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…
In the high heat of July and August it might reach 110 degrees in that back room. And “100 percent humidity.” The 3 a.m. alarm was set to beat…
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 …
Countryside Heating and Cooling Solutions, a Maple Plain-based heating and cooling contractor, and Bryant Heating & Cooling Systems teamed…
After breaking ground in August 2019, Cassia’s Haven Homes of Maple Plain is putting the finishing touches on their new location as they prepa…
Perched atop a switch box, precarious, the mini JBL pours out a high octane mix of rap and rock. More than a dozen friends are shouting to eac…
From turkey to Tannenbaum there’s no time lost.
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…
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…
Keep Clean and Safe, a women-owned personal protective equipment (PPE) business, recently opened in Orono and the owners are combining all of …
Stonebay of Orono Senior Living held a grand opening open house on Wednesday, Sept. 16 at their Kelley Parkway location. The senior living com…
McGarry’s Pub in Maple Plain is continuing to provide the community with a variety of local items. Recently, they’ve been working towards brin…
Orono fifth-grader Abby Stovern added knitting to her repertoire of soccer, gymnastics and the church choir.
Following intense public outcry against plans for high density housing in the city’s downtown, Mound city council members voted 5-0 Aug. 12 to…
Every Wednesday is the start of a week. Every week, a hatchback drives up. Maybe it’s black truffle mushroom this time. Or shishito pepper...w…
When interior designers Kate Adamcsek and Marcelle Timonen had to choose what their next career move was going to be, they decided to become t…
The developer of a proposed 102-unit apartment complex in downtown Mound could face an uphill battle now that the city’s advisory commission h…
Organizers for Mound’s Spirit of the Lakes announced July 21 via Facebook that the festival will be canceled this year, to return July 16 and …
Wander in the left-hand side door of a shallow alcove on Commerce Boulevard and you’ll step into the narrow 900 square feet of The Girlie Project.
Mound planning commissioners met via Zoom July 7 for a public hearing on the proposed redevelopment of the city’s downtown Commerce Place shop…
Cypress Salon, situated in the small retail pocket of downtown Mound just behind the American Legion, saw a quiet change of ownership Jan. 1 t…
Effective July 6, Adams Publishing Group, the parent company of the Laker Pioneer, will be opening its office doors to the public again. Offic…
“It’s cooked upside down and it’s like a pizza pot pie!”
Jay Soule, owner of Al & Alma’s in Mound, said the decision to push out from shore was pretty straightforward: “We’re about making people happy.”
The Long Lake City Council met virtually on Tuesday, June 2 ,to discuss special event permits for temporary outdoor spaces for businesses as w…
Just after 6 p.m. on a hot-hot Monday a group of 16 friends, four tables of four, was spread out on the back patio of the Narrows Saloon in Na…
Mound city council members opted May 12 to suspend rentals of its Depot at Surfside Park and Beach for the duration of the year, citing the co…
Hours into the search and it was little progress made other than to find disposable gowns at a thousand-percent mark-up.
There would be no more than 60 cars in the parking lot. This would be diagramed out to show the distance between them. There would be no alcoh…
Almost every weekend in a typical summer, live music is being performed somewhere in the west Hennepin County area, as restaurants and bars us…
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) joined other midwestern states when it announced April 14 that it was canceling its 2020 e…
Moving happy hour out of the bar, combined with equal parts working from home and having no need to drive, has shaken up the way we drink. Are…
Melissa Hochstetler is master gardener at this point in the season, managing the 2-acre vegetable gardens at Gale Woods Farm in Minnetrista as…
One by one and top down, governments have declared states of emergency for COVID-19: President Donald Trump declared a public health emergency…
‘We’re Open’ resource launches on APG websites
“I was looking for someone to hold me accountable.”
The coronavirus has brought many changes to everyday life. Throughout the last month, Minnesotans have adapted to the closure of schools, rest…
Minnesota public schools were ordered to close by Gov. Tim Walz’s executive order on March 15. The closure was later extended and that order i…
The $2 trillion federal coronavirus relief package signed last week, officially known as the CARES Act, includes nearly $350 billion for a sma…
While the world is in the midst of quarantine, daily life is shaken up and people are relying on the internet to communicate with others, seni…
A lot can change in 48 hours: restaurant staff laid off and hired back, more than 1,000 crowlers of beer packaged in one day, a common scrambl…
What started as a way to make a healthy snack at home has turned into a local business for the D’Alessandro family.
