On Friday, Dec. 4, an Orono woman was driving home in Tonka Bay when she struck a utility pole and ended up in Lake Minnetonka, according to a…
Zero Gravity Skatepark in Mound has been getting a gradual facelift over the past year—resurfaced half-pipe, a water fountain and mister once …
Half a million dollars that Minnetrista received in federal coronavirus relief money will go toward paying a portion of its public safety payroll.
A former Holy Family tennis coach has been arrested on charges of predatory sexual conduct, according to the Carver County Sheriff’s Office.
A fish fry for 3,000-plus people might not be the best public health etiquette right now, but an open-air golf tournament fits pandemic protoc…
One of the largest questions around cities’ use of federal coronavirus relief funds has been in determining whether public safety payroll can …
Mound Fire Department received a large scale federal grant July 31 that will fund the replacement of all its SCBA gear.
The Long Lake Fire Department responded to a boat fire on Smith’s Bay on Lake Minnetonka on the evening of Sunday, Aug. 16.
Just because folks aren’t stuffing themselves to the gills at the Fish Fry this year doesn’t mean the Mound Fire Department has let fundraisin…
Maple Plain Mayor Julie Maas-Kusske was appointed to serve on the Hennepin County Criminal Justice Coordinating Committee (CJCC) by the Board …
Minnetrista Police Department received more applications for permits to purchase a firearm during the first six months of 2020 than it normall…
Minnetrista city council, staff and community would like to welcome Nikki Myhre to the Minnetrista Police Department. Nikki’s hiring was appro…
The commissioner of Minnesota’s Department of Public Safety, John Harrington, announced during a Friday morning press conference that a “unifi…
Governor Tim Walz signed an executive order May 28 at 4 p.m., activating the Minnesota National Guard to provide safety and protection to th…
“Starting with the very first patient, who was COVID-19 positive, all of our patients have had COVID-19.”
The West Metro Drug Task Force seized more pounds of methamphetamine last year than it did marijuana, marijuana wax and THC edibles combined. …
A boat fire on Lake Minnetonka’s Forest Lake Bay in Mound injured one man the evening of April 30.
The Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office declared ice-out on Lake Minnetonka on Thursday, April 2, in partnership with Freshwater, a “nonprofit or…
One by one and top down, governments have declared states of emergency for COVID-19: President Donald Trump declared a public health emergency…
Thursday, April 16, is Tornado Drill Day in Minnesota, as part of Severe Weather Awareness Week. Mock tornado drills are scheduled for 1:45 an…
A three-alarm fire broke out just before 5 p.m. Saturday, April 11 at a condominium complex in Mound, injuring two and displacing 60-70 people…
The Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office, in partnership with Freshwater, has declared Ice Out for Lake Minnetonka on April 2, 2019 at approximate…
The continued rise in confirmed cases of COVID-19, no longer a slow creep upward but an exponential increase day by day, has prompted changes …
Minnesota’s confirmed cases of COVID-19 infections ballooned to 89 on Thursday, March 19, including a pair of cases in Carver County.
As the COVID-19 outbreak continues to shutter businesses and gatherings on government orders, those in the Orono, Long Lake, Maple Plain and M…
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:
One person is dead following a fire in Long Lake over the weekend, according to authorities.
A Mound resident’s son was honored Jan. 20 for his efforts in rescuing his own father from a garage fire on Noble Lane earlier this month.
The Long Lake Fire Department currently serves the cities of Long Lake, Orono and Medina in case of fires, natural disasters, or life-threaten…
Since 1980, the Mound Fire Department has recognized a single firefighter as the department Firefighter of the Year. The tradition continued i…
The holiday season is slowing down but winter and outside activities are in full swing. While snowmobiling is a popular activity, officials ad…
West Hennepin Public Safety has announced the dates for the 2020 Citizens Police Academy. The Citizens Police Academy will start on February 1…
Editor’s Note: This is the final part of a two-part series on stop-arm violations in the Westonka school district.
Editor’s Note: This is Part 1 of a two-part series on stop-arm violations in the Westonka school district.
Orono Police Chief Correy Farniok has some good news from Hennepin County: County Road 44, the main connector between County Road 110 and Hwy.…
Always a possibility but never a certainty til the state’s final budget wraps up, the Safe Schools Levy, a decades-old program for funding saf…
The Long Lake Fire Department Slow Burn Brigade is gearing up for its 8th annual Fall Boutique at Long Lake Fire Station One on Saturday, Nov. 2.
