Then & Now

Wayzata’s Bette Hammel is a highly respected Twin Cities author, with a career that spans topics and decades—and it all started in a St. Paul newsroom. Bette’s dad, Whitey Jones, was a likeable guy. Working in the St.

If you’ve set foot through the door at Davanni’s on Cleveland and Grand more than a couple of times, it’s likely that general manager Rocco Preese knows your name.

In its current state, the cracked and weathered stone walls are nearly obscured behind wild growth. The remains of a once sturdy house are surrounded by a fence to keep visitors safe. The roof has fallen in and sags into the interior.

If the future ghosts of alumni past gathered around a St.

The Mission statement of the Marjorie McNeely Conservatory is simple and profound: “To inspire our public to value the presence of living things in our lives.” This month, the McNeely Conservatory is celebrating 100 years of inspira

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.

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.

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.

Few people are aware that within the walls of the John Nasseff Heart Center, part of United Hospital, there is a room of human hearts that dates back to 1945. But the Jesse E.

When Peter and Linda Quinn decided to open Café Latte in 1984, they were told it wasn’t going to work. They wanted to serve gourmet quality food in a cafeteria setting, according to Peter Quinn.

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