Brooklyn Park

Business fire closes streets in Brooklyn Park

kare11.com - Business News (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009

A fire at a business has closed off some streets in Brooklyn Park Friday morning. The fire is at a business located in the 7800 block

Danish drugmaker closing Brooklyn Park facility

Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009

Danish drugmaker Genmab is closing its Brooklyn Park plant as part of money-saving efforts, putting 130 people out of work.

'Trouble' given 23 years in prison for Brooklyn Park bar murder

StarTribune.com (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009

A 21-year-old Minneapolis man known on the street as "Trouble" was sentenced this morning to 23 years in prison for fatally shooting in the face another man on a Brooklyn Park bar patio last year.

Friday Bench (21): Brooklyn Park

Ackworth born, gone West (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009

Today's bench is from Brooklyn Park, Cheadle, near Stockport, Cheshire, UK. It is a follow-up from last Sunday's Shadow Shot . The full-colour version can be viewed on Geograph and the top of a birch tree in the park on sithenah . My favourite benches discovered last week include Julie's at Pedra Branca , VP's stocks at Moreton in Marsh , Barbara's at Place Ville-Marie , PERB's at Claytor Lake...

Shadow Sunday: Brooklyn Park

Ackworth born, gone West (Free subscription) | 10/17/2009

Autumn shadows in Brooklyn Park, Cheadle near Stockport, Cheshire, UK. See a wider view of the location on Geograph For more shadow shots visit Hey Harriet . Unless otherwise indicated all work © Gerald England http://www.geraldengland.co.uk

Cop Charged with False Imprisonment of 2 Kids

MNSpeak | Secrets of the City (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009

(via the Strib) Last August, after falling prey to a game of ding-dong ditch and hearing reports of teens breaking into vehicles in a Brooklyn Park neighborhood, off-duty Minneapolis police officer Tony Adams picked up two boys (12 and 13 years old), ordered them into his car, drove them to his home, sat them on [...]

State trooper hit during rush hour traffic

kare11.com - Business News (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009

The State Patrol is investigating a three-car crash along I-94 near Brooklyn Park. Authorities say a black SUV traveling westbound on I-94 rear-ended

IP Poised to Play a Modified Role in CD-6

MN Progressive Project (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009

"Made in Minnesota moderate" DFLer Maureen Reed says she'll bring Democrats, Republicans and independents together to topple U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann and that may be true, but she probably won't be doing it with the backing of the Independence Party -- a notion she had floated earlier in her campaign. At its state convention today in Brooklyn Park, the IP voted to do away with cross-endorsements...

Fire closes stretch of Brooklyn Blvd. this morning

StarTribune.com (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009

A stretch of Brooklyn Blvd. was closed this morning in Brooklyn Park while firefighters tried to bring a fire in a commercial building under control.

Minn.'s biggest stimulus road project moves ahead

San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009

Transportation officials are closing more roads this week to accommodate work on Minnesota's biggest stimulus-funded road project. The extension of Highway 610 from Brooklyn Park to Maple Grove is expected to be done by July 2011. The $48 million project is... Minnesota - Recreation - United States - Manitoba - Ontario

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Prosecutors: Man had about $600,000 in heroin

Chicago Breaking News (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009

A Minnesota man was ordered held in lieu of $250,000 Wednesday after more than a half a million dollars in heroin was found in the back of his sport-utility vehicle, after it crashed into a garage on Chicago 's North Side , authorities said this afternoon. Abel Zor, 37, of Brooklyn Park, Minn., appeared for his bond hearing Wednesday before Cook County Criminal Court Judge Laura Sullivan, charged...

Man gets life in rape, robbery at Arundel laundromat

Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009

... Parr, 31, said nothing about the July 19, 2006, attack on the woman at the Village Laundromat in Brooklyn Park or about wanting mental health treatment, though his lawyer unsuccessfully sought a recommendation for an evaluation for services at Patuxent Institution. His trial had been delayed because in 2007 he was considered mentally unfit for trial. "I think that you showed no remorse....

Hanging out with guys in green shirts

Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009

Outreach workers are trying to get Brooklyn Park kids off the streets and into fun activities.

Keillor performance to be beamed to movie theaters

Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009

... Local + Metro stories - November 20, 2009 - A stretch of Brooklyn Blvd. was closed this morning in Brooklyn Park while firefighters tried to bring a fire in a commercial building under control. - November 20, 2009 - Leaders from businesses, government and other sectors of the community are coming together in Minneapolis Friday to discuss how they can work together in times of crisis. Comment...

Minn.'s biggest stimulus road project moves ahead

Daily Advance - Business (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009

Minn.'s biggest stimulus road project moves aheadST. PAUL, Minn. — Transportation officials are closing more roads this week to accommodate work on Minnesota's biggest stimulus-funded road project.The extension of Highway 610 from Brooklyn Park to Maple Grove is expected to be done by July 2011. The $48 million project is getting $27 million from the federal economic recovery package.Startingthis...