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This is the first website that I've been to that actually isn't afraid to post information regarding the City of East Bethel, even if you don't share that same view. Most of the information appears to be accurate and you also give people numerous links to check the facts themselves. People need to learn to dig a little deeper themselves and not just rely on what they hear from others. They might be surprised at what they find. Hats off to you! It appears that the object of this site is actually to inform people and not "persuade" them. This is great.

With the failing of the lift station at Castle Towers this week, maybe Castle Towers isn't quite the "ancient history" as some bloggers claim. Since the repair and upkeep of the lift station at Castle Towers will basically be coming from taxpayers dollars in some shape or form, I just can't believe residents don't care just how it came to be that they paid $1.9 million (and are still paying) for a sewer and water system that they don't even use considering we are about to embark on another water and sewer project. . . . . Hopefully Castle Towers wasn't a similar "if you don't hook up, you don't pay" project as that appears not to have worked out so well.



Chris

 

City of East Bethel - At the northern edge of the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area, the City of East Bethel is 48 square miles of lakes, wetlands, farms, and prairies. ...

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“Ordinary Vikings” Outdoor Art Installation in the forest by Swedish-American artist Jill Johnson with Viking stories by Ingibjorg Gisladottir of Iceland October 15-16 at University of Minnesota's Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve at 2660 Fawn Drive, East Bethel, MN. U of M Cedar Creek field station hosts “Ordinary Vikings” outdoor art installation exploring Nordic tribal roots
The University of Minnesota's Cedar Creek Ecosystem

10-1-11, Ham Lake concerned about MPCA stormwater permitting program
Coon Rapids Herald
Michelle Benson, R-Ham Lake and Rep. Peggy Scott, R-Andover, came to Ham Lake City Hall to hear concerns voiced by Ham Lake and the Coon Creek Watershed ...

9-13-11, Editor: Bill Boyer Avoids Voting on Budget, Steve Voss Walks Out of Budget Vote

Bill Boyer did not show up for the Council meeting. He did not call in advance to be "excused."
He had stated, publicly...at the last budget meeting...that "I'm not voting for this budget
anyway." He was true to his word.

Eight more horses removed from East Bethel breeder's farm
Pioneer Press - Sarah Horner - 10 hours ago....The emaciated horses were taken to the University of Minnesota, ... The East Bethel city prosecutor is expected to review the case later this week or early ...

Humane Society removes horses from East Bethel farm KARE - Rena Sarigianopoulos - EAST BETHEL, Minn. -- Humane Society investigators removed two horses from a ... "These horses are going down to the University of Minnesota where they will ...

East Bethel reduces police coverage by 10 percent, Editor Note: Crime Down 29% (since 2005). Costs up 80%... in same time period
Coon Rapids Herald
by Eric Hagen The city of East Bethel for 2012 will not consider a three-city police district that could have included Ham Lake and Oak Grove. ... Leave a comment at bottom of article

Ham Lake native hired as East Bethel's public works director
Coon Rapids Herald
Nate Ayshford is East Bethel's new public works director. Ayshford grew up in Ham Lake and spent the last 18 years working for that city's public works ... Leave a comment at bottom of article

Plan for shared Anoka County sheriff patrol is off
Minneapolis Star Tribune
East Bethel said there wasn't enough time to fully study the idea. ... Oak Grove, East Bethel and Ham Lake, which contract individually with the Anoka ... Leave a comment at bottom of article

East Bethel pays Andover company for cancelled water treatment ...
Coon Rapids Herald
by Eric Hagen The East Bethel City Council on a 4-1 vote Aug. 3 agreed on how much a contractor should be paid due to the council canceling a water ... Leave a comment at bottom of article

District 15 MCA science results mixed
Coon Rapids Herald
Only 21.1 percent of the East Bethel Community School's 90 fifth-graders were proficient. Last year, 39.81 percent of the school's fifth-graders were ...

