by Jennifer Pitterle | Sep 1, 2025 | Build, Featured, Interior Design
One serene Orono property brings home the amenities of a spa resort. It’s something most of us have wished for: to bottle the essence of a luxury travel experience and bring it home. One Orono family brought this dream to life in their 6,540-square-foot house, which...
by Renée Stewart-Hester | Sep 1, 2025 | Photo Contest
As we learn more about the entries into our annual photo contest, it is particularly interesting to discover that, while many images are captured while embarking on a photographic quest, many more are taken while engaging in some of life’s day-to-day activities. Case...
by Renée Stewart-Hester | Sep 1, 2025 | Drinks, Local Makers, Restaurants
Who’s ready for Oktoberfest—local style? ’Tis the season when villages and burgs around the globe swing open their pubs, put up sturdy tents and gear up for another round of Oktoberfest celebrations. If your plans this month don’t include a trip to Munich for what is...
by Claire Krieger | Aug 18, 2025 | Garden, Landscape
The Minnesota Landscape Arboretum’s new entrance is part of a multiphase plan to enhance visitor experience. On July 30, the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum broke ground on what is set to be a multiyear project to renovate the main entrances and overall site...
by Madeline Kopiecki | Aug 6, 2025 | People
Photographer joins local firefighters as they visit block parties around town. On the evening of August 5, photographer Jim Douglas accompanied firefighters and the Ladder 11 firetruck for numerous stops during Shorewood’s annual Night to Unite event. Excelsior...
by Editorial Staff | Aug 1, 2025 | Weddings
Your wedding is one of the most important days of your life—filled with romance, the love of family and friends and, of course, all those wonderful, unforgettable details. At Lake Minnetonka Magazine, we embrace celebrating local love stories, and we want to feature...
by Renée Stewart-Hester | Aug 1, 2025 | Uncategorized
As I write, I’ve just returned from New York City after a whirlwind weekend of family memory-making and lengthy walks throughout the city. While near South Street Seaport, a historic waterfront district along the East River in Lower Manhattan, I had a moment of...
by Editorial Staff | Aug 1, 2025 | Photo Contest
Our annual photo contest is a few clicks away. Dorothea Lange, an American documentary photographer and photojournalist, once said, “Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still.” Each July and August, Lake Minnetonka Magazine invites...
by Renée Stewart-Hester | Aug 1, 2025 | Education, People
If there is any year that brings with it a whirlpool of emotions, memories and questions about the future it has to be the senior year of high school. It’s also a time to recognize our area graduates and their unique places in the Class of 2026. As we do each year,...
by Jennifer Pitterle | Aug 1, 2025 | Education
A Minnetonka Community Education Mah Jongg instructor brings players together over a shared love of the game. A few years ago, actor Julia Roberts was a guest on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, and she mentioned her love of Mah Jongg. “The concept of it is to...
by Sarah Dibble | Aug 1, 2025 | Education, History, Noteworthy
In December 1936, Deephaven received a federal Works Progress Administration grant to help build a new school. After two years of construction and only a few feet from its predecessor, the stately yellow brick building, overlooking Vine Hill Road, opened as Deephaven...
by Ellie Heyerdahl | Aug 1, 2025 | Giving Back
An annual event builds community across the city. Minnetonka’s Night to Unite is planned for 5:30 to 9 p.m. August 5 throughout the city. For more than 20 years, the event continues to promote uniting the community through neighborhood gatherings. Sponsored by the...
by Mollee Francisco | Aug 1, 2025 | Noteworthy, Shops, Sports, Style
As Ally Kubalak’s school-aged sons started playing sports, the Minnetonka resident found herself on the sidelines, cheering them on while simultaneously scanning the crowds for school gear that she actually wanted to wear. “There were not a ton of options, mainly for...
by Raela Schoenherr | Aug 1, 2025 | Book Club, Noteworthy
From Sharon McMahon comes The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, From the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement. Dubbed America’s government teacher, McMahon also happens to be a Minnesota author and host of the podcast...
by Renée Stewart-Hester | Aug 1, 2025 | Photo Contest
The Minnetonka Yacht Club is a frequent subject for Christine Neff Kojetin’s drone photography “as it creates a great foreground visual point of interest when doing lake photos, especially sailing or sunset photos,” she says. “It was a very warm December, and the lake...
