Teach a kid to fish: Brooklyn Park creates fishing pond

At first, city council members thought the idea sounded fishy. Now most think it’s a good catch. That’s why they approved a project to transform the pond in front of the Brooklyn Park Community Activity Center into a fishing pond.City street crews began work Oct. 4. Volunteers from the police department and other city departments joined the crews to help haul away brush as it was cleared. Street crews did the bulk of the construction last week. Steve Nauer, the city’s street maintenance superintendent, expected to finish by the middle of this week. Read full story in the Sun Post.