As state and federal officials desperately work to “flatten the curve” and the impact of COVID-19 cases on our healthcare system, many local b…
The Somers know to strike while the sap is aflow, rushing out on a recent Sunday to change the spiles on some 1,200 taps throughout their mapl…
With Westonka schools closed as of Monday, March 16, and city governments working to provide as many services as they can while adhering to th…
During the COVID-19 outbreak, under guidance from state and federal authorities, local officials have made the following decisions:
Minnesota Lakes Bank in Mound is open through construction – just turn your head and walk a few paces to the right once you get there because …
As the snow continues to melt and spring seems to be on it’s way, Our Lady of the Lake Catholic School is heading into the new season with bee…
Good pizza - that’s what Long Lake Carbone’s Pizza owners Neil and Sigrid Heinen were looking to make when they decided to open their own restaurant.
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 …
Countryside Heating and Cooling Solutions, a Maple Plain-based heating and cooling contractor, and Bryant Heating & Cooling Systems teamed…
After breaking ground in August 2019, Cassia’s Haven Homes of Maple Plain is putting the finishing touches on their new location as they prepa…
Perched atop a switch box, precarious, the mini JBL pours out a high octane mix of rap and rock. More than a dozen friends are shouting to eac…
From turkey to Tannenbaum there’s no time lost.
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…
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…
Keep Clean and Safe, a women-owned personal protective equipment (PPE) business, recently opened in Orono and the owners are combining all of …
Stonebay of Orono Senior Living held a grand opening open house on Wednesday, Sept. 16 at their Kelley Parkway location. The senior living com…
McGarry’s Pub in Maple Plain is continuing to provide the community with a variety of local items. Recently, they’ve been working towards brin…
Orono fifth-grader Abby Stovern added knitting to her repertoire of soccer, gymnastics and the church choir.
Following intense public outcry against plans for high density housing in the city’s downtown, Mound city council members voted 5-0 Aug. 12 to…
Every Wednesday is the start of a week. Every week, a hatchback drives up. Maybe it’s black truffle mushroom this time. Or shishito pepper...w…
When interior designers Kate Adamcsek and Marcelle Timonen had to choose what their next career move was going to be, they decided to become t…
The developer of a proposed 102-unit apartment complex in downtown Mound could face an uphill battle now that the city’s advisory commission h…
Organizers for Mound’s Spirit of the Lakes announced July 21 via Facebook that the festival will be canceled this year, to return July 16 and …
Wander in the left-hand side door of a shallow alcove on Commerce Boulevard and you’ll step into the narrow 900 square feet of The Girlie Project.
Mound planning commissioners met via Zoom July 7 for a public hearing on the proposed redevelopment of the city’s downtown Commerce Place shop…
Cypress Salon, situated in the small retail pocket of downtown Mound just behind the American Legion, saw a quiet change of ownership Jan. 1 t…
Effective July 6, Adams Publishing Group, the parent company of the Laker Pioneer, will be opening its office doors to the public again. Offic…
“It’s cooked upside down and it’s like a pizza pot pie!”
Jay Soule, owner of Al & Alma’s in Mound, said the decision to push out from shore was pretty straightforward: “We’re about making people happy.”
The Long Lake City Council met virtually on Tuesday, June 2 ,to discuss special event permits for temporary outdoor spaces for businesses as w…
Just after 6 p.m. on a hot-hot Monday a group of 16 friends, four tables of four, was spread out on the back patio of the Narrows Saloon in Na…
Mound city council members opted May 12 to suspend rentals of its Depot at Surfside Park and Beach for the duration of the year, citing the co…
Hours into the search and it was little progress made other than to find disposable gowns at a thousand-percent mark-up.
There would be no more than 60 cars in the parking lot. This would be diagramed out to show the distance between them. There would be no alcoh…
Almost every weekend in a typical summer, live music is being performed somewhere in the west Hennepin County area, as restaurants and bars us…
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) joined other midwestern states when it announced April 14 that it was canceling its 2020 e…
Moving happy hour out of the bar, combined with equal parts working from home and having no need to drive, has shaken up the way we drink. Are…
Melissa Hochstetler is master gardener at this point in the season, managing the 2-acre vegetable gardens at Gale Woods Farm in Minnetrista as…
One by one and top down, governments have declared states of emergency for COVID-19: President Donald Trump declared a public health emergency…
‘We’re Open’ resource launches on APG websites
“I was looking for someone to hold me accountable.”
