Monday, May 21, 2012
The Fifth District Republican challenger argues that last May's tornado highlighted Ellison's ineffectiveness.
Chris Fields, the Fifth District Republican challenger to incumbent Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN), took to the Star Tribune opinion section to criticize Ellison's focus on North Minneapolis. In the commentary piece, posted Sunday, Fields argues that Ellison has continually ignored the area, especially in the aftermath of last May's tornado: A continual lack of focus by U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison, a Democrat representing the Fifth District, led to a failure in making the case for the North Side in Washington. Who else is there to make the case? Instead, Ellison focuses on issues in the Middle East concerning Palestinians, Syrians and Egyptians. They are not the 99 percent of constituents, are they? Fields says there were issues in the area before …
The twister tore through Minneapolis and Fridley, as well as St. Louis Park and Golden Valley.
What are your memories from the May 22, 2011, tornado that swept through the Twin Cities? Upload a photo or video above, and leave a comment below. Also, tell us where you were when the twister hit by clicking the "Add" button in the top, right corner of the interactive map and fill out the fields that pop up, including details on your experience during the tornado.
National Weather Service radar images show tornado as a column of red.
Here is a looping 3D radar image of the May 22, 2011, tornado that hit Minneapolis as well as Fridley, Golden Valley, St. Louis Park and other suburbs. The National Weather Service has this description: A 3D look at the Minneapolis tornado from the Chanhassen radar. The "column of red" is a descending core of air moving away from the radar that can sometimes be seen when stronger tornadic storms are close to a radar (greens represent air moving toward and reds away from the radar). The first image where a column appears is when the storm was near I-394 and MN-100 (fourth image in loop), which is where the tornado touched down. This feature began to fall apart as it moved into Anoka county. This coincides with the tornado weakening as …
Sunday, May 20, 2012
Mayor Scott Lund and Fridley Lions participated.
Fridley had a presence at the Be the One run in Minneapolis on Saturday, where Mayor Scott Lund and the members of the Fridley Lions Club donned running shoes for the cause.
Proposed ordinance change would still prohibit most marketing of food products in residential areas.
Farmers markets could pop up almost anywhere in Fridley under a proposed ordinance change that gets its first reading at Monday's city council meeting. The exception: most properties in residential area couldn't host markets. Farmers markets would be allowed at properties under every other type of zoning, from commercial to heavy industrial. The sale of garden products in residential areas "could cause disruption and alter the characteristics of the residential neighborhoods, by bringing increased traffic, congestion and parking problems," according to the city attorney. So the proposed ordinance change would only allow farmers markets if the residentially zoned property holds an institution, such as a church, school or clinic. In the …
By next February, SLP 3rd–12th graders will carry tablets home.
Charities, Vikings stadium will share proceeds from new high-tech gaming.
Electronic pulltabs are coming to a charitable-gambling site near you, thanks to financing provisions in the Minnesota Vikings stadium bill signed into law last week. Do you plan to try them out? Two local American Legion posts are featured in a Star Tribune article about the new electronic pulltabs—the Fridley post is pictured and the manager at the Kraus-Hartig post in Spring Lake Park is quoted: Don LaCroix, manager of the Spring Lake Park American Legion, is among the hundreds of charitable gambling leaders waiting to hear how Minnesota will roll out its games -- games that haven't even been invented by a manufacturer yet. LaCroix hasn't decided whether he'll buy any new games, largely because no one knows their cost and how …
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Saturday, May 19, 2012
Winds at speeds greater than 60 mph possible.
Update (7 p.m.): The severe thunderstorm warning is extended until 8 p.m. for Anoka County and northern Hennepin County. AT 653 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS... CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM EAST BETHEL TO ANOKA TO HAMEL...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE DAMAGING WINDS. Original post (6:30 p.m.): Fridley is under a severe thunderstorm warning until 7 p.m. Saturday. The National Weather Service issued the warning at 6:17 p.m. for Anoka and Hennepin Counties: RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LORETTO...OR ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF …
Friday, May 18, 2012
All ages are part of 5K run that starts, ends in Commons Park.
More than 200 people were set to take part in the Fridley Kids in Action 5K Fun Run Saturday morning that starts and ends in Commons Park. Organizer Karin Beckstrand said all ages have registered for the run. "A lot of families running or walking [the course]," she said. You can upload your photos or videos to this post! Beckstrand, a music teacher at Hayes Elementary organized the event with Kim Gardner, a physical education teacher at Stevenson Elementary. In February both schools hosted Olympic hopeful runners, including Katie McGregor at Hayes and Heather Kampf at Stevenson as well as other runners from Team USA Minnesota. Beckstrand also works at Fridley schools' after-school Learning Academy and at Life Time Fitness in Eden Prairie, …
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One block alone has three sales on Friday.
There were three sales going on in one block of Lyric Lane NE in Fridley Friday—the two next-door neighbors' yard sales in the photo, and down the street a garage sale with items on the driveway too. Did you know you can list your Fridley yard sale for free at Fridley Patch? Be sure to check "Garage Sales" under Category. And add as many photos or even videos as you like. Where have you seen a good sale lately? Any good finds?
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John Anderson
10:27 am on Monday, May 21, 2012
There is already a limit on the number of garage/yard sales people can have in Fridley. They don't need to enforce this in residential areas especially when they do, they are actively violating the Constitution of Minnesota. This is another example of the Council and City Staff looking for a way to be relevant by expanding government and thus providing themselves job security. more ›