Anoka County was organized by an act of the territorial Legislature on May 23, 1857, the year prior to Minnesota's admission to the Union. It was formed from parts of Ramsey County and Benton County; the Rum River previously divided the line between the two counties.
The American Hackney Horse Society Foundation Scholarship will be awarded to high school graduates on the basis of submitted evidence of academic success, financial need, extracurricular activities (including community service), involvement with Hackney Horses and/or Ponies, and personal references.
1 of 3. Charles J. Hackney, 22, is serving a 15-year sentence in prison for shooting at vehicles on Interstate 55 with a pellet gun. In an interview July 29, 2015 at Farmington Correctional Center, he said he'd recently been assigned to the hole for getting caught loaning out his television to another inmate.