After unanimously approving a $100,000 match commitment with the City of Carroll to support a Carroll County Conservation application for rehabilitation on a portion of the Sauk Rail Trail, the Board of Supervisors were presented with the opportunity to assist in resurfacing of another county trail. Earlier this week, Katie Mason, who is the Executive Director for Main Street Coon Rapids, met with supervisors to discuss their plan for the Riverside Trail. Like Carroll County Conservation, they will be applying for a portion of a total of $5 million in grants being offered by the Iowa Transportation Commission strictly for repairs and rehabilitation of existing trail systems. Mason says the timing is right to not only aid with much-needed repairs, but it will also set the stage for future expansion.
KARE 11 Investigates: Coon Rapids officials question botched no-knock raid
Calling it an “inexcusable mistake” officials blame Minneapolis police and Anoka County SWAT team for raiding the wrong house, holding mother and child at gunpoint. Author: A.J. Lagoe, Steve Eckert Published: 7:34 PM CDT May 8, 2021 Updated: 10:27 PM CDT May 8, 2021
COON RAPIDS, Minn. Officials in Coon Rapids are demanding answers after a KARE 11 investigation revealed how Minneapolis police and the Anoka County SWAT team raided the wrong home in their city.
During the pre-dawn ‘no-knock’ raid, an innocent mother and her 12-year-daughter were held at gunpoint.
“It seems like we have a responsibility to protect our residents somehow,” Mayor Jerry Koch said during this week’s city council meeting.
A non-profit group called Transformative Circle did a survey to ask if the city of Coon Rapids, MN should change its name due to the perceived racial overtones it carries.
Last week was full of good news for Region XII Council of Governments after over a million dollars in grants they authored for local projects and communities were approved. On Tuesday, they were contacted by the Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) after two Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) projects were selected for funding. The City of Coon Rapids will receive $500,000 channeled through the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) State Revolving Fund (SRF) for an estimated $2.465 million sanitary sewer improvement project. Region XII also authored a request from the City of Casey, who was awarded $300,000 from the SRF for a separate $620,000 sewer project. Region XII was then notified on Friday their request for just over $300,000 to the Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines for the Competitive Affordable Housing Program (AHP) was approved. These funds will be put to use in Region XII’s service region as grants for low to moderate income owner-occupied housing reh