Another sign of the return to normalcy: the city of Mound last Tuesday lifted its peacetime emergency, dropped the mask requirement for employ…
Westonka school leaders are waiting on state guidance before making any decision on whether to offer students a distance-only learning option …
With the COVID-19 vaccinations rising and related restrictions loosening up around the state, the Orono school district has adjusted with them.
On June 2, tassled caps will rain down once more on the grounds of Haddorff Field.
Each of the venues returned the same line: we can host 100 people, maybe 150 people. Under current guidelines. That might change of course.
Take two at holding what would have been the 69th annual Fish Fry & Dance has been rebuffed.
The show must go on.
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Turns out, corporate trade shows and private luxury are built from the same stuff.
Westonka Community & Commerce is opening back up to in-person meetings next week, holding its first regroup at the Westonka Performing Art…
Westonka’s middle and high school students are on their way to getting more face-to-face instruction than they received even at the start of t…
Westonka school board members unanimously approved the district’s revised 2020-2021 budget Feb. 8, finalizing a tumultuous year that brought i…
A Mound Westonka High School DECA project got the attention of the community in a big way in February when a stuffed animal drive resulted in …
COVID-19 vaccines are making their way across Minnesota, and Orono Woods senior living apartment residents are among the Minnesotans getting t…
“There’s no debate what’s a more effective learning model: it’s in-person.”
When Long Lake resident and nurse John Furzland was looking for the next step in his career, providing in-home care was at the top of his list.
Most Westonka students returned to classrooms this week after nearly two months in distance learning.
The Orono school board is continuing to hold their meetings virtually to limit person-to-person contact and they held their first meeting of t…
In light of the holiday season, the Orono-based nonprofit Hope Chest for Breast Cancer organized a way for people to get involved, stay connec…
COVID-19 is a respiratory virus that has drawn increasing attention to the indoor air we breathe that we normally take for granted. With more …
Westonka students enrolled in grades K-12 will begin the transition back to school buildings for in-person and hybrid learning with the start …
The 26th annual Holiday Boutique at the Gillespie Center opens Nov. 27 and just as in Christmases past, your shopping local will put you on th…
As Minnesota hurtles through the uncharted territory of alarming coronavirus spread, record hospitalizations and deaths from the virus, it’s t…
Orono is one of the school districts in the area that are transitioning to a solely distance learning model. The school board approved the shi…
Half a million dollars that Minnetrista received in federal coronavirus relief money will go toward paying a portion of its public safety payroll.
UPDATED: 11:22 a.m., Nov. 13, 2020
The annual tree lighting at Veterans Memorial Park in Mound won’t be quite the same festive fete as in years past: no bonfire flaming high, no…
The holiday season is quickly approaching but holiday shopping will look differently due to the ongoing pandemic. This season, Trinity Luthera…
Orono Rotary is offering yard clean-up help to veterans this fall, taking the Rotary International motto of “Service Above Self” back to those…
