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Juniors Avery Finck and Merrick Gormley have been selected as the Mound Westonka High School recipients of the Minnesota State High School League’s ExCEL Award. ExCEL—Excellence in Community, Education and Leadership—is a unique recognition program designed exclusively for Minnesota high sch…
Since 1980, the Mound Fire Department has recognized a single firefighter as the department Firefighter of the Year. The tradition continued in 2019, with the Firefighter of the Year award going to firefighter Joey Blackstone.
Juniors Avery Finck and Merrick Gormley have been selected as the Mound Westonka High School…
Since 1980, the Mound Fire Department has recognized a single firefighter as the department …
The Orono Lions Club is continuing their winter ice tradition with their 33rd annual Snowbal…
Spring Park city council members are expected to vote Jan. 21 on who will fill the most rece…
Melissa and Ben Mase, of Cologne are parents of new twins – a boy and girl, born in two diff…
Sure the space is small – a couple of desks and two upholstered chairs by the window take up the majority of Tonka Auto & Truck’s indoor real estate – but the impression is that Sean Tierney’s sizeable energy would shrink even the largest of spaces.
Car shopping, insurance and the cost of child care might be typical water cooler talk in the faculty dining room, but it was rare to see Mound Westonka High School students engaged in these topics at school on a Wednesday morning.
Design. Source. Produce. Market. Distribute. And, ideally, profit. Add in all the headaches and achievements in between, and every product has a life that contains more than meets the eye.
On March 3, Minnesotans will go to the polls to help its major political parties choose their presidential candidates. Sort of. Unlike the legislative and local government primary held in August or the general election held in November, the presidential primary will have some important differences.
The nation’s counties and states have been put on the spot by a presidential order that requires state and local governments to formally approve refugees being settled in their jurisdiction.
Editor’s note: This is the eighth and final editorial in a yearlong series on issues facing Minnesota’s aging population.
On March 3, Minnesotans will go to the polls to help its major political parties choose their presidential candidates. Sort of. Unlike the legislative and local government primary held in August or the general election held in November, the presidential primary will have some important differences.
The nation’s counties and states have been put on the spot by a presidential order that requires state and local governments to formally approve refugees being settled in their jurisdiction.
We’ve come to the end of not only the year, but the decade. Before we review the predictions of my cracked, duct-taped crystal ball at the beginning of this year, let’s take a look back to the start of the decade.
Editor’s note: This is the eighth and final editorial in a yearlong series on issues facing Minnesota’s aging population.
The Orono Boys’s Swim and Dive and Westonka Boys’ Swim and Dive hosted Delano on Jan. 9 at the Orono Pool and participated in the Packer Invitational on Jan. 11. The teams also celebrated parents and seniors that night on Jan. 9. All parents were recognized by both teams and each swimmer wro…
For the first time in over 15 years, Orono earned a victory against conference rival, Delano on Thursday, Jan. 9. The Spartans dug out of a small hole after losing the first two weight classes. A forfeit win by Frankie Stevenson at 120 and a first period pin by Mason Pankonin at 126 got the …
North Shore Xcel Gymnasts showed their strength at the Iron Maiden Invitational, the first competitive meet of the Xcel season. The Iron Maiden took place at the Colin Powell Center in Minneapolis on Jan. 4 and 5.
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