At its Nov. 18 meeting, the Andover City Council unanimously approved a conditional use permit for a drive-thru and drive-up lane for a new bank at 13879 Round Lake Blvd. City Planner Peter Hellegers said the site is at the southeast corner of Round Lake Boulevard and 139th Avenue, directly north of the Downtown Center shopping center. The property is guided for general commercial and zoned as a shopping center. ...

I am responding to the article written by Elliot Steeves. As a retired Special Education teacher, I can recall several students who met the self-description of Elliot Steeves on his diagnosis of Asperger’s Syndrome, which was eventually absorbed into the Autism Spectrum Disorder. All of my students had an Individual Education Plan, with defined goals and progress reports. One student who comes to mind was a math whiz, whose IEP defined specific behavior goals. When this student met his defined expectations, he came to my classroom, and played classical music on the piano, a common like the two of us shared. ...

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The National Sports Center in Blaine hosted players from the USA Football League Sept. 14-15, with the Buffalo Bills and Green Bay Packers pictured squaring off during the weekend of competition. Original Article

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Hello, everyone! My name is Elliot Steeves, and I will be serving as a community editor for the Anoka County Union Herald. I was born and raised in St. Louis Park, just west of downtown Minneapolis and about a half-hour down either 169 South or Highway 100. I attended City of Lakes Waldorf School in Uptown on Nicollet Avenue, then graduated from DeLaSalle High School in 2020 (as this was the year of the pandemic, the ceremony was in my basement, and I got to watch my face roll by on a television screen). ...