In the September issue we're chatting with Wayzata author Anne Marie Ruff about her move back to the lake.
This purrfect black-and-white smile belongs to Moana of Motunui, a foster kitten from the Carver Scott Humane Society.
September 2018 Lake Minnetonka Magazine
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We’ve rounded up the best ways to celebrate Oktoberfest, that quintessentially German tradition, around Lake Minnetonka. Prost!
Heidi Mueller always had candles in her life.
[Homes]
The Shipstads love the charm and location of their home near Lake Minnetonka that they’ve owned since 2003. After years of saving, Scott and Jenny Shipstad are finally making some dream updates.
[People]
For aspiring authors, getting their work published is a quest that can elicit as many goosebumps as reading a Stephen King novel.
“I wouldn’t live in Minnesota,” wrote 19th-century celebrity newspaper editor Horace Greeley while visiting our state, “because you can’t grow apples here.” And, until 1861, that was a true statement. Minnesota was too cold for the varieties of apple being grown at the time.
Families Moving Forward offers hospitality, emergency shelter and a path to a home with support and stability.
[People]
After many years away, living in Los Angeles and traveling the world, Ruff returned to the Wayzata area last year.
[People]
At age 23, Excelsior’s Anna Jeter has shouldered a burden that most people her age could barely imagine: a serious illness and a heartbreaking prognosis. “When I was 4, I was diagnosed with a terminal heart-lung illness, pulmonary hypertension,” Jeter explains.
Officer Bill Mathews was tragically hit and killed by a distracted driver in September 2017.
Twin Cities–native Becca Kufrin planned the date for her then-boyfriend Arie Luyendyk.
Excelsior businesses are using the hashtag #exploreexcelsior to not only promote their stores and restaurants, but to involve community members in the local shop scene.
[Shops]
Emma Rose Consignment Boutique is the new moniker of the former Cherie Consignment Boutique.
[People]
Standing Still/Still Standing was shown during the Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival earlier this year.
Heather Strommen, owner of the historic Excelsior home Mona Bina, which means home for all—and author of its eponymous blog, Sweet Shady Lane—is offering a fresh take on home design: On her website, visitors can
