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For children living in the Lake Minnetonka area, attending school primarily means freedom to learn.
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Starting a running shop was something Derek Lindstrom always wanted to do. As a long-time running coach and an avid runner, opening Excelsior Running was a natural next step. “This is the place to be,” says Lindstrom, of Excelsior.
As summer moves lazily toward fall, bikers start to think about how to dress for cooler weather. Mark Schnorr of Excelsior’s South Lake Cycle has some great advice on the subject.
Not all roads to redemption lead home. “Ignatius Aloysius O’Shaughnessy had a big decision to make,” Doug Hennes writes in That Great Heart: The Life of I.A. O’Shaughnessy, Oilman and Philanthropist. “He and two classmates had skipped Sunday vespers at St.
Since 2006, the Amherst H. Wilder Foundation of Saint Paul has been preparing children for school through their annual backpack and school supply drive. “The goal is to remove the burden of cost to families who are often sending multiple kids back to school,” says drive organizer Laura Brown.
While you’ve likely heard of the nine-time Grammy-winning singer Bonnie Raitt, what isn’t as public is that she started her blues career on Lake Minnetonka.
When Minnetonka’s Jen Flavin spent a year working in overseas missions, she saw tragedy most people only see on television or read about online. First, she saw women who were sex trafficked in Thailand.
Highway 101, or Bushaway Road, as many locals know it, is one of the oldest stretches of road in the state. Its early days can be traced back to the Dakota Indian tribe, who used it as a fur-trapping trail from Shakopee to Dayton.
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Excelsior resident Corey Wilcock has been running Minnesota Trophies & Gifts in Hopkins since 1989, creating tangible reminders of triumphs and experiences for people in the west metro.
