Unique Lives

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Photo credit: Michelle Schmidt, Michelle’s Portrait Design In mid-March when COVID-19’s stay-at-home orders came down from Governor Tim Walz, a paradigm shift occurred that this generation had never before experienced. The streets were virtually empty. Restaurants and the majority of...

Faith to Persevere

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The Halversons on Business, Homeschooling & Culture Over Color Photo credit: Justin Cox Photography It is said our hardest experiences are the best lessons in preparing us for life’s challenges. Significant highs and lows in business that most people never encounter...
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...

ROUTE 1

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Planting Seeds to Reinspire the American Dream & Grow Opportunities for Generations To Come If you’ve driven along Meander between Arrowhead Drive and 116 over the past few summers, you may have noticed a diverse group of children and adults...
Photo by Jasmin Schreiber on Unsplash

Knee Pain? No More.

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Knees are often ignored and not appreciated until they start to hurt or limit your ability to move freely. Knee replacements, like hip replacements are almost getting to be a standard procedure as people age. It is wonderful that...

Seeking True North

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Nikki Massa Reflects Inward to Reignite Her Passion for Helping People I met local resident Nikki Massa on a sunny July afternoon while she optimistically, yet humbly, tended her booth at the 2023 Summer Bash in Medina. The event was...
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...
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,...
(NOT FINANCIAL ADVICE) VOLUME 1 As I write this, it is late January, the stock market is still trading near all-time highs, a Reddit army just blew up Wall Street short sellers on Game Stop (GME), the Biden-Harris administration is trying...