There’s a big celebration happening at North Memorial Health – Maple Grove Hospital. It’s a birthday party for a robot — but not just any robot. The hospital is honoring its da Vinci Surgical System, ...

The Brooklyn Center Fire Department credits quick actions by a school bus driver to safely evacuate children from a burning school bus on Tuesday afternoon. The fire occurred shortly before 3 p.m.

For the first time in program history, the Maple Grove girls volleyball team is the top seed in their section tournament. The Crimson, with a 26-3 record and a Lake Conference championship on their ...

Amanda Fricke always knew she wanted to be a nurse. Following in her mother’s footsteps, Fricke chose the profession, which requires both compassion and empathy. She just never realized she’d win an ...

Maple Grove’s largest employer celebrated an expansion on Monday that’s been years in the making. Boston Scientific opened its newest campus, expanding its med-tech presence in Maple Grove. Gov. Tim ...

Unwanted clutter became someone else’s Christmas cheer earlier this month in Brooklyn Center. “So I got this big wreath, which is a statement piece,” said Lea Payette of Minneapolis. “I might spruce ...

The Maple Grove boys soccer team is headed to the state tournament for a fourth straight season after a 2-1 win over Mounds View in the Section 5AAA final Tuesday. Maple Grove got on the board 23 ...

A memorial statue at Crystal’s Becker Park that honors slain 10-year-old Barway Collins was pushed over earlier this summer. Some people had speculated that the statue was missing because it had been ...

Local artists in Crystal are bringing beauty to the city’s well-traveled intersections. The city of Crystal has wrapped four of its traffic light utility cabinets with photos taken by local artists.

A restaurant space in Golden Valley that’s been vacant for the last three years will soon have a new tenant. Kitchen and Rail will occupy the space that was once home to Mort’s Deli, which closed in ...

Children born during the pandemic — often called “COVID babies”— are now entering preschool and kindergarten, and some are showing unique developmental and social challenges. “A COVID baby would be a ...

If it seems like power outages are growing… you’d be right. According to Xcel Energy, power outages averaged about 170 minutes per Minnesota customer two years ago. That increased last year to more ...