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Unintentional county-wide shelter-in-place order due to ‘human error’
At 6:45 p.m. April 22, officers from the Robbinsdale Police Department responded to an armed domestic situation. “As is standard procedure, a shelter-in-place notification was sent out by the Hennepin County Communications Division,” the police department wrote in a note to the press. “This was to be sent to the impacted residences on the block. However, it was sent, unintentionally, to the entire Hennepin County.” The Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office later released a statement explaining the message to all of Hennepin County was “human error” and they found “the step in the alert process that resulted in the mistake.”
No broadband franchising this year
A proposed bill in the Minnesota Legislature that would have treated internet broadband similar to cable television and allowed franchising was removed from the commerce bill on April 15. The idea was to give local governments the ability to implement franchising broadband internet and collect PEG fees from the bills. Rep. Mike Freiberg (DFL-Golden Valley), was the chief author of the bill in the House. His district encompasses the entire...
Flicker & Fizz celebrates 3 years
Cocktails and candles: three years ago on April 25, Flicker & Fizz was launched with a party in Jessica Berglin’s Robbinsdale garage. Three years later, the business has continued. Flicker & Fizz is a one-woman show selling candles made in vintage glassware. Berglin sells handcrafted candles at craft markets – mainly in Minneapolis. She also offers candle-making workshops at Carver Junk Company in Chaska and HINDES in Golden Valley. ...
Nonprofit serving immigrants plans to expand to New Hope
City leaders dropped a restriction that prevented property sale to a charity Somali Community Resettlement Services plans to expand to New Hope after city leaders agreed to drop restrictive covenants that would have prevented the move. The city’s Economic Development Authority previously had placed restrictions on property at 7300 42nd Avenue that banned sale of the land to tax-exempt property, including a charity, church, hospital, school district or other tax-exempt...
PCM baseball continues strong Tri-Metro Conference run
Park Center/Columbia Heights/Maranatha baseball continued a strong start to its season last week with a six-inning win over Cooper on April 17 at home. PCM began the week with a narrow but eventful 7-6 win over St. Anthony on the road on April 15. Ty Lovcik was a commanding force in the victory. He pitched four innings and got six strikeouts, while also getting three hits and two RBI. The...
Rebels softball continues promising start to season
Champlin Park softball built on a positive 2-1 start to the season with a 9-2 win over Hill-Murray at home on April 15, marking its most prolific day of scoring so far this spring. It was also Hill-Murray’s first loss of the season after a three-game winning streak. The Rebels set a strong tone defensively from the start, finding three quick outs at the top of the first through second baseman Amanda Kotsmith, shortstop Reese Reimler, and first baseman Marissa Rothenberger. Ava Parent caught a...
Rebels start boys lacrosse season strong against rivals
Champlin Park boys lacrosse opened its 2024 season with a thriller on April 15, beating district rivals Anoka 6-4 at home. The night, however, did not start easily for the Rebels. It was Anoka who struck first, scoring in the final seconds of the first quarter after an exciting start that saw both teams survive close chances, including multiple strikes of the posts. Champlin Park took the task head-on in...
Centaurs ready to develop and grow boys volleyball team
Brooklyn Center boys volleyball kicked off its 2024 spring season last week with a 3-1 home loss to Osseo April 16 as both teams looked ahead to boys volleyball’s MSHSL emerging sport season ahead of full integration next school year. The meeting between the Centaurs and Orioles was Brooklyn Center’s first game of the season. Osseo, however, entered with two games already played, both 3-0 losses to Burnsville and Edina April 9 and 11. ...
Hornets score seven in third inning to beat Armstrong
When ace righthander Kade Chrysler of Edina threw the first pitch against Armstrong Saturday, April 20, at Braemar Park, the temperature was 36 degrees. Armstrong took a quick 2-0 lead, but in the bottom of the third inning Edina scored seven runs, and that’s the way it stayed for a 7-2 Hornet victory. Judicious in his use of Chrysler, Nevers took him out early, replacing him with another righthander, Elliott...
Cooper softball shows talent in conference loss
Cooper softball played one game last week, with two delayed by weather, taking on its first conference game of the season on April 18. in a 13-2 to St. Anthony The Hawks started the evening well, with good catches from first baseman Jenna Garman and second baseman Sariya Browning shutting out the Hawks for the first inning. A single for Emma Chavez, who then stole second and third base, provided an opportunity Saraphina Wilhelm to hit an RBI single. The scoring ended there, but Cooper...
Falcons and Wings lacrosse teams each pick up a win
Both the Falcons boys lacrosse and Wings girls lacrosse teams played twice last week, each picking wins against Totino-Grace or Totino-Grace/St. Anthony on April 15, before both losing battles with Maple Grove on April 17. Armstrong boys The Armstrong boys lacrosse team started last week strong with a 13-4 win over Totino-Grace on April 15 in its first road game of the year. ...
