Columbia Heights girls tennis loses to St. Louis Park 0-7
The Columbia Heights High School girls tennis team lost to St. Louis Park High School on Thursday but shows hope with a young team. CHHS will take on Benilde-St. Margeret's on Sept 13.
Melissa Oakvik performed at a block party.
Singer/songwriters Melissa Oakvik of Fridley (right) and Kara Laudon of Burnsville (left) performed at the West End Block Party in St. Louis Park Saturday.
The congressman met homeowners the day after the storm.
U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison (DFL-Fifth District) toured Fridley for more than an hour Monday, the day after a tornado ripped across the city. Mayor Scott Lund accompanied Ellison, who stopped to talk to homeowners and vowed to make sure the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) fairly tallies the damage.
In Patch's third installment of "Fish Out of Water," Katelynn Metz takes on the role of forestry worker.
Editor's Note: Fish Out of Water features Minnetonka Patch Local Editor Katelynn Metz trying her hand at a new job. New editions of Fish Out of Water appear every Monday. In this third segment, Metz tries her hand as a forestry worker with the St. Louis Park Parks & Rec Department. It’s not even dawn, yet my alarm is blaring, demanding that I get up—quite obnoxiously in fact. Goody. It’s hovering around freezing and a wind advisory has been issued, yet I’m gearing up to spend hours outdoors. Double goody. Hat? Check. Gloves? Check. Subzero parka? Check. Steel toed work boots and safety glasses? Ummm?! To be perfectly honest, I was a little less than enthusiastic about the day’s "Fish out of Water" assignment in which I replaced the …
People are seeing coyotes in the suburbs.
Reports of coyotes in the metro area, including attacks on pets, appear to have skipped Fridley in the past few months—but there was a den here as recently as last summer. A dog in St. Louis Park died in March from wounds inflicted during a confrontation with coyotes. Also in March, a resident reported seeing coyotes in Oakdale. Coyotes in Edina are notorious enough that someone has started a faux Twitter account for "Edina Coyote." The state Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has tips about how to deal with them as they drift into suburban areas. Siah St. Clair, director of Fridley's Springbrook Nature Center, said coyotes are familiar in Fridley, even if they're camera-shy: Yes, we have coyotes in Fridley. There was a den right in the…
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Take tour with St. Michael Editor Mike Schoemer around the western suburbs.
Highlights: Meet a Hopkins student who has read his way to a local honor. Residents of Fridley's Park Plaza Cooperative, the fifth manufactured-home park in the state to become a resident-owned co-op, will celebrate buying their own park. On the lookout for a scam artist in St. Louis Park. Water wonders down at Richfield's Wood Lake Nature Center. And a weekend for some special athletes up in St. Michael.
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This is a daily video roundup of Patch stories from around the Twin Cities west metro.
Highlights: A St. Louis Park senior is making her mark both on the court and in the classroom, Minnetonka officials are on the hunt for a stranger with candy, Edina residents learn the ins and outs of conducting a traffic stop, the St. Michael American Legion prepares to open a new restaurant and a Fridley dog park is in line for some modifications.
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This is a daily video roundup of Patch stories around the Twin Cities west metro.
Tuesday's PatchCast features Edina Patch's exploration of the city's liquor laws, flooding near St. Michael and the increasing number of coyote sightings in St. Louis Park.
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Take a two-minute tour of the headlines here in the west suburbs, courtesy of Minnesota Patch.
Highlights: St. Louis Park is welcoming Colorado Avalanche vet and Stanley Cup champ Shjon Podein as its new head boys’ hockey coach. Troubled Cottageville Park in Hopkins might get a boost from the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District. Edina is looking out for more than 100 homes and a prominent church on Nine Mile Creek as waters rise. And St. Michael is digging out from snow and digging in for a possible flood fight before crests arrive Saturday.
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Your daily video roundup of stories around Patch in the Twin Cities west metro.
Highlights: St. Louis Park legislators and parents discuss budget realities facing schools, citizens get a first-hand look at what life is like for Edina police, a religious organization believes Jesus is headed to Hopkins in May and Linden Hills residents are raising funds to renovate several area tennis courts.
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Pat Pierce
5:46 pm on Friday, November 11, 2011
I live in Fridley on Hickory Drive. We have had a coyote in the back, very near my fenced in yard. I have two small dogs, and have to go out with them all the time now. We have tried yelling, banging things, etc. and the coyote isn't the least bit afraid of us. Wish we could get some help getting rid of it! I'm scared to death! more ›