The coronavirus has brought many changes to everyday life. Throughout the last month, Minnesotans have adapted to the closure of schools, rest…
Minnesota public schools were ordered to close by Gov. Tim Walz’s executive order on March 15. The closure was later extended and that order i…
The $2 trillion federal coronavirus relief package signed last week, officially known as the CARES Act, includes nearly $350 billion for a sma…
While the world is in the midst of quarantine, daily life is shaken up and people are relying on the internet to communicate with others, seni…
A lot can change in 48 hours: restaurant staff laid off and hired back, more than 1,000 crowlers of beer packaged in one day, a common scrambl…
What started as a way to make a healthy snack at home has turned into a local business for the D’Alessandro family.
As state and federal officials desperately work to “flatten the curve” and the impact of COVID-19 cases on our healthcare system, many local b…
The Somers know to strike while the sap is aflow, rushing out on a recent Sunday to change the spiles on some 1,200 taps throughout their mapl…
With Westonka schools closed as of Monday, March 16, and city governments working to provide as many services as they can while adhering to th…
During the COVID-19 outbreak, under guidance from state and federal authorities, local officials have made the following decisions:
Minnesota Lakes Bank in Mound is open through construction – just turn your head and walk a few paces to the right once you get there because …
As the snow continues to melt and spring seems to be on it’s way, Our Lady of the Lake Catholic School is heading into the new season with bee…
Good pizza - that’s what Long Lake Carbone’s Pizza owners Neil and Sigrid Heinen were looking to make when they decided to open their own restaurant.
With the new year well underway, the Long Lake Area Chamber of Commerce is taking steps to improve by increasing membership and enhancing thei…
Whiskey or rum aged 16 years is a delightful thing but maybe not so much for the shelves that make up that top shelf.
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…
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…
Keep Clean and Safe, a women-owned personal protective equipment (PPE) business, recently opened in Orono and the owners are combining all of …
Stonebay of Orono Senior Living held a grand opening open house on Wednesday, Sept. 16 at their Kelley Parkway location. The senior living com…
McGarry’s Pub in Maple Plain is continuing to provide the community with a variety of local items. Recently, they’ve been working towards brin…
Orono fifth-grader Abby Stovern added knitting to her repertoire of soccer, gymnastics and the church choir.
Following intense public outcry against plans for high density housing in the city’s downtown, Mound city council members voted 5-0 Aug. 12 to…
Every Wednesday is the start of a week. Every week, a hatchback drives up. Maybe it’s black truffle mushroom this time. Or shishito pepper...w…
When interior designers Kate Adamcsek and Marcelle Timonen had to choose what their next career move was going to be, they decided to become t…
The developer of a proposed 102-unit apartment complex in downtown Mound could face an uphill battle now that the city’s advisory commission h…
Organizers for Mound’s Spirit of the Lakes announced July 21 via Facebook that the festival will be canceled this year, to return July 16 and …
Wander in the left-hand side door of a shallow alcove on Commerce Boulevard and you’ll step into the narrow 900 square feet of The Girlie Project.
Mound planning commissioners met via Zoom July 7 for a public hearing on the proposed redevelopment of the city’s downtown Commerce Place shop…
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Cypress Salon, situated in the small retail pocket of downtown Mound just behind the American Legion, saw a quiet change of ownership Jan. 1 t…
Effective July 6, Adams Publishing Group, the parent company of the Laker Pioneer, will be opening its office doors to the public again. Offic…
“It’s cooked upside down and it’s like a pizza pot pie!”
Jay Soule, owner of Al & Alma’s in Mound, said the decision to push out from shore was pretty straightforward: “We’re about making people happy.”
The Long Lake City Council met virtually on Tuesday, June 2 ,to discuss special event permits for temporary outdoor spaces for businesses as w…
Just after 6 p.m. on a hot-hot Monday a group of 16 friends, four tables of four, was spread out on the back patio of the Narrows Saloon in Na…
Mound city council members opted May 12 to suspend rentals of its Depot at Surfside Park and Beach for the duration of the year, citing the co…
