8+ hour, 50+ min ago  (465+ words) It feels like you're dying." Graduation season is wrapping up in the area. Well, the grad" I"hadn't been fishing in about two months. If you know me, or have read my column regularly, you might as well say I…...

8+ hour, 57+ min ago  (649+ words) After much discussion and planning, the Marine on St. Croix City Council approved contracts totaling up to $102, 500 for the city's 2050 Comprehensive Plan update, but not before councilmembers debated whether the investment would deliver enough value for taxpayers. During the June…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago  (709+ words) Scandia's own Maloa Mc Carty started Maloa's Sugar Rush at just 11 years old, selling freeze-dried candy, fruits, and chocolate chip cookies made from her grandma's special recipe. Mc Carty is attending her second season at the Scandia Farmer's Market this…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago  (664+ words) Nora Bergerson and Aubrey Doyle are two 13-year-old entrepreneurs who started A&N Candle Co. roughly a year ago. This will be their second year bringing their handmade products to the Scandia Farmer's Market. What started from a candle-making class…...

1+ week, 9+ hour ago  (659+ words) For at least 70 years, Marine Fire & Rescue's annual Street Dance has brought residents together for an evening of food, music, and community. This year, the tradition returns on Saturday, June 20, as part of the department's 140th anniversary celebration. While no official…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (883+ words) When the Marine on St. Croix fire department was founded in 1886, firefighters relied on a hand-pumped engine purchased after a series of devastating fires threatened the village. The department's first fire warden earned $10 a year, equipment was housed in a…...

2+ week, 8+ hour ago  (332+ words) Construction is underway on a major infrastructure project in Scandia that will improve the Gateway State Trail and result in significant traffic impacts for residents throughout the summer. According to a recent update by the City of Scandia, construction has…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (741+ words) Teen entrepreneur and Stillwater business owner, Berkli Dias, will be bringing Freshness in a Bottle to the Scandia Farmer's Market as one of several youth vendors this year." Teen entrepreneur brings freshness to Scandia Farmers Market Dias's business started with…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (178+ words) This is a birdwatcher's favorite time of year. Spring birds are back. I just saw my first hummingbird on May 17. Bird Feeders are full of seeds. Birdhouses are in all of the best places. Blue bird house trails are set…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (666+ words) Marine on St. Croix artist Katy Helen Kalt poses beneath her mirrored mosaic surfboard installation inside a new Raising Cane's restaurant in Santa Monica, California." Marine artist Katy Helen Kalt spent hours figuring out how to safely suspend heavy surfboards…...