Hawks past and present set to reunite at Gophers football
Cooper’s Emmanuel Karmo grabbed headlines last week when he committed to play for the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers football team. The linebacker, who completed his junior season last fall, helped the Hawks to the Section 5AAAAA championship. Karmo played in 10 games where he collected 48 total tackles, one pick-six, 1118 punt return yards, six rushing touchdowns, 294 receiving yards and three touchdown receptions. Karmo also received offers from...
Breck girls go 1-1 in second week of lacrosse season
Breck girls and boys lacrosse stayed busy last week with several games, including a win for the girls against Visitation on April 17 at home. Girls Breck girls lacrosse opened last week with an action-packed 11-8 win over Visitation. Lyla Nguyen led Breck with four goals, while Stella Birdsong scored a hat trick. Witt Mehbod added two goals, while Sophie Welsh and Taylor Hall scored one goal each. ...
Breck boys golf finishes second at Bloomington Invite
Breck boys golf finished in the top three last week on a competitive day at the Bloomington Invite on April 17. Breck finished with a score of 294, sandwiched between Woodbury with 290 and Shakopee with 296. The varsity team includes Bryce Blake, Charlie Johnson, Ford Stofer, Henry Childs, Henry Sabo, Ian Greussing, Jack Drawz, Jax Julkowski, Kiran Mehta, Mark Hofer, Nicholas Brown, Oliver Kadue, Spencer Reisberg and Teddy Koch. The Bloomington Invite marked Breck’s first of the season. The Mustangs returned to action next on April 22 at Burl Oaks Golf Club. Breck also faced Providence Academy on the course at Rush Creek Golf Club on Tuesday, April 23.
Maranatha softball starts season with three conference wins
Maranatha Christian Academy softball has started its 2024 season in flying fashion, winning four consecutive conference games from April 10 to April 20. The fun began when the Mustangs defeated St. Croix Prep 12-2 in a game full of hits for Maranatha and solid pitching from Ashley Yost and Katelyn Matheson. Two days later, Maranatha beat Concordia Academy 11-4 to add a second Skyline Conference win. Maranatha kept it coming...
Golden Valley picks MGT to search for city manager
The city of Golden Valley is looking for a city manager to replace Tim Cruikshank. MGT of America Consulting, LLC, a Florida-based limited liability company, was selected byt the Golden Valley City Council to lead the search. At an April 16 meeting, the vote to approve MGT was unanimous. MGT boasts finding the city manager for St. Louis Park in 2021 and well over a hundred other administrative people in the past five years. Noah Schuchman was hired by the city to be an interim city manager while a permanent replacement is found.
Armstrong tennis collects three wins
Armstrong boys tennis followed its 1-1 week one results with a 7-0 win over Park Center on April 9 and a 6-1 loss to St. Michael-Albertville on April 11. The Falcons put on a dominant display against the Pirates. Jacob Merriam, Ben Breitbach and Braeden Cooper each won their singles matches 6-0 and 6-0. Luke Azoulay earned a pair of 6-1 wins for Armstrong. Milosh Lindberg and Ben Bernloehr won...
SROs are back in District 281
Police officers have returned to the schools in District 281. Robbinsdale Cooper High School will now have two School Resource Officers from the city of New Hope. Robbinsdale Armstrong High School will have two SROs from the city of Plymouth. Plymouth’s officers will also serve Plymouth Middle School. At this time, Robbinsdale and Golden Valley Police Departments do not have the staffing to post SROs at Robbinsdale and Sandburg Middle...
Lakeview Elementary takes first in Destination Imagination
Paper cherries, cardboard boxes and a lot of glue: Elementary students are using their creativity in the Minnesota Destination Imagination tournament. The Lakeview Elementary team won first place in the Minnesota Destination Imagination tournament, which means they qualified for the global competition. To go on this trip, the team needed $5,500 to register and about $6,000 for lodging. The team was able to reach their fundraising goal and the children...
Area teachers to perform at Orchestra Hall
District 281 teachers Kevin Berdine, Kristen Moon and Pat Kelly will participate in side-by-side rehearsals and performances alongside Minnesota Orchestra musicians. Under the direction of new music director Thomas Søndergård, the performance of Holst’s “Jupiter” from The Planets will take place 7 p.m. Saturday, April 27, and 2 p.m. Sunday, April 28, at Orchestra Hall, 1111 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis. The Saturday concert is open to the public, and ticket prices start at $10. The mission behind the project is to celebrate music educators across the state and the important work they do. Berdine teaches orchestra at Sandburg Middle School and Armstrong High School. Moon teaches orchestra at the School of Engineering and Arts, Noble and Lakeview Elementary. Kelly teaches orchestra at FAIR-Crystal.
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