A study performed by a comparison and news site analyzed FBI rankings of crime rates in order to find out where the top 50 safest cities are i…
The Susan E. Lurton Dog Park and Saga Hill Park received an upgrade from the Orono Rotary, Otten Bros Garden Center and Landscaping and The Ci…
In recognition of National Fire Prevention Week, the Mound Fire Department is hosting a Fire Prevention Open House on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 6-8 p…
When battalion chief Shane Gardner decided to join the Long Lake Fire Department (LLFD) back in 2000, he drove to the station, interviewed wit…
The Long Lake City Council discussed and approved a new door access system for the Fire Department and a ribbon-cutting celebrating the Wayzat…
Powerful storms blew through Minnesota late Monday night, including a tornado in the local area, according to the National Weather Service.
The number of opioid-involved deaths in Hennepin County has been rising since 2000, and teens and young adults ages 15-24 are most likely to b…
Mound Fire Department Chief Greg Pederson accepted on behalf of the Fire Department a $2,200 grant from CenterPoint Energy during the city’s A…
What 11 area cities, including Mound, St. Bonifacius and Watertown, have hounded the Department of Defense to do over the past 26 years, DoD m…
An amendment to the 2020 House defense spending bill, which passed July 12, could set in motion a project that has long lain dormant: the site…
Recently, Hennepin County collected water samples from the beach at Nelson Lakeside Park (Long Lake’s city beach), with samples taken from the…
The Orono Police Department has partnered with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources to bring Orono’s first annual certified firearms …
Half a million dollars that Minnetrista received in federal coronavirus relief money will go toward paying a portion of its public safety payroll.
A former Holy Family tennis coach has been arrested on charges of predatory sexual conduct, according to the Carver County Sheriff’s Office.
A fish fry for 3,000-plus people might not be the best public health etiquette right now, but an open-air golf tournament fits pandemic protoc…
One of the largest questions around cities’ use of federal coronavirus relief funds has been in determining whether public safety payroll can …
Mound Fire Department received a large scale federal grant July 31 that will fund the replacement of all its SCBA gear.
The Long Lake Fire Department responded to a boat fire on Smith’s Bay on Lake Minnetonka on the evening of Sunday, Aug. 16.
Just because folks aren’t stuffing themselves to the gills at the Fish Fry this year doesn’t mean the Mound Fire Department has let fundraisin…
Maple Plain Mayor Julie Maas-Kusske was appointed to serve on the Hennepin County Criminal Justice Coordinating Committee (CJCC) by the Board …
Minnetrista Police Department received more applications for permits to purchase a firearm during the first six months of 2020 than it normall…
Minnetrista city council, staff and community would like to welcome Nikki Myhre to the Minnetrista Police Department. Nikki’s hiring was appro…
The commissioner of Minnesota’s Department of Public Safety, John Harrington, announced during a Friday morning press conference that a “unifi…
Governor Tim Walz signed an executive order May 28 at 4 p.m., activating the Minnesota National Guard to provide safety and protection to th…
“Starting with the very first patient, who was COVID-19 positive, all of our patients have had COVID-19.”
The West Metro Drug Task Force seized more pounds of methamphetamine last year than it did marijuana, marijuana wax and THC edibles combined. …
A boat fire on Lake Minnetonka’s Forest Lake Bay in Mound injured one man the evening of April 30.
The Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office declared ice-out on Lake Minnetonka on Thursday, April 2, in partnership with Freshwater, a “nonprofit or…
One by one and top down, governments have declared states of emergency for COVID-19: President Donald Trump declared a public health emergency…
Thursday, April 16, is Tornado Drill Day in Minnesota, as part of Severe Weather Awareness Week. Mock tornado drills are scheduled for 1:45 an…
A three-alarm fire broke out just before 5 p.m. Saturday, April 11 at a condominium complex in Mound, injuring two and displacing 60-70 people…
The Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office, in partnership with Freshwater, has declared Ice Out for Lake Minnetonka on April 2, 2019 at approximate…
The continued rise in confirmed cases of COVID-19, no longer a slow creep upward but an exponential increase day by day, has prompted changes …
Minnesota’s confirmed cases of COVID-19 infections ballooned to 89 on Thursday, March 19, including a pair of cases in Carver County.
As the COVID-19 outbreak continues to shutter businesses and gatherings on government orders, those in the Orono, Long Lake, Maple Plain and M…
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:
One person is dead following a fire in Long Lake over the weekend, according to authorities.
A Mound resident’s son was honored Jan. 20 for his efforts in rescuing his own father from a garage fire on Noble Lane earlier this month.
The Long Lake Fire Department currently serves the cities of Long Lake, Orono and Medina in case of fires, natural disasters, or life-threaten…
Since 1980, the Mound Fire Department has recognized a single firefighter as the department Firefighter of the Year. The tradition continued i…
The holiday season is slowing down but winter and outside activities are in full swing. While snowmobiling is a popular activity, officials ad…
West Hennepin Public Safety has announced the dates for the 2020 Citizens Police Academy. The Citizens Police Academy will start on February 1…
Editor’s Note: This is the final part of a two-part series on stop-arm violations in the Westonka school district.
