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- Sheriff: Don't leave valuables in fish houses
ELK RIVER - Authorities in Sherburne County are investigating a string of fish house burglaries.
- Fire damages building at Knoll Vegetable Farms
This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Staff writer At least several vehicles and a boat were destroyed along with the storage building they sat in during ...
- Charlie Dietz, Anna Scheel
Charlie Vincent Dietz and Anna Claire Scheel were married Dec. 13, at St. Andrew's Catholic Church, Elk River.
- Winter storm watch issued for Saturday
The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm watch from Saturday afternoon through Sunday morning.
- Scouts do an icy good deed
Dar Durant admits that he can be cynical. But the 53-year-old Princeton, Minn., man awoke early on New Year's Day with a smile.
- Apartment fire at the top of the news list
The story line that developed included dozens of families being left homeless and the community's response to the disaster.
- Elk River prepares for rail line
He had been president of the Elk River Area Chamber of Commerce. *In June, about 1,000 people attended an open house and toured condos at The Bluffs of Elk River, a new downtown building.
- Homes burglarized, shooting complaint
Roommate reports burglary On Dec. 27 at 10:09 p.m., a resident from the 12900 block of 194th Lane in Elk River reported his home burglarized.
- Elk River assists with skate park fight
Elk River assists with skate fight On Dec. 28 at 9:28 p.m., Elk River officers assisted the Coon Rapids Police Department with emergency backup regarding a fight that broke out inside Cheap Skate, a skating ...
- Sherburne postpones moving fair to Becker
ELK RIVER - The Sherburne County Fair is staying put in Elk River, at least for now.
- Sonic calls police for slurred order
Driver was sober ride On Dec. 17 at 10:11 p.m. police pulled over a vehicle at the intersection of Main Street and Line Avenue after a Sonic employee thought they sounded drunk.
- Pawlenty takes first whack
Tim Pawlenty Dec. 19 in what could become a routine exercise at the Capitol. The governor - faced with a $426 million budget deficit this spending cycle - defunded various government agencies and accounts by ...
- Cleanup continues along Goose Lake Road project
The discovery of an old farm dump containing toxic waste along the west side of Goose Lake Road in September has delayed the reconstruction project until at least next August.
- Estimated LGA & MVHC payments released
The League of Minnesota Cities has prepared city-by-city estimates of cuts to December payments of local government aid and market value homestead credit reimbursement.
- Officers from surrounding agencies descended on Elk River
Francis, descended on Elk River Saturday night and Sunday morning to take part in Sherburne County's biggest C*R*A*S*H saturation initiatives yet.
- Sherburne Sheriff Anderson announces retirement
ELK RIVER - It's the end of an era. Sherburne County Sheriff Bruce Anderson announced today his plan to retire Jan.
- Fatal accident in Elk River
Fatal accident in Elk River On Dec. 14 at 2:19 p.m. Sherburne County deputies and Elk River police officers assisted with a vehicle fatality near County Road 79 and 214 Street in Elk River.
- Counties' salaries follow no formula
Since Freeman and Stanek like to be on TV so much, make them get a Screen Actors Guild card and pay them scale.
- Police respond to report of shots fired
Elk River Police responded about 3 a.m. Saturday morning to a residence along Dodge Street in Elk River to a report of shots fired off the back of a deck.
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City DescriptionElk River is a city in Sherburne County, Minnesota, United States, about 34 miles northwest of Minneapolis. It is situated at the confluence of the Mississippi and Elk Rivers. The population was 16,447 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Sherburne County. Elk River's population exceeded 20,000 as of 2005.
U.S. Routes 10 and 169 and Minnesota State Highway 101 are three of the main arterial routes in the city.
Zebulon Pike passed through the area on his 1805 exploration of the upper Mississippi River and named the Elk River after the herds of animals he saw. The areas was not settled by Europeans until David Faribault built a trading post near the confluence of the Elk and Mississippi Rivers in 1846. The post was later sold to Pierre Bottineau. The site was a good location for trading not just because of the rivers, but also because of the proximity of the Red River Trail.
In 1851, Ard Godfrey, a native of Orono, Maine, saw the potential of the water power of the Elk River and built a dam and a sawmill. His dam created the first lobe of Lake Orono (called the Mill Pond), which extended from the present day dam to Orono Cemetery Point. In 1855 the area by the dam was platted ... Read MoreCity Contained By:- Sherburne County
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