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Coon Rapids Tue. Mar 24 2026

FIRNELA GOES LIVE

FIRNELA launches live in Minneapolis, turning hospitality into a real-time system with chefs, bartenders, and talent in motion. No pitch. Just execution. Be in the room.

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Tom Akaolisa Editor

Coon Rapids Tue. Mar 24 2026

MinneapoliMedia Presents | Women’s History Month Series: Women Building Culture, Identity, and Community in Minnesota

Minnesota's women didn't just preserve culture. They built it, expanded it, and forced the state to see itself honestly. That is not background work. That is history.

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MinneapoliMedia Presents | Women’s History Month Series: Women Building Culture, Identity, and Community in Minnesota

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Coon Rapids Tue. Mar 24 2026

Coon Rapids Ice Center Expands Spring Skating School, Opening the Ice to All Ages

Coon Rapids Ice Center launches spring Skating School, offering all ages structured training, professional coaching, and extended ice access from April 6 through May 11.

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Coon Rapids Ice Center Expands Spring Skating School, Opening the Ice to All Ages

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Coon Rapids Tue. Mar 24 2026

Blaine Police Department Removes Prescription Drug Drop Box, Redirects Residents to Countywide Disposal Network

Blaine PD scraps its drug drop box, shifting residents to countywide sites while preserving free, anonymous disposal access to curb misuse and protect public health.

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Blaine Police Department Removes Prescription Drug Drop Box, Redirects Residents to Countywide Disposal Network

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Coon Rapids Tue. Mar 24 2026

Christina’s Child Care Center Opens in Brooklyn Park, Turning a Vacant Lot Into Critical Community Infrastructure

Christina’s Child Care Center opens in Brooklyn Park, turning a vacant lot into childcare infrastructure, expanding access, supporting families, to driving economic growth.

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Christina’s Child Care Center Opens in Brooklyn Park, Turning a Vacant Lot Into Critical Community Infrastructure

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Coon Rapids Tue. Mar 24 2026

TLC, Salt-N-Pepa, and En Vogue to Headline “It’s Iconic” Grandstand Concert at Minnesota State Fair

TLC, Salt-N-Pepa, and En Vogue headline the “It’s Iconic” Grandstand concert at the Minnesota State Fair, Sept. 5, 2026, uniting legacy, culture, and era-defining hits.

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TLC, Salt-N-Pepa, and En Vogue to Headline “It’s Iconic” Grandstand Concert at Minnesota State Fair

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Coon Rapids Tue. Mar 24 2026

MinneapoliMedia Presents: Builders of Minnesota | Series 1, Episode 1

Builders of Minnesota: The Coven in Richfield reimagines work through belonging and ownership, expanding access, redistributing opportunity, fueling community growth.

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MinneapoliMedia Presents: Builders of Minnesota | Series 1, Episode 1

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Coon Rapids Mon. Mar 23 2026

MINNEAPOLIMEDIA PRESENTS | Women’s History Month Series: Women Leading Education and Shaping Minnesota’s Future

Women built Minnesota's education system from the ground up, still hold it together today. They teach, lead, close gaps and bridge policy to reality. Their legacy: the classroom

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MINNEAPOLIMEDIA PRESENTS | Women’s History Month Series: Women Leading Education and Shaping Minnesota’s Future

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Coon Rapids Mon. Mar 23 2026

Coon Rapids City Council Approves Easements, Property Purchase, and Trail Reconstruction Plans

Coon Rapids council approved utility easements, a property buy and trail reconstruction bids tied to the Hwy 610 interchange and a Hwy 10 trail upgrade. Infrastructure progressing.

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Tom Akaolisa Editor

Coon Rapids Mon. Mar 23 2026

Anoka County Moves to Acquire Van Buren Street as Jail Expansion Advances

Anoka County is seizing Van Buren Street through eminent domain to build its new jail. Talks with the City of Anoka collapsed. Courts will decide. The county seat fight is real.

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Anoka County Moves to Acquire Van Buren Street as Jail Expansion Advances

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Coon Rapids Mon. Mar 23 2026

Nurses Picket Maple Grove Hospital Amid Prolonged Contract Negotiations

600 Maple Grove Hospital nurses picketed after a year of stalled contract talks. No pay parity, no deal. North Memorial says it is bargaining in good faith. Nurses not convinced.

