Park, 679 Main St., in downtown Elk River.
featured
Gary Lilja, a 1970 graduate of Elk River High School, dreamed of going to the British Open someday, but it wasn’t until three of his classmates stepped up in 2017 that he was able to turn his dream into a reality.
City officials got a preliminary look at what the city’s property tax levy and budget could be next year as they heard more budget requests during the last of two special budget hearings on July 29.
A traffic complaint radioed in by a Big Lake officer on the way to the Sherburne County Jail in Elk River with a prisoner has led an arrest.
The former bookkeeper for Anoka Flooring Company was sentenced in federal court to three years and 10 months in prison for embezzling more than $630,000, U.S. Attorney Erica MacDonald announced July 29.
Elk River escaped serious damage brought on by thunderstorms punctuated by hail and tornadoes over the weekend, but one local residence got the brunt of the Friday, July 26, storm that started with thunder and lightning followed by rain and hail.
featured
The first day of school is just around the corner.
featured
Robert “Bob” Lee Otto was remembered July 29 at Central Lutheran Church during a celebration of his life as a proud husband, father and Marine and often a man of few words.
featured
Relay of Voices, a four-month-long expedition from the headwaters to the mouth of the Mississippi River, launched on July 9 and pulled into Monticello on July 27 before making its way to Elk River on July 28.
Forty-one years after Bob Brust opened a shoe repair and footwear sales business in Elk River, he’s calling it quits.
The Elk River Library, 13020 Orono Parkway, is offering programs on skateboard deck design and “The Wizard of Oz” anniversary.
Disabled military veterans are invited to spend a day at Veteran’s Lake in Ramsey from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 14. Rain date is Aug. 15.
Weeks after Elk River city officials heard hours of testimony from Lake Orono residents, appointing the members of the Orono Lake Improvement District board took minutes.
The Jimmys, a seven-piece blues band from Madison, Wisconsin, will perform at Rivers Edge Commons Park in downtown Elk River on Thursday, July 25, as part of the Riverfront Concert Series.
Sherburne County hired Bruce Messelt as its next county administrator. His hiring became official when the board of commissioners on Tuesday approved a contract that calls for Messelt to take over the job Aug. 19.
A sea of lights illuminated the evening sky at the Sherburne County Jail on Friday, July 12, as more than 300 people gathered as part of the national Lights for Liberty, an event to bring awareness to the conditions of immigration detention facilities along the southern border and closer to home.
featured
The smashing and crashing going on Sunday inside the grandstand at the Sherburne County Fair will do more than provide thrills and chills for the hooping and hollering fans of the famed county fair demolition derby.
featured
An Elk River man is the winner of a $21.6 million lottery jackpot.
An elderly Big Lake Township man was found dead Monday after the lawnmower he was riding tipped over, rolled down a steep bank and landed on him in the Mississippi River, according to Sherburne County Sheriff Joel Brott.
featured
The process of auctioning off Roger “Bill” Dickenson’s substantial collection of collector cars, vintage motorcycles, music boxes, pianos, children’s toys and so much more will begin on Friday, July 19, in Zimmerman.
Below are the menus for the Elk River and Rogers Senior Dining sites.
A districtwide project to repave parking lots can go ahead now that Elk River Area Public Schools has a contractor for the work. The school board awarded a $304,140.85 contract to Allied Pavement Company of Maple Grove on Monday night. The district sought to repave several parking lots acros…
Elk River High School 2019 Semester 2 Honor Roll
featured
Local high school junior Aidan Barnes is bound for Bermuda this summer — not for vacation, but to participate in the U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Corps International Exchange Program.
Commented