The on-again, off-again quest by Luther Seminary to sell a section of its campus grounds is back on again. Seminary officials recently said their board of directors has contracted to sell its lower ...

Jack Linehan, Falcon Heights’ new city administrator, grew up in the Twin Cities area and has fond memories of showing chickens at the Minnesota State Fair with the 4-H program. Linehan started his ...

As winter turned to spring in our St. Paul neighborhoods this year, the melting snow revealed an unusual plethora of pine cones dotting the landscape of many evergreen-heavy yards. The more evergreens ...

Stephanie Claussen’s new solo harp album “Soirée à Montpellier” (“Evening in Montpellier”) reflects a city that is at once ancient and chic, charming and wild. Living in the medieval center of ...

Every week, the reference librarians at the Roseville Library receive dozens of questions from the public. Here is one of the more interesting queries we have received lately: Q. What are the origins ...

District 10 Como Community Council is partnering with the city of St. Paul and the Capitol Region Watershed District on a spring cleanup of Como Park. There will be a check-in at Como’s Lakeside ...

It must have been a sign. When Gustavo Lira dipped his bucket into Lake Como on Oct. 14 to get water for the paintbrushes he was about to use, he pulled up a turtle—a delightful coincidence, as a ...

First, a message to readers my age (or older). Nothing herein is meant to poke fun at anyone but myself. If, collaterally, you find yourself poked as well, fire up that sense of humor, which helped ...

The Gathering is a group enrichment program offered at Lyngblomsten Care Center for individuals with early- to mid-stage memory loss. The program is open to community members, the majority of whom ...

Suzanne and Bill SkonDr. Bill Skon was never what you’d call a long-distance commuter. Dr. Bill Skon was never what you’d call a long-distance commuter. Like his father and uncle before him, he ...

Falcon Heights and Lauderdale have joined Cities for Safe and Stable Communities, a coalition of Minnesota local governments responding to recent federal actions. The coalition seeks to “return to the ...

It’s going to be another bumper crop at Cornercopia, the 5 1/2-acre certified organic, mostly unmechanized, student-run truck farm on the St. Paul campus of the University of Minnesota. This season ...