Anoka

Anoka police are investigating an incident in which a man ran from officers and ended up in the Rum River on Monday afternoon.

The Anoka County Fair will have a new event this year: A silent disco with live farm animals. 

Police found a victim lying in the roadway after a shooting in Anoka, Minn. on Tuesday.

Last fall, Anoka did a trial run of a social district, allowing open consumption of alcohol in its downtown. Things went so well, the social district is returning in 2024.

Homeowners in Anoka are demanding answers this week, after investigators determined a local gun ammunition manufacturer is releasing high levels of lead into the air.

Two more men are now facing charges in a Coon Rapids triple homicide in which police say the suspects pretended to be UPS delivery drivers.

With candy, costumes and crowds stretching up and down roads through downtown Anoka, people from around the Twin Cities showed out in a big way on Saturday.

Travis Gienger, who is a teacher and pumpkin grower from Anoka County, broke the record with his 2,749-pound pumpkin named “Michael Jordan" during the Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Half Moon Bay, California.

In his seemingly magical pumpkin patch, everything Travis Gienger touches turns to Guinness.

Anoka is launching the first "social district" in Minnesota on Wednesday, allowing patrons to buy and drink alcohol in public — but only in designated areas.