Maple Plain News

The Hennepin County Housing and Redevelopment Authority on Tuesday approved $1.6 million in funding for six transit-oriented development projects.

WEEK OF OCT. 12 Drunken driving . Someone reported a vehicle in a ditch on Engler Boulevard near Hwy.

WEEK OF SEPT. 28 Drugs . An officer stopped a vehicle on Hwy. 41 for driving without headlights on, and police said the male driver had drug paraphernalia and marijuana.

The Minnesota tech community gathered at the Minneapolis Convention Center Thursday night to celebrate and honor a year in innovation.

Plymouth, Cottage Grove, Ramsey and Rosemount are in the vanguard of municipal frugality in a down economy.

Computers Go Round, a program of United Cerebral Palsy of Central Minnesota initiated in 2000 with the purpose of making computer access affordable for children and adults with disabilities, has seen a great deal of success in recent months.

Theft . Golf clubs and a bag were stolen from a golf cart at Bearpath Golf & Country Club, 18100 Bearpath Trail.

Someone at Nistler Farms in Maple Plain knows a thing or two about writing compelling sign copy.

H orses' hooves thundered across the grass at the Twin City Polo Classic in Maple Plain last Sunday as spectators cheered and sipped wine on the sidelines.

Someone at Nistler Farms in Maple Plain knows a thing or two about writing compelling sign copy.

Four people, including two children, are dead after their SUV collided head on with a dump truck Tuesday morning.

Two adults and two children were killed in a head-on crash in Independence Tuesday morning at Highway 6 and and Game Farm Road.

Firefighters and motorcyclists formed a funeral procession through Long Lake Tuesday to honor retired fire chief Mike Brown.

A motorcyclist trying to pass a truck on a two-lane road in western Hennepin County this morning struck the lead motorcycle among five bikes coming in the other direction, killing two people, authorities said.

Two motorcyclists are dead after police say they crashed head on near Maple Plain Wednesday morning.

One person is feared dead, and possibly two, in a crash this morning in western Hennepin County, according to authorities.

Two motorcyclists are dead after police say they crashed head on near Maple Plain Wednesday morning.

An explosion blew a hole in the side of a Loretto semitrailer truck repair business Monday morning, sending three men to the hospital with minor injuries.

A 25-year-old sex offender was arrested in the middle of the night while stealing mail in western Hennepin County, authorities said today.

A 25-year-old Maple Plain man faces charges for allegedly not filing as a predatory offender and stealing mail.