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WAYZATA — Julieta Shoes have a big claim. The Wayzata-based shoe company says they're “the most comfortable heels you will ever wear.”
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Eden Prairie, with its plentiful grocery stores and restaurants, doesn’t qualify as a food desert, but it didn’t always feel that way.
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Savage’s Yoga 4 You studio reached its 10th year in business last month, but it’s no time to rest, co-owners Jenn Holm and Kelly Larson said last weekend: There’s always new ideas to try.
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The president of the SouthWest Metro Chamber of Commerce has left his position, not on his own accord, a chamber official said Monday.
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The Savage Chamber of Commerce could name its next president this month, a chamber official said.
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August was the worst time for Brittany Kinney and Jamie Smith to move their businesses to a recently renovated building on Broadway Street, but the new digs were too good to pass up.
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WAYZATA — Hammer Residences was one of 76 organizations recognized for workplace wellness by Hennepin County.
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While Thanksgiving has long been the border between autumnal or turkey-themed decorations and the snowy, twinkling lights of the December holiday season, Christmas shopping has been on the radar at Eden Prairie Center since late October.
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Black Friday came a few days early at downtown Prior Lake’s D. Copperfield Jewelers on Tuesday, the first day of its going-out-of-business sale.
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Metro Millers Baseball LLC announced Monday that its proposed 8,500 capacity stadium is aiming to build somewhere within Canterbury Commons, adjacent to Canterbury Park, and organizers want it to throw its first pitch in spring 2021.
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LONG LAKE — Gina and Scott Davis’ company Dog Threads started small, shipping their clothing out of their Long Lake home but recently, after “Shark Tank’s” Mark Cuban invested $250,000 in Dog Threads, the company has blown up.
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Eden Prairie-based C.H. Robinson won a Tekne award in the cognitive computing category of the Minnesota High Tech Association’s annual awards, according to a news release from the association.
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With nooks crammed with cushioned couches and low-light chandeliers, Fat Pants Brewing Co. aims to make its customers comfortable above all else, owner Elizabeth Anderson told Eden Prairie News one week before the city’s first brewery opens to the public.
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United Properties will develop a 300,000-square-foot distribution center near Canterbury Road called Canterbury Distribution Center, according to a news release.
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LeeAnn Waddell, a tailor living and working just south of Prior Lake, is taking it easy in semi-retirement these days by working just 40 hours a week — not 80, as she did in her heyday.
The Board & Brush Creative Studio, at 7882 Market Blvd., Chanhassen, attracted 250-300 visitors during its grand opening Nov. 15.
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MINNETONKA — Gov. Tim Walz awarded five Minnesota companies for global excellence on Nov. 7, including three local companies — Fireaway Inc. in Minnetonka, Tolomatic Inc. in Hamel and Dailin Applied in Plymouth/Faribault.
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PLYMOUTH — The Foursome Fine Menswear, a clothing and footwear store for men, is celebrating 10 years in Plymouth. The store moved from Wayzata 10 years ago but has been operating for 84 years total, according to a news release from the company. The Foursome is located at 3570 Vicksburg Lane…
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MINNETONKA — Xcel Energy awarded six businesses for their outstanding energy efficiency achievements at its annual Energy Solutions Expo, including Minnetonka company, Cargill, according to a news release from Xcel Energy.
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Caribou Coffee’s prototype “Caribou Cabin” store in Jordan opened bright and early Tuesday morning. The store, designed with only drive-thru and walk-up service in mind, is the first of its kind.
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Across from the Scott County Jail in Shakopee sits a single-level building discreet enough to go unnoticed by most passersby.
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This month the Jordaness Lions will celebrate 30 years of their highly anticipated fashion show. Over three decades, the annual fundraiser has showcased some of the finest local fashion and provided an evening of entertainment — all for a good cause.
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BURNSVILLE — Eating out at a restaurant can be challenging or sometimes impossible when someone in your family follows a restricted diet.
