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Last Valentine’s Day, Jackie Scherer wandered through the woods of the Minnesota River Valley in Saint Paul with her Nikon D600 to capture the falling snow. She photographed wild turkeys and deer. “It was cold, and honestly I couldn’t feel my fingers anymore,” she says.
’Tis the season for bundling up; even the Old Farmer’s Almanac predicts that this winter will be colder and snowier than average. Lucky for us, our favorite winter gear comes in tiny sizes, too.
For more than 60 years, KMC Dance Studio has been teaching lake-area kids and teens dance moves, from beginning to advanced. The popular family-owned business experienced a change.
The Aim Higher Foundation, based in Minnetonka, was founded in 2011, when community leaders noticed a need for tuition assistance at Catholic schools throughout the rural and urban Twin Cities area.
Amy Brace knows that if there’s one thing people love, it’s sweets. In 2011, Brace started baking cupcakes and other treats out of her home kitchen. Several years later, she decided it was time to expand her business. She opened her storefront bakery this summer.
Sometimes less is more, especially during holiday gift-buying jaunts. While shopping malls have their place in the retail landscape, stores with overly culled merchandise might cause shoppers to come down with troublesome cases of retail ennui. There’s an antidote.
Brooklyn Vetter had every intention of leaving the Midwest. Born and raised in South Dakota, she studied sociology and women’s studies at Minnesota State University, Mankato, and was itching for a change. Some travel? Maybe. A change of scenery? Definitely.
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Richard and April Wysocki moved to Minnesota in 1989 with a tasty mission in mind. April Wysocki hails from Chicago, the couple had lived in New Jersey while April attended New York’s Culinary Institute of America, and they had even done a stint in Dallas.
Erin Duininck, owner of Excelsior’s Golden Rule, recently acquired the apartment space above her shop to use as a small event space for public workshops and private events and parties.
