Anoka's annual Grande Day Parade draws Halloween fans from across Twin Cities

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.

Anoka celebrates Halloween with Grande Day Parade
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Halloween is the biggest day of the year for Anoka. FOX 9's Babs Santos takes us to their annual Grande De Parade, which celebrates everything Halloween.

Highway 65 in Blaine closing again this weekend for construction

A heavily traveled route between Spring Lake Park and East Bethel will see its final closure of the year in Blaine due to construction this weekend.

World record pumpkin going on tour
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After setting a world record, a Minnesota man is taking his pumpkin on tour, ending with a carving.

Blaine woman, school donating school supplies to Liberia

One Blaine woman is doing her part to help build a brighter future for the next generation in her home country of Liberia.

Blaine woman hosting Liberia fundraiser
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A Blaine woman is doing her part here in Minnesota take make a brighter future for a younger generation of students in Liberia.

Minnesota couple grieves family members killed in Gaza

A couple from Blaine is grieving the loss of five family members who were killed in Gaza over the weekend.

Father charged with Fridley infant's death in March

The father who brought his unconscious infant to the Fridley Police Department seeking help is now charged in the child's death.

Minnesota pumpkin grower smashes world record with massive 2,749-pound pumpkin

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.

Man serving life sentence suspected of killing pedophile in Minnesota prison

An inmate serving a life sentence for first-degree murder is suspected of killing a convicted pedophile in the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Lino Lakes.

Suspected homicide inside Lino Lakes prison

The Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC) is investigating a suspected homicide at the Lino Lakes correctional facility. 

Minnesota jail deaths under increased scrutiny following incidents

On Wednesday afternoon demonstrators met outside the Minnesota Department of Corrections to demand answers about the recent increase in jail deaths.

Minnesota teacher seeks largest pumpkin record
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A Minnesota teacher who is also a pumpkin grower is now embarking on a cross-country trek to see if his is record-breaking.

Andover Subway employee serves kindness, community reciprocates efforts

Lorene Gronskei has worked at a Subway restaurant inside the Andover Walmart for more than six years, but to her the job was about making sandwiches – it’s always been about making people happy.

Andover Subway employee serving kindness
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A long-time employee at a Subway in Andover serves sandwiches with a side of kindness, and as a result her surrounding community has rallied to help her out. FOX 9?s Babs Santos has the details.

Columbia Heights’ KT Jacobs to sue council members that censured her

Following a vote by the Columbia Heights City Council to censure fellow council member KT Jacobs for alleged racial discrimination, Jacobs has announced the intent to file a petition against the council for the "weaponization of government against her."