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Nurses Picket Maple Grove Hospital Amid Prolonged Contract Negotiations

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Coon Rapids Mon. Mar 23 2026

Coon Rapids City Council Approves Street Maintenance Contracts and Budget Transfers

Coon Rapids council approved 2026 crack and fog sealing contracts, carried forward 2025 unspent funds and shifted reserves into capital projects. Routine but essential city work.

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Coon Rapids City Council Approves Street Maintenance Contracts and Budget Transfers

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Coon Rapids Mon. Mar 23 2026

MinneapoliMedia Presents | The Power of Her: A Spotlight on Women Building Legacy, Leadership, and Liberation in Minnesota

Nasrieen Habib felt unsafe outdoors as a Muslim woman so she built Hiking Hijabie. What started as a walk became a community. She leads from the back. No one gets left behind.

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MinneapoliMedia Presents | The Power of Her: A Spotlight on Women Building Legacy, Leadership, and Liberation in Minnesota

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Coon Rapids Sun. Mar 22 2026

MINNEAPOLIMEDIA PRESENTS | Women’s History Month Series: Women in Public Service Shaping Minnesota’s Future

From Muriel Humphrey to Sharon Sayles Belton, women entered systems built without them and changed how Minnesota governs. The work is ongoing. Representation is just the beginning.

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MINNEAPOLIMEDIA PRESENTS | Women’s History Month Series: Women in Public Service Shaping Minnesota’s Future

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Coon Rapids Sun. Mar 22 2026

Highway 65 Reconstruction in Blaine | A $200 Million Transformation Aims to Redefine Safety, Mobility, and Growth in the North Metro

Blaine's deadly Highway 65 gets a $200M overhaul starting April 2026. Signals out, interchanges in, 4 years of construction. A 40 minute commute could drop to 10. Worth it.

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Tom Akaolisa Editor

Coon Rapids Sun. Mar 22 2026

Anoka County Renews Call for Answers in 1986 Fridley Homicide of Dennis Jan Prochaska

Dennis Prochaska was bound, strangled and buried in Fridley in 1985. Nearly 40 years later, no one has been charged. Anoka County cold case unit says someone knows. Speak up.

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Anoka County Renews Call for Answers in 1986 Fridley Homicide of Dennis Jan Prochaska

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Coon Rapids Sun. Mar 22 2026

Blaine Police Department Spotlights Officer Kurt Greene, a Traffic Unit Officer Focused on Prevention, Visibility, and Community Trust

Blaine Officer Kurt Greene aka Mullet Man patrols school zones to stop crashes before they happen. 29 tattoos, one mission. Success looks like nothing happening at all.

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Blaine Police Department Spotlights Officer Kurt Greene, a Traffic Unit Officer Focused on Prevention, Visibility, and Community Trust

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Coon Rapids Sun. Mar 22 2026

Minnesota AG Ellison Hails Federal Court Ruling Blocking Federal Threats Against Gender-Affirming Care for Youth

A federal court blocked the Trump admin's threat to defund hospitals providing gender affirming care to minors. MN AG Ellison led the 21 state coalition. Providers can breathe.

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Minnesota AG Ellison Hails Federal Court Ruling Blocking Federal Threats Against Gender-Affirming Care for Youth

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Coon Rapids Sun. Mar 22 2026

MINNEAPOLIMEDIA PRESENTS | Inside Firnela: The Minnesota Startup Reworking Hospitality Staffing and the Founder Behind It

Firnela is a MN startup fixing hospitality staffing. Built three times. Failed twice. Now connecting vetted workers to venues on their terms. The future of shifts is flexible.

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MINNEAPOLIMEDIA PRESENTS | Inside Firnela: The Minnesota Startup Reworking Hospitality Staffing and the Founder Behind It

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Coon Rapids Sat. Mar 21 2026

MINNEAPOLIMEDIA PRESENTS | Women’s History Month Series: The Next Generation

Minnesota's next generation of women leaders is already here. No titles. No press releases. Just showing up, building systems and closing gaps in real time. The future is now.

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MINNEAPOLIMEDIA PRESENTS | Women’s History Month Series: The Next Generation

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