by Taylor Hamilton | Mar 7, 2025 | Community, Outdoors
When will the ice go out on the lakes? It’s anyone’s guess. For another year, White Bear Lake residents are invited to predict the ice-out date on White Bear Lake and Bald Eagle Lake in the annual Ice-Out Contest. The contest, hosted by Nimble Impressions’ Rally WBA,...
by Zoe Yates | Mar 1, 2025 | Featured
I’m very familiar with existing in a gray area. While that could be a joke about slush season here in Minnesota, what I’m referring to is how my birth year—1998—has put me in a unique position. I’m surely not a millennial, but not quite Gen Z. I remember a time before...
by Jennifer Pitterle | Mar 1, 2025 | Build, Featured, Interior Design
For one Mahtomedi couple, building a new home on the shores of White Bear Lake was a chance to match their lifestyle to their living space. After selling their year-round home and a getaway cabin, their new lake home is both. It’s an everyday sanctuary, designed with...
by Ellie Fuelling | Mar 1, 2025 | Arts, Noteworthy, Outdoors
If you’re looking to discover new outdoor spots in White Bear Lake, check out the campus of White Bear Center for the Arts (WBCA). On display this spring is First Person Plural, an installation featuring large, black-and-white murals mounted in a native prairie. The...
by Katie Tomsche | Mar 1, 2025 | Drinks, Noteworthy, Recipes
This low-ABV berry lemonade cocktail is as refreshing as they come. Lemony and tart with complex undertones and a delightful pucker, it goes down swimmingly. It’s perfect for any gathering. 1 cup seedless raspberry jam ¾ tsp. kosher salt ¾ cup lemon juice, freshly...
by Zoe Yates | Mar 1, 2025 | Community, Noteworthy, Senior Living
Finding community is important at every stage of life. For seniors, local opportunities abound at White Bear Area Senior Center. “We’re here for people to come and explore and figure out if this is a place they want to be,” says Jon Anderson, adult programs and...
by Zoe Yates | Mar 1, 2025 | Education, Featured
People are stepping up to support youth mental health in a changing world. White Bear Lake resident Katherine “K.K.” Myers is no stranger to the pitfalls of the digital era. A former secondary English teacher and early adopter of technology, Myers watched from her...
by Editorial Staff | Mar 1, 2025 | Best of White Bear Lake, Featured
We invited readers to vote for the best the White Bear Lake area has to offer throughout January in our annual readers’ poll. The poll is now closed, and we’re excited to announce your finalists (listed in alphabetical order) for Best of White Bear Lake 2025. Winners...
by Daniel Huss and Zoe Yates | Mar 1, 2025 | Shops, Style
The Women Collective is a retail experience by and for women. Amelia Reigstad began 2024 with a word of the year: purpose. A former strategic communications professor at the University of Minnesota with a Ph.D. in gender communication, Reigstad had spent the previous...
by Hailey Almsted | Mar 1, 2025 | Ingredients, Recipes
Rachel Sitko of Kowalski’s Markets shares flavorful soup recipes using a few of the spices we featured in our Add a Dash of Wellness With Staple Spices story. Enjoy! Curried Chicken Noodle Soup Contributed by Rachel Sitko, Kowalski’s Market 5.5 oz. broccolini 1 Tbsp....
by Rachel Schuehle | Mar 1, 2025 | Arts, People
Wardrobe assistant Emily Jannusch takes us behind the scenes at Children’s Theatre Company. Audience members file into the United-Health Group Stage theater, anxiously awaiting the start of a live show with actors, delightful music and a colorful stage. Yet many...
by Hailey Almsted | Mar 1, 2025 | Featured, Ingredients, Wellness
Kowalski’s Markets nutritionist explores the benefits of staple spices. As Springtime rolls in, it’s the perfect time to spice up your health routine. Not only do some beloved spices add vibrant flavors, but they also offer a variety of potential health benefits for...
by Zoe Yates | Mar 1, 2025 | Community
Make the most of spring cleaning with area events. Whether the warmer days have you anticipating spring cleaning or yard sale season, mark your calendar for Trash to Treasure Day on April 26. Each year on the last Saturday of April, residents in White Bear Lake and...
by Meredith Heneghan | Mar 1, 2025 | Book Club, Shops
A beloved bookstore celebrates a milestone anniversary this spring. On April 1, 1980, five women turned their love of books into a bona fide passion project and opened Lake Country Booksellers. Forty-five years later, the dream of these “founding mothers” persists,...
by Zoe Yates | Mar 1, 2025 | Photo Contest
A young hobby photographer captures a macro view of nature. On a warm May day, Claire Lane headed out to her backyard in Mahtomedi with an iPhone and a singular focus: water droplets. The 14-year-old found the ideal subject, a dewy, green leaf, in her favorite part of...
