The Wood-Rill Scientific and Natural Area in Orono has grown in size.
Westonka Community Theatre is bringing its production of “The Wizard of Oz” to the Westonka Performing Arts Center July 23-25 and July 30-Aug. 1.
Just about everybody grew up with Dr. Seuss books and the local 4 Community Theatre is bringing those stories to life with a summer production…
The Westonka Speech team concluded its season with it’s first-ever appearance at the National Tournament held by the National Speech Debate As…
Allynne Noelle and Thomas Brown opened WestMet Classical Training in Long Lake in September last year after a virtual run that, several months…
She came to the Orono School District 39 years ago as a speech pathologist and on June 30 she retires as the school’s long time superintendent.
In the last school board meeting of the 2020-21 school year, the Orono School Board made a big change in when school board members are elected.
Westonka school leaders have started on a new initiative for the coming school year that will attempt to decrease disparities between its Whit…
With the state Legislature in special session and school district enrollment numbers typically not firmed up until the fall, Westonka school l…
With COVID-19 cases down and restrictions being lifted, the Orono school district has updated its health and safety guidelines for summer prog…
“Even superheroes need help sometimes. That’s where Shirley Hills Sidekicks come in! We can be Sidekicks to Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s …
The Mound Westonka High School choirs were able to perform at the Performing Arts Center on May 17 for the first time in 14 months. The spring…
Westonka school leaders are waiting on state guidance before making any decision on whether to offer students a distance-only learning option …
Mound Westonka High School hosted the annual Scholarship Awards Night on May 19, when 68 scholarships worth more than $309,000 in scholarship …
With the COVID-19 vaccinations rising and related restrictions loosening up around the state, the Orono school district has adjusted with them.
For a brief moment on Friday, May 7 there was a swastika painted on a rock in front of Orono High School.
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.
U.S News and World Report released its 2021 Top High School rankings for the nation and for each state and Orono High School ranked No. 5 in M…
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 …