East Bethel Hosts 'Fall Recycle Day'
KSTP.com
East Bethel residents looking to get rid of old electronics, appliances, or other items can participate in the Fall Recycling Day. ...

Resurfacing Projects Near Completion in North Metro
KSTP.com
Paving operations are scheduled to begin today on 237th Avenue Northeast in East Bethel. This affects the area from Highway 65 to Gopher Drive. ...

Golf outing benefit Coon Lake Saturday
Coon Rapids Herald
13) at the Viking Meadows Golf Course, 1788 Viking Blvd., in East Bethel. Registration closed last Monday. Those who registered will also get a barbecue picnic meal. The true purpose is raising funds to combat invasive species such as Eurasian water ... Leave a comment at bottom of article

East Bethel Man Injured Using Gas on Brush Fire
KSTP.com
Deputies say James Scott Jensen was attempting to start a pile of brush on fire using gasoline and was burned on the front half of his body. The fire happened at a residence on the 2700 block of 183rd Avenue Northeast in East Bethel.

Judge upholds ruling in liquor license violation case
Coon Rapids Herald
by Eric Hagen An Anoka County District Court judge in a summary judgment ruled that the East Bethel City Council did not overstep its authority by issuing administrative penalties for the violation of the city's liquor ordinance last year. ... Leave a comment at bottom of article

Three cities look at sharing police patrols
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Ham Lake, Oak Grove and East Bethel are working with the Anoka County Sheriff to ... Oak Grove's is continuing the discussion, and East Bethel is holding a ... Leave a comment

Severe storm triggers damage in north metro
KARE
Further south in East Bethel large trees fell across Highway 65. One of them blocked all lanes of southbound traffic until city crews responded to remove it ...

East Bethel City Hall gets new security system
Coon Rapids ECM Publishers
The only way East Bethel City Hall was secured during the evening was locking the doors. After receiving council approval, anyone entering city hall after ... Leave a comment at bottom of article

Cedar-East Bethel Lions help bag groceries to raise funds
Coon Rapids ECM Publishers
Cedar East Bethel Lions Club member Pat Paxson at a recent Lion's fundraiser spent a Friday evening bagging groceries at Cub East in Blaine. ... Leave a comment at bottom of article


New service road in Ham Lake won't be finished this year
Coon Rapids Herald
Putting the road through the Hess parcel, which had a salon business that has since moved to East Bethel, would have reduced this property to 0.43-acres. ..... Leave a comment at bottom of article

Resource Fair Benefits Families in Need
KSTP.com
The fair benefits families in the Forest Lake Area School District, which residents of Columbus, East Bethel, Forest Lake, Ham Lake, Hugo, Lino Lakes, ...

North and East Metro at Higher Risk of Tick Illnesses
KSTP.com
Metropolitan Mosquito Control has identified deer ticks in North Oaks and also cities like Lino Lakes, Blaine, Andover, Hugo, East Bethel, ...

Andover, Ham Lake contract with electrical inspector
Coon Rapids Herald
The city administrator of East Bethel, Jack Davis, told the Anoka County Union Tuesday morning that if the state shutdown lingered on and somebody needed an .... Leave a comment at bottom of article

East Bethel Council approves five-year roads and parks plans
Coon Rapids Herald
by Eric Hagen East Bethel now has a plan on paper for what roads and parks will be improved over the next five years. What actually happens with this plan ..... Leave a comment at bottom of article

Booster Day was a hot event
Coon Rapids Herald
Kari Swanson of East Bethel watches her two-year-old son Kyle play in a large inflatable set up in Booster Park East as part of the Booster Day festivities. .... Leave a comment at bottom of article

East Bethel, Ham Lake, Oak Grove consider police district
Coon Rapids Herald
Even though Sheriff James Stuart would prefer East Bethel, Ham Lake and Oak Grove to maintain their current individual contracts, he is willing to try a ... Leave a comment at bottom of article

East Bethel beckons with $40 million infrastructure upgrade
Finance and Commerce
By BRIAN JOHNSON Unfazed by the slow economy and skeptics, the city of East Bethel has more than $40 million worth of sewer and water projects in the works ...

