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Of Coon Rapids, MN. Lonni’s life was cruelly cut short on Friday, August 4, 2023. Born to Helen and Harm E Heidebrink on June 4, 1939, she grew up on the family farm just south of Rushmore, MN. Her early education began in a one-room schoolhouse with twenty other children. After graduating from Worthington High School in 1956, she attended Minneapolis Business College and eventually earned a Bachelor’s Degree from Metropolitan State University. Lonni and husband Dave enjoyed 64 years of life together and called Coon Rapids home for 62 years. During her long and varied career, she served as Executive Director of the North Hennepin Chamber of Commerce and the Anoka Technical College Foundation. Among numerous community contributions, Lonni organized and founded Mediation Service of Anoka County, was Mayor of Coon Rapids from 1999 to 2003, served on the Metropolitan Airports Commission and lead the stabilization and expansion of Stepping Stone Emergency Housing. She was an active lead ....
Copy shortlink: It s not often that communities welcome the start of road construction and the traffic disruption it brings, but that s the case on a dangerous corridor in western Hennepin County. The Minnesota Department of Transportation on Tuesday began work on a center median wall on Hwy. 12 to reduce head-on collisions that have too often resulted in fatalities. MnDOT is also putting in a roundabout to make it easier for drivers to get on and off the winding two-lane highway through Orono, Maple Plain and Independence that many in the area have dubbed the Corridor of Death. This is a happy event, said Tina Langhans, who lost her daughter in a head-on crash on Hwy. 12 six years ago and has been pushing for safety improvements since. For me, it brings closure. It s one of the best improvements that can be done. ....