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On Independence Day weekend, it seems everywhere you look there are flags flying and people dressed in red, white and blue.

Away With Geese, a start-up founded four years ago in the garage of a Sayler Park entrepreneur to create a product that repels geese, found its wings in 2009.

Consider all of Minnesota a deer-crossing zone. The state is the first in the country to quit putting up new "deer crossing" signs and to stop replacing worn-out ones because deer are crossing roads nearly everywhere - including busy stretches of Twin Cities interstates.

Jun 17, 2009 6:48 pm US/Central Reporting Bridgette Bornstein When you hear about the investigation into Denny Hecker, it tends to make you wonder how someone can go from being a prominent businessman to having his homes and business raided in so short a time.

Jun 19, 2009 10:42 am US/Central FRIDLEY, Minn. On Friday, police arrested three teenagers who allegedly torched two Fridley school buses.

By Evelyn Puffer Contributing writer Both the intoxicated driver and the owner of a car that crashed into a motorcycle on Hwy.

Bob Holtz first got excited about birds when he was a 6-year-old growing up on a Carver County dairy farm.

This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Staff writer Writing has helped provide healing for Jennifer Silvera.

The volume of the opposition had everything to do with Key Air's decision to withdraw its request for an extended runway at the Anoka County-Blaine Airport, said President and CEO Brad Kost.

This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Managing editor It's the best bond market that Cevin Peterson, Anoka County division manager for finance and central services, has ever seen.

Citizens who packed city hall last Thursday applauded the decision. A large group stood in protest to support a request made by Blaine resident Scott Lipa.

When Jennifer Silvera's husband died, she picked up a pen. Her life was nearly perfect.

Steven Stanke has run out of appeals. The man who ran down and killed Lino Lakes Police Officer Shawn Silvera, a Coon Rapids High School graduate, in early September 2005 while fleeing police in a stolen vehicle, will have to serve the statutory maximum of 480 months in prison.

Minnesota native Jason Stock has joined the growing list of Pro Modified racers entered into the upcoming Amalie Oil Texas Nationals at Dallas Raceway May 29-31. Stock, a second-year driver out of Lino Lakes, will join defending world champion Kenny Lang, Pro Mod legend Ed Hoover, the innovative M4 of Harold Martin and many more at the inaugural ...

Ross Sandison runs from a Pioneer Press photographer outside the federal courthouse after the hearing.

That's what one Blaine resident has suggested. City leaders again are exploring the concept of an off-leash dog park after nixing the idea in 2003.

This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Managing editor A contract awarded by the Anoka County Board for its 2009 highway overlay program came in almost $500,000 under the engineer's estimate.

The Minnesota Supreme Court has affirmed a 40-year sentence for a South Dakota man who killed a Lino Lakes police officer during a rush-hour chase on Interstate 35W.

The eight-term lawmaker chaired the House Tax Committee and two other House panels.

An $86 million extension of Minnesota Highway 610 in northern Hennepin County is among the metro-area projects that will benefit from the federal governmenta s stimulus efforts.