Heidi Heiland, founder of Heidi’s GrowHaus & Lifestyle Gardens in Corcoran, is a passionate lifelong gardener. For her, gardening isn’t just a...
Lifestyle
Discover a “Garden Wonderland”
Learn how to create a garden that nurtures community and self by incorporating personal and edible elements into your landscape. Garden Wonderland...
Bisque Boutique Explores How To Plan a Summer Soirée
It’s the perfect time to deck out your patio (and wardrobe). When Mary Brueske plans a backyard fête, her gatherings follow one important rule:...
The History of Three Maple Grove Lakes
If lakes could talk, what stories would Maple Grove’s lakes tell? Eagle Lake, with a maximum depth of 37 feet and a span of 285 acres, once had...
Author Sarah Hanson Releases a Memoir-In-Verse
Conjuring the Hurricane shares her story of survival and recovery after domestic violence. Poet and advocate Sarah Hanson tackles the complex...
Landing the Big One With Throwback Baits
Throwback Baits carves out a unique niche in Maple Grove. For eight years, wedding photography paid the bills and kept a roof over Kyle Buchholz’s...
Sniffspot Offers Local Dog Owners Extended Outing Options
Keeping dogs entertained can expand beyond running zoomies around the kitchen table or taking leashed loops around the neighborhood. Sniffspot is to...
Help Beautify Maple Grove at the Boulevard Planting Event
Enjoy the fruits of your labor all summer long. Join your neighbors for the largest local planting event of the year. This May, the medians of...
Your Wedding, Our Pages
This beautiful time of year brings coral bells and wedding bells! And, as you know, every wedding celebration starts with a special announcement. We...
“So We Meet Again”
Jessie Kim has reached a low point in her life. Laid off from a high-powered Wall Street bank, despite her skills and hard work, she returns home to...
Independent Study With The Freelance Photographer
A freelance photographer creates a coaching platform for fellow creatives. A photography education and mentorship program with global reach has...
Avalanche Arts Finds a Place To Call Home
Avalanche Arts lays the foundation for a new performing arts center. In October 2025, Danielle and Shane Vinup signed a 99 year lease with the City...
Dan McAvey’s Brush With Nature
A landscape artist incorporates rest and healing into his paintings. Last summer, painter Dan McAvey spent a week deep in the Sax-Zim Bog, an...
The Green Show Returns to Maple Grove Arts Center
A springtime art show turns trash into treasure. After a hiatus, Maple Grove Arts Center’s (MGAC) The Green Show returns for its next installment...
Maple Grove Through the Ages
If a picture’s worth a thousand words, then the thousands of pictures in the Jim Deane Photography Collection at the Maple Grove Historical...
Rebecca Aadland Discusses Her Upcoming Third Album
Singer-songwriter Rebecca Aadland returns to the recording booth. Rebecca Aadland doesn’t just sing the songs she writes; she shares the life she’s...
To Have and To Hold
A bridal couple gets their wedding wish. “It was a dark and stormy morning.” It isn’t a great start to a story, much less a wedding day, but it was...
Pilgrim Dry Cleaners Shares How To Preserve Memories
Discover how to care for your wedding dress before, during and after the big day. A wedding dress will see brides through one of the most...
A Memorable Love
As Vera Anna Katherine Koch prepared to marry her sweetheart, Harold E. Schaefer, on October 20, 1935, the day was clear and sunny. Her soft velvet...
A Love Story Starts Its Next Chapter Back Where It All Began
When Brooke (née Rogers) and Nick Vogt traveled across the Stone Arch Bridge in Minneapolis on March 9, 2024, their path echoed that of their first...
