Lino Lakes News

A former Oakdale business owner arrested on felony identity theft charges while trying to flee the country in April will not face any additional jail time.

Minnesota police are investigating a car chase with an armed Minneapolis-area man that ended after a one-hour standoff.

A man led police on a high-speed 12-mile chase across the north metro in his pickup truck, ramming a squad car and evading tire spikes before being forced into a Lino Lakes school parking lot and holding a gun to his head.

Pao Houa Her took these photos – including “Buddha,” left, and “Boy With Pink Scarf” - in Laos, her parents' native country.

In response to citizens' long-standing requests for a community center, the city council last year agreed to help pay for a feasibility study looking into bringing the YMCA to town.

This looks more like it. The crash on southbound 35W at County Road 23 has cleared and traffic is starting to flow again.

After a quiet start to the rush, four accidents have popped up in the past few minutes, perhaps due to the heavy rain that is moving through the metro.

The vehicle was halted using "stop sticks" at County Road 23 in Lino Lakes. Weller was taken into custody after a foot chase, with help from the Forest Lake K-9 officer.

After 28 years of sharing a fire district with 2 Anoka Co. cities, Lino Lakes is withdrawing to form its own: a costly decision being met with resistance.

Residents recycled about 170,000 tons of materials in 2013, effectively diverting about 43 percent of total waste generated across the county toward reuse, according to information provided by the county.

The one crash on the metro system, a vehicle that went into the ditch on northbound 35W at County 14 in Lino Lakes, has cleared.