Kristi Piehl knows a thing or two about flipping the script and making the best of life’s critical turning points. After a 12 year career, she was unexpectedly laid off from her job as an Emmy-winning television news reporter...
Change. It’s been synonymous with Covid. Here, five Hamel and Medina businesses share their stories of change to adjust to the new normal.
OAK Eatery adds staff due to increased business
Dawn Nelson, owner of OAK Eatery, reflects on how COVID-19...
In the 2018 United States Census, just shy of 290,000 of Minnesotans are age 65 or older. In 20 years that figure is projected to top 1.3 million. This population is at the greatest risk for sustaining a fracture...
A Founder’s History
Mouli Vaidyanathan is the founder and president of SolarPod, an 11 year old Minnesota based solar company specializing in residential and commercial solar system design, engineering and installation. Mouli, pronounced Mau-Lee, immigrated to the United States in...
COVID has changed everything. Into the garbage go my marketing books from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. In fact, most of the marketing books in my library are irrelevant because the old rules no longer apply. Creating a...
In Medina, the shopping circuit mainly consists of small boutiques and family-owned businesses. As a college student studying fashion, I am always on the lookout for new, trendy pieces. This past summer I had the opportunity to browse around...
From the time Chuck Winkler of Ditter Cooling & Heating, Inc. was five years old, he has had a driven personality and been an outside the box thinker. As a mite hockey player in Libertyville, a suburb of Chicago,...
West Suburban Fire District
Bob Dylan once sang, “Times they are A-Changin”…, indeed they are!
Turns out this applies to Fire Departments too.
In 2023 Loretto and Hamel Fire Departments will celebrate their 75th and 90th anniversaries, respectively. To say there is...
In an age of huge supermarkets, Two Pony Gardens brings Medina-grown, day-harvested vegetables and old-fashioned charm to grocery shopping.
From late July through September and into October, Lisa Ringer’s farm stand in the heart of rural Medina is laden with...
Hi Neighbors,
Kyle and our boys have built an Igloo in our front yard. You might notice reflective blankets on it the next couple days to preserve it through these warmer temps. The boys have decided they'd like to do...