Cell Phone Permit teaches kids to be healthy digital citizens. We wouldn’t toss car keys to a teenager without receiving appropriate instruction and...
Community
Memorial Day Ceremony at the Maple Grove Veterans Memorial in Central Park
Community members to commemorate veterans at Central Park. For veterans like Maple Grove legionnaire Kristy Ann Janigo, Memorial Day has always held...
Maple Grove Senior High Student Set to Go Pro in Wakeboarding
Teenage wakeboarder is set to go pro. Each summer, the Minnesota lakes fill up with a myriad of fishermen, water skiers, wakeboarders and more. As...
Maple Grove Moon Setting
Glowing moon wins first place in City Landmarks category. With very limited opportunities to capture the full moon, photographer Rod Smoliak says it...
Mirror Image
Reflective heron wins second place in Nature & Wildlife category. “I still find it amazing how much wildlife you can find within the city, and...
Blooming Recovery
Monarch Butterflies face endangered species list. In December 2020, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that the monarch butterfly became a...
All in Good Taste
Local restaurant holds charity promotion during NCAA basketball tournament. Few sporting events create the amount of buzz and excitement that the...
Lens on Central Park
Majestic swans receive first place. Rod Smoliak says that a part of capturing wildlife is luck; however, with a little patience and preplanning of...
Overcoming Obstacles
Ninjas United training and recreation strengthens families. It began with a dare. Jen Sexton Voigt found Ninjas United while searching for an outlet...
Redemption Road Rescue
Maple Grove couple fosters 44 cats and dogs. With hearts of gold and an endless love for cuddly creatures, Maple Grove residents Barb and Tim...
Baking a Difference
Local nonprofit spreads love, joy and frosting. Can a cake make a difference? Can a concoction of batter meets frosting cure what ails? At times,...
High School Stadium Receives New Scoreboard
You know it’s time to replace a piece of equipment when its replacement parts can’t be found. Such was the case with the Maple Grove Senior High...
Your Face Here
Smokin’ Henways virtually produce new album. By dropping the curtain on live entertainment, the pandemic took a toll on the music scene. But this...
Looking Forward
Local nonprofit turns stumbling blocks into stepping stones. While Sara Swan has over two decades of experience in special education, she initially...
Luminaire
Lamp post and sun oblige for winning photo. Maple Grove Sun Light, by Rod Smoliak, received first place in the City Landmarks category in our annual...
Focus on Maple Grove 2021 Photo Contest Winners
Competition was stiff this year for the annual Focus on Maple Grove photo contest, but after the dust settled, the judges picked the winning images...
Best of 2021 Editor’s Picks
How about a little help from our friends and neighbors? The breathless words of Tennessee Williams’ Blanche Debois—“I’ve always depended on the...
Meet the Best of Maple Grove 2021
Readers give their nods to their hometown favorites. Maple Grove ... Serving Today, Shaping Tomorrow—The city’s motto is put into action each day by...
Cavins Hosts a Chart-topping Podcast
“We knew that people were feeling anxious, depressed and their lives had been turned upside down in 2020,” longtime resident Jeff Cavins says. “We...
The Mother of Invention
Resident creates kid- and adult-friendly indoor play spot. Mandy Wroolie takes “play local” to a whole new level as owner of MiniSota Play Cafe,...
