Lino Lakes local hosts the camping trips of a lifetime. Scott Oeth has always been an outdoorsman. From being in Boy Scouts as a child (including...
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Shunned by the Sport He Loved, Hockey Icon Henry Boucha Found New Meaning in His Heritage
Hockey icon Henry Boucha finds himself in his Ojibwa heritage. Fifty years after his memorable Minnesota High School hockey tournament performance...
Standout Students: White Bear Lake’s Isaac Maruyama Says to Focus on ‘What Makes You Happy’
"You have to get involved in things you find interesting," White Bear Lake Area High School senior Issac Maruyama says. In this year's education...
Standout Students: Liberty Classical Academy’s Jack Dobrotka Says ‘Work as Hard as You Possibly Can’
Liberty Classical Academy senior Jack Dobrotka knows about hard work - he's a multisport athlete and plans to join the Army. In this year's...
Standout Students: At Hill-Murray School, Elizabeth Sutherland ‘Found a Passion’ for Education
Hill-Murray School senior Elizabeth (Ella) Sutherland struggled in school until freshman year. Then she got herself into gear. In this year's...
Standout Students: Mahtomedi’s Ruby Ales Says ‘Embrace the Chaos’
Mahtomedi High School senior Ruby Ales has some advice for students just starting high school: get involved. In this year's education issue, we...
Local Artist Views His Work as an ‘Artistic Exorcism’
Eric Hupahu Cikala Miller's work will stay in your mind long after you've seen it. Every so often, we come across artists whose work is so powerful...
Creating and Connecting
Heidi Nelson helps others find their inner artist. Heidi Nelson’s painting, Wedding Zig Zag, a watercolor of her son Tim and his wife at their...
Vegan Vision
A new vegan clothing line encourages people to think about their impact on this world. Being good to our world, respecting other living creatures...
Dr. Ann Frisch Travels the World Helping Others Reduce Conflict
For many, retirement means slowing down the pace of life, but for Dr. Ann Frisch, it meant starting a new career as an international peacekeeper,...
Michael Twitty Serves Up Food History Lesson at Fort Snelling
Resident Kevin Maijala brings food historian Michael Twitty to Fort Snelling. Behind an exciting exhibit that took place this past July at Historic...
From Mahtomedi to Morocco, Family Gets Creative in the Kitchen
The Wolfson family cooks up American standards and Moroccan stew. Mahtomedi resident Lee Wolfson is a retired architect turned enthusiastic home...
Move Over, Lucy: Fourth-Grader Opens Advice Stand in White Bear Lake
White Bear Lake fourth-grader dispenses wisdom to help others. Nora Shelago-Hegna is in fourth grade at Otter Lake Elementary, and she runs her own...
Local Couple Establishes Foundation to Fight Lyme Disease
Lisa Najarian is a woman on a mission—she understands the destruction a tiny tick can wreak on people’s lives. Lisa Najarian is a woman on a...
Local Artists, International Renown Artists Erica Spitzer Rasmussen and Margo Selski Connect in Life and Art
Internationally known artists Erica Spitzer Rasmussen, a White Bear Lake resident, and Margo Selski, who lives in St. Paul, have been friends and...
Prep Elite: Bright Futures
We talk to rising seniors about their accomplishments and what lies ahead. Each August, we highlight outstanding rising seniors from area schools...
Props For A Pitcher
Peter Gorton's quest for recognition for African-American baseball great John Wesley Donaldson. Most people know the names Jackie Robinson and Babe...
Mother-daughter Equestrians
Sharing a love of horses. Equestrians share a profound bond with the horses they ride, and when those riders share a bond with each other, it makes...
CrossFit Queen
Nothing could stop Athena Perez from losing weight to save her life. Everyone has their reasons for setting a particular goal. It was Athena Perez’s...
Hidden Heroes of History
Duchess Harris tells the story of her grandmother Miriam Mann, one of the first black women to work at NASA. Duchess Harris, J.D., Ph.D. was named...