Editor’s Note: This is Part 1 of a two-part series on stop-arm violations in the Westonka school district.
Orono Police Chief Correy Farniok has some good news from Hennepin County: County Road 44, the main connector between County Road 110 and Hwy.…
Always a possibility but never a certainty til the state’s final budget wraps up, the Safe Schools Levy, a decades-old program for funding saf…
The Long Lake Fire Department Slow Burn Brigade is gearing up for its 8th annual Fall Boutique at Long Lake Fire Station One on Saturday, Nov. 2.
A study performed by a comparison and news site analyzed FBI rankings of crime rates in order to find out where the top 50 safest cities are i…
The Susan E. Lurton Dog Park and Saga Hill Park received an upgrade from the Orono Rotary, Otten Bros Garden Center and Landscaping and The Ci…
In recognition of National Fire Prevention Week, the Mound Fire Department is hosting a Fire Prevention Open House on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 6-8 p…
When battalion chief Shane Gardner decided to join the Long Lake Fire Department (LLFD) back in 2000, he drove to the station, interviewed wit…
The Long Lake City Council discussed and approved a new door access system for the Fire Department and a ribbon-cutting celebrating the Wayzat…
Powerful storms blew through Minnesota late Monday night, including a tornado in the local area, according to the National Weather Service.
The number of opioid-involved deaths in Hennepin County has been rising since 2000, and teens and young adults ages 15-24 are most likely to b…
Mound Fire Department Chief Greg Pederson accepted on behalf of the Fire Department a $2,200 grant from CenterPoint Energy during the city’s A…
What 11 area cities, including Mound, St. Bonifacius and Watertown, have hounded the Department of Defense to do over the past 26 years, DoD m…
An amendment to the 2020 House defense spending bill, which passed July 12, could set in motion a project that has long lain dormant: the site…
Recently, Hennepin County collected water samples from the beach at Nelson Lakeside Park (Long Lake’s city beach), with samples taken from the…
The Orono Police Department has partnered with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources to bring Orono’s first annual certified firearms …
Maple Plain city council approved hire of a new fire chief, the reorganization of the public works department and approved to begin to solicit…
The Orono Police Department will be hosting National Night Out on Tuesday, Aug. 6, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. You are invited to register your bloc…
The Long Lake Fire Department responded to a boat fire on Smith’s Bay on Lake Minnetonka on the evening of Sunday, Aug. 16.
Just because folks aren’t stuffing themselves to the gills at the Fish Fry this year doesn’t mean the Mound Fire Department has let fundraisin…
Maple Plain Mayor Julie Maas-Kusske was appointed to serve on the Hennepin County Criminal Justice Coordinating Committee (CJCC) by the Board …
Minnetrista Police Department received more applications for permits to purchase a firearm during the first six months of 2020 than it normall…
Minnetrista city council, staff and community would like to welcome Nikki Myhre to the Minnetrista Police Department. Nikki’s hiring was appro…
The commissioner of Minnesota’s Department of Public Safety, John Harrington, announced during a Friday morning press conference that a “unifi…
Governor Tim Walz signed an executive order May 28 at 4 p.m., activating the Minnesota National Guard to provide safety and protection to th…
“Starting with the very first patient, who was COVID-19 positive, all of our patients have had COVID-19.”
The West Metro Drug Task Force seized more pounds of methamphetamine last year than it did marijuana, marijuana wax and THC edibles combined. …
A boat fire on Lake Minnetonka’s Forest Lake Bay in Mound injured one man the evening of April 30.
The Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office declared ice-out on Lake Minnetonka on Thursday, April 2, in partnership with Freshwater, a “nonprofit or…
One by one and top down, governments have declared states of emergency for COVID-19: President Donald Trump declared a public health emergency…
Thursday, April 16, is Tornado Drill Day in Minnesota, as part of Severe Weather Awareness Week. Mock tornado drills are scheduled for 1:45 an…
A three-alarm fire broke out just before 5 p.m. Saturday, April 11 at a condominium complex in Mound, injuring two and displacing 60-70 people…
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The Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office, in partnership with Freshwater, has declared Ice Out for Lake Minnetonka on April 2, 2019 at approximate…
The continued rise in confirmed cases of COVID-19, no longer a slow creep upward but an exponential increase day by day, has prompted changes …
Minnesota’s confirmed cases of COVID-19 infections ballooned to 89 on Thursday, March 19, including a pair of cases in Carver County.
As the COVID-19 outbreak continues to shutter businesses and gatherings on government orders, those in the Orono, Long Lake, Maple Plain and M…
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:
One person is dead following a fire in Long Lake over the weekend, according to authorities.
