With new state health department advisory limits on manganese in drinking water and with notice given Mound last December that its levels were…
The city of Orono and the estate of the late Irwin Jacobs are being sued over a preliminary plan to develop Jacobs 20-acre property in Orono.
Mound True Value is changing the beneficiary of its May fundraiser this year, bringing it local and supporting a nonprofit that’s barely half …
Haven Homes resident Bernadine Smith was the first to use a new service offered at the senior living community in Maple Plain.
Food shelves that participated in this year’s March FoodShare submitted their final reports April 21, and after last year’s high totals, this …
The city of Minnetonka Beach is in the market for a city administrator.
Officials for Spring Park held off on making an important Public Works contracting decision April 19 after devoting an extended work session t…
Honoring Our Military
Take two at holding what would have been the 69th annual Fish Fry & Dance has been rebuffed.
Fire service in Orono and Long Lake is set to change in the coming years.
In just under 10-minutes, Long Lake Mayor Charlie Miner looked back at the year 2020 and looked ahead to 2021 in his annual State of the City …
Rain or shine, Saturday mornings in summer are for the farmers market. It’s been that way for more than a decade and a little construction isn…
The show must go on.
The Orono School Board met on Monday, April 12 for a regular meeting held virtually which only had three action items that required voting on.
Mound Westonka High School junior Blake Lee has earned a perfect score on the ACT—a rare accomplishment that only about three-tenths of 1 perc…
The Orono School Board met on Monday, April 12 for a regular meeting held virtually which only had three action items that required voting on.
For the past 27 years, Dr. Kristine Flesher has worked many roles for the Orono School District.
Just a few months after being named a part of the Fulbright Teachers for Global Classrooms Program, Orono Intermediate School teacher Dr. Kath…
The Westonka Speech team, comprised of students at Mound Westonka High School and Grandview Middle School, competed virtually against 12 other…
Starting next fall there will be another pre school option for parents in the Orono area.
A selection committee made up of the Westonka school board and staff/community members has chosen Tracy Hvezda-Lehtola, the City of Mound and …
The city of Spring Park is scheduled to make a Public Works contracting decision April 19 that will affect how these services, currently makin…
Officials with Minnetrista Police made public earlier this month the department’s draft policy for the body-worn cameras that its officers wil…
The drug task force that covers Orono, Westonka and the surrounding area set a record last year for the amount of methamphetamine it recovered.
New math: $1 is $2, when it benefits the schools.
Orono is looking into to the possibility of constructing a new Public Works facility after securing the necessary land in January and releasin…
Mound Westonka High School is proud to name senior Grace Peterson as the 2021 recipient of the Athena Award. Candidates for this “outstanding …
Hilltop Primary School kindergartners celebrated World Down Syndrome Day last Friday by wearing crazy socks and participating in activities de…
The island in Mound is ready to receive additional multi-family housing near Black Lake and Spring Park Bay now that council approved a develo…