Finalists for 2011 Business Excellence Awards Announced
Canada NewsWire
... Texas) Epoxytec (West Park, Florida) G&K Machinery (East Bethel, Minnesota)

East Bethel extends ice arena management contract
Coon Rapids Herald
by Eric Hagen The East Bethel City Council June 1 unanimously approved a three-year extension for the company that has managed to reduce the operating ... Leave a comment at bottom of article

District 15 board adopts 2011-2012 preliminary budget
Coon Rapids Herald
Although its enrollment is projected to remain at 630 students, East Bethel Community School's budget will be $2402897, $175706 less than 2010-2011 school ..... Leave a comment at bottom of article

East Bethel council denies transmission line application
Coon Rapids Herald
by Eric Hagen Great River Energy (GRE) cannot place a new 69 kilovolt (kV) transmission line along its desired route through East Bethel. ..... Leave a comment at bottom of article

Fire fighting vehicle built by local company to star in ...
Coon Rapids Herald
The vehicle will be on display at the East Bethel Theater from 6:30 to 7:30 pm ... The East Bethel Theater, 18635 Ulysses St. NE, will have the vehicle on ..... Leave a comment at bottom of article

East Bethel council hires new prosecuting attorney firm
Coon Rapids Herald
by Eric Hagen The East Bethel City Council June 1 officially hired a Stillwater law firm to represent it at city council meetings and in the courtroom for ...... Leave a comment at bottom of article

U of M opens Cedar Creek to the public for an afternoon
Coon Rapids Herald
by Eric Hagen Over the course of 10 years of living in East Bethel near the Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve, Joey Bata has occasionally seen ...... Leave a comment at bottom of article

East Bethel and Ham Lake approve 2011 street work
Coon Rapids Herald
by Eric Hagen The city councils of East Bethel and Ham Lake recently approved bids for street projects that will take place this year in their respective communities. East Bethel's projects are to resurface gravel roads while Ham Lake will be .... Leave a comment at bottom of article

New recycling business open in East Bethel
Coon Rapids Herald
by Eric Hagen Whether you have an old washer, television or even a toy four-wheeler, a new East Bethel business will be able to recycle it for you. At All Appliance Disposal in East Bethel, John Freimuth accepts all sorts of items including appliances. .... Leave a comment at bottom of article

East Bethel approves city administrator contract
Coon Rapids Herald
by Eric Hagen The East Bethel City Council June 1 approved a contract for its new city administrator Jack Davis. Davis has been at this top city staff post since early March, but he and the council had a two-month trial period to see how this working ..... Leave a comment at bottom of article

East Bethel hires city engineer to work on water treatment plant
Coon Rapids Herald
by Eric Hagen The East Bethel City Council May 18 asked City Engineer Craig Jochum to engineer the water treatment plant from the design phase and through .... Leave a comment at bottom of article

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Couple charged with felonies after allegedly threatening canoeists
Bemidji Pioneer
An East Bethel, Minn., couple was charged with felonies Wednesday in Beltrami County District Court after allegedly threatening a group of canoeists. ...

Dozens of pheasant chicks killed in fire
KARE
EAST BETHEL, Minn. - A heat lamp may be to blame for the death of dozens of pheasant chicks killed in a shed fire in East Bethel Saturday. ...

