The Outdoor Recreation School offers a kayaking session at Cleary Lake Regional Park on September 8 with safety tips and paddling techniques, suitable for ages 8 and up. Reservations required.

Rice County's Safe Roads Coalition reports varying success in reducing traffic fatalities and injuries and emphasizes a community effort to improve safety culture with educational, engineering, and enforcement strategies.

James Gruber was injured in a car crash near Buckman, MN, and transported by ambulance to St. Cloud Hospital. The circumstances are under investigation.

Bloomington seeks public input on its $55 million sewer system overhaul, offering an online survey to gauge resident preferences for funding the project.

Minneapolis enhances its urban forest by providing 3,700 trees at a discount, part of a climate initiative to increase canopy cover and promote environmental health.

Minneapolis City government offices and 311 service will be closed for Labor Day, but emergency services will remain active. Trash services resume Tuesday, and some parking meters will not be enforced.

A teenage boy died in a collision between a Ford F-150 and a GMC Sierra in Scott County. The crash, which occurred on August 27, is under investigation.

Olivia Washington joins the Minnetonka Police Department as a new community liaison, with a focus on enhancing communication between law enforcement and residents, and is set to create a Multicultural Advisory Committee.

The Maple Grove Police Department invites youth (14-20) to join its law enforcement Explorer program, with an Open House at North Metro Regional Public Safety Training Facility on Sept 9.

City teams clear debris after a storm; residents must remove private property foliage themselves but can use the city brush drop-off site. A hotline is set up for public space damage, and power outages should be reported to energy providers.

Brooklyn Park residents are invited to discuss the Blue Line Extension light rail project and influence the upcoming vote during a city hall open house.

The University of Minnesota's Board of Regents approved a neutral investment policy for its Consolidated Endowment Fund, emphasizing financial returns and resisting external pressures.

Police in Brooklyn Park chased a vehicle linked to a suspected felony warrant and violation of a protection order, ending the pursuit when unable to confirm the protection order status.