Coon Rapids, MN Local News, Events, and Information

Coon Rapids Mon. May 26 2025

Second Harvest Heartland Raises Alarm Over Potential SNAP Cuts

A federal program that helps low-income families buy groceries is facing the biggest cut in its history and now, local food banks are sounding the alarm.

Tom Akaolisa Editor

Second Harvest Heartland Raises Alarm Over Potential SNAP Cuts

Tom Akaolisa Editor

Coon Rapids Mon. May 26 2025

Sizzle Into Summer: Minnesota Monthly's GrillFest Returns To St. Paul's CHS Field

Minnesota Monthly's highly anticipated GrillFest is set to return to CHS Field, home of the St. Paul Saints, on Saturday, May 31, and Sunday, June 1, 2025.

Tom Akaolisa Editor

Sizzle Into Summer: Minnesota Monthly's GrillFest Returns To St. Paul's CHS Field

Tom Akaolisa Editor

Coon Rapids Weather: Wednesday May 28

High: 70°

Low: 52°

Wind: 3 MPH SE

Chance of rain: 0%

Cloudy , with a high of 70 and low of 52 degrees. Overcast during the morning, cloudy in the afternoon, overcast during the evening, partly cloudy overnight.

Coon Rapids Mon. May 26 2025

Flag Football Trailblazers Learning New Sport In Spring Lake Park

Girls flag football is being played in Minnesota this spring at the high school level for the first time ever.

Tom Akaolisa Editor

Flag Football Trailblazers Learning New Sport In Spring Lake Park

Tom Akaolisa Editor

Coon Rapids Sun. May 25 2025

Five Years Later — The Enduring Legacy of George Floyd

May 25, 2020 — A Day That Shattered and Shook the World

Tom Akaolisa Editor

Five Years Later — The Enduring Legacy of George Floyd

Tom Akaolisa Editor

Coon Rapids Sun. May 25 2025

Anoka-Ramsey Cambridge Campus Celebrates Student Innovation At Annual OSCARS Symposium

Anoka-Ramsey Community College recently concluded its highly anticipated annual Outstanding Scholarship, Creative Activities and Research Symposium (OSCARS) for 2025.

Tom Akaolisa Editor

Tom Akaolisa Editor

Coon Rapids Sun. May 25 2025

Nowthen Ends Search For A New Administrator

As Twin Cities suburbs grow around it, the tiny city of Nowthen fights to stay the same. It’s getting harder.

Tom Akaolisa Editor

Tom Akaolisa Editor

Coon Rapids Sun. May 25 2025

Two Motorcycle Pursuits End In Arrests After High-Speed Chases In St. Paul And Blaine

Two separate motorcycle pursuits led by State Patrol troopers on Friday night, May 23, 2025, ended with arrests after high-speed chases in different parts of the Twin Cities metro.

Tom Akaolisa Editor

Tom Akaolisa Editor

Coon Rapids Sun. May 25 2025

Minneapolis Public Schools Adjust Budget Cuts Amid Community Pushback

Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) partially restoring funding to the Office of Latine Achievement (OLA). Still keeping cuts to the Office of Black Student Achievement (OBSA).

Tom Akaolisa Editor

Minneapolis Public Schools Adjust Budget Cuts Amid Community Pushback

Tom Akaolisa Editor

Coon Rapids Sat. May 24 2025

Coon Rapids City Council Prioritizes Community And Infrastructure With New Resolutions And Projects

The City Council in Coon Rapids has been busy as of late, with a recent meeting on Tuesday, May 20 that saw a series of actions intended to better the community.

Tom Akaolisa Editor

Tom Akaolisa Editor

Coon Rapids Sat. May 24 2025

Authorities, Family Identify Man Fatally Shot By Coon Rapids Police During Reported Domestic

His son said that Robert Edward Davis, 65, had been ailing.

Tom Akaolisa Editor

Tom Akaolisa Editor

Coon Rapids Sat. May 24 2025

Feds Raid Saint Paul Nonprofit In Brand New Feeding Our Future Investigation

This is the first new investigation made public in more than a year in the $250 million meal fraud case.

Tom Akaolisa Editor

Coon Rapids Sat. May 24 2025

Planned Parenthood Closing 4 Minnesota Health Centers Amid Federal Funding Threats

Planned Parenthood North Central States (PPNCS) is closing eight health centers and laying off dozens of staff members in the wake of major funding cuts by the Trump.

Tom Akaolisa Editor

Planned Parenthood Closing 4 Minnesota Health Centers Amid Federal Funding Threats

Tom Akaolisa Editor