Two men sentenced in East Bethel meth lab case
Coon Rapids Herald
by Eric Hagen Two men were sentenced May 18 on felony drug possession pleas stemming from a meth lab case in East Bethel. Michael Eugene Nordstrom, 49, .... Leave a comment at bottom of article

East Bethel EDA to have more citizens, fewer elected officials
Coon Rapids Herald
by Eric Hagen The East Bethel Economic Development Authority (EDA) is a group of elected officials and appointed residents that will investigate ways to ..... Leave a comment at bottom of article

Emergency responders plan drill in Oak Grove
Coon Rapids Herald
Involved in the training are the Andover, Bethel, East Bethel, Ham Lake, Oak Grove, Ramsey and St. Francis fire departments, the Anoka County Sheriff's .... Leave a comment at bottom of article

Ham Lake concerned about potential costs of stormwater management
Coon Rapids Herald
Ham Lake and its neighbor to the north — East Bethel — does not have a ... East Bethel City Administrator and Public Works Director Jack Davis and Collins .... Leave a comment at bottom of article

Deputy now attending East Bethel council meetings
Coon Rapids Herald
by Eric Hagen Previous outbursts by two incumbent members of the East Bethel City Council at the March 2 meeting made one of the new councilmembers feel ..... Leave a comment at bottom of article

East Bethel seeing rising costs for sewer and water project
Coon Rapids Herald
by Eric Hagen Suspending four sewer and water contracts by about two months will cost the city of East Bethel money. How much remains to be seen, .... Leave a comment at bottom of article

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Kaeson George-Leroy Musker
Coon Rapids Herald
Kaeson George-Leroy Musker was born on July 16th to Kayla Widmer and Jake Musker of East Bethel. Grandparents are Mike and Linda Greiner of East Bethel, ...

Birth: Carson Richard LaBrosse, ...
Worthington Daily Globe
Jamie Ailts, Little Canada, and Tony LaBrosse, East Bethel, are the parents of a boy, Carson Richard LaBrosse, born June 12 at Fairview Riverside Medical ...

WTF Minnesota Supreme Court rules that East Bethel murder sentence too long
Coon Rapids Herald
by Eric Hagen The Minnesota Supreme Court has determined that an improper aggravating factor was considered when an Anoka County District Court judge sentenced Raymond Clyde Robideau to 460 months in prison for an East Bethel murder just over two years ...

Woman charged with arson in East Bethel fire
Coon Rapids Herald
by Peter Bodley A Coon Rapids woman has been accused in Anoka County District Court of setting her ex-husband's East Bethel home on fire. ...

Weddings:Bobbie Bahr, Aaron Rogers
Freeport Journal-Standard
The bride is the daughter of Calvin Bahr of East Bethel, Minn., and Sherry Ege of Stockton. Toby and Dawn Rogers of Freeport are parents of the bridegroom

Marlene F. Lawrence — Rochester
Post-Bulletin
... four grandchildren; three sisters, Marlys Lattin of Mounds View, Patty (Dan) Reis of Bemidji, and Sandy (Steve) Gardas of East Bethel

Blaine man killed in East Bethel accident
Coon Rapids Herald
... in a car crash on northbound Highway 65 when another driver drove through a stop sign on westbound 221st Avenue in East Bethel around 5:15 am Feb. 5. ...

3 killed in crashes on Minnesota roads
Minneapolis Star Tribune
65 was hit by a westbound pickup that went through a stop sign on 221st Avenue NE. in East Bethel. The driver of the vehicle Landmark was in, ...

Birth announcements, Feb. 3, 2011
Princeton Union Eagle
Grandparents are Rick and Tracy Magler, Lake St. Croix Beach, Gary Paulson, Blackfoot, Idaho, Dale and Jill Heins, East Bethel, and Randy and Deb Mensing, ..

 

East Bethel man gets restitution for May stabbing
Coon Rapids Herald
When he came back to his East Bethel apartment in the 18200 block of Highway 65 it was just after 10 pm Kline was already in the apartment and refused to

Sen. Gerlach's ticket bill advances in the Senate
Coon Rapids ECM Publishers
Michael Jungbauer, R-East Bethel, turns to speak to the Senate colleague during debate on Gerlach's bill. Sen. Ann Rest, DFL-New Hope, said she had gone ...