According to preliminary information, the teenager was traveling southbound on Sunset Avenue NE on a motorized dirt bike when he collided with a pickup truck that was turning westbound onto 103rd Lane NE from the northbound lane.

Two pilots were able to escape serious injury after separate aircraft incidents Saturday in Anoka County.The first incident happened in Blaine around 2 p.m. when a pilot flying a Cessna 172 aircraft began experiencing low oil pressure.

The box truck driver crashes into the overpass bridge divider, nearly tumbling to the interstate below. A ball of flames erupts from underneath the truck, quickly engulfing the front of the vehicle.

More than 50 firefighters responded to a large fire at Mills Fleet Farm in Blaine shortly after 11:30 a.m. Thursday. While crews responded, they reported a very large column of black smoke filling the air. Upon arrival, crews found a fast-moving fire containing palletized fertilizer, patio furniture, deer stands and other combustibles with flames reaching 50 feet high.

Isaiah Harold-Stephaun Holmes, now 18, has been sentenced to a total of 240 months following the murder of 15-year-old Anthony Joseph Rouse, of Blaine, in July of 2021. Holmes was 17 at the time of the shooting and was initially charged with five felonies including 2nd-degree murder, 1st-degree assault and 1st-degree attempted aggravated robbery.