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WAYZATA — While people have been composting for a while — dumping organic waste into compost piles or backyard bins — the emergence of trash companies hauling away organic waste is fairly new. Randy’s Environmental Services is among the trash haulers that serves Hennepin County, offering gar…
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Tucked in a corner across from an ice cream shop at Keg and Case Market in St. Paul is a wooden shop that looks like a dry bar in your rich uncle’s basement. Shelves are lined with bottled drinks called Switchel Fizz, and customers can walk up to a keg to pour themselves a bubbly sample of e…
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SouthWest Transit is expanding its non-emergency medical transportation service starting Nov. 18.
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Employees of Eden Prairie’s SAM Nutrition, and their family and friends, volunteered at a food drive and meal at Simpson Homeless Shelter in Minneapolis on Nov. 1, according to a news release from the company.
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Beer-lovers will have two opportunities for a sneak peek at Eden Prairie’s first brewery next month.
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Caribou Coffee’s prototype “Caribou Cabin” store is set to open in Jordan on Friday, Nov. 15. The store, designed with only drive-thru and walk-up service in mind, will be the first of its kind.
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WAYZATA — Armed with buckets full of fresh-cut flowers and wearing bright orange shirts, Lesa and Colin Fenwick, along with volunteers and employees from Candlelight Floral & Gifts, wandered around downtown Wayzata hanging out free flowers to everyone they ran into on Wednesday, Oct. 23.
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Indoor rowing has a new outpost in Savage.
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SHAKOPEE — Michele Starbeck and Allie Erickson giggled like old school friends while Erickson nursed her baby girl inside Stacked, a plus-size consignment store in downtown Shakopee that Starbeck owns.
Pattison Sand Company, an Iowa-based supplier of crushed rock and other aggregate building materials to Minnesota’s highway and bridge construction industry, has announced plans for the development of a major new regional transload facility and rail-served industrial park in Carver County.
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Mark Gross has spent years envisioning how his business would look in Chaska.
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MINNETONKA — Vegan, vegetarian, pescatarian, reducetarian — there are a million words to describe a plant-based lifestyle. Today, more and more people embrace reducing their meat and animal byproduct consumption. Grocery store shelves are filled not only with beef, chicken, cheese and eggs b…
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Double Take Salsa's new Eden Prairie headquarters, at 9921 Valley View Road, doesn't have much office space, but that's just fine with Bernie and Adina Dahlin; the spacious industrial kitchen is where the magic happens.
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Local businesses will be on display at the Eden Prairie Chamber of Commerce's fall pop-up boutique event, according to Paige Nault, the Chamber's marketing and events manager.
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WAYZATA — After less than a year, The Dough Room in Wayzata has closed permanently, according to the restaurant’s General Manager Dan Ostman.
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Canterbury Park's holding corporation chair Curtis Sampson and vice chair Dale Schenian, who have served on the board since 1994, have retired from their positions, according to a recent press release.
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Growing up, Amy Hudson never considered herself a fit person.
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An Airbnb-style service for finding space to store vehicles, boats and trailers has come to Minnesota.
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A new children’s book by a Prior Lake native and her husband is about choosing to step out into new adventures while still coming back home at the end of the day, they said this month.
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Eden Prairie's Gander Outdoors location is closing after 18 months in business, according to a representative of Gander Outdoors.
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Historians estimate cremation developed as a funeral practice about 5,000 years ago, but it’s only become popular in the United States over the past couple decades.
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The news brought tears of joy to Melanie Cole and Vicky DeRouchey’s eyes: The UGO Wear tablet, the second product from their Prior Lake company, was named best new product overall at an international boat show in Rhode Island.
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Valleyfair is now a Certified Autism Center designation, according to a Oct. 2 press release from the amusement park. The certification comes from the International Board of Credentialing and Continuing Education Standards. In order to pass the certification, Valleyfair’s staff underwent sen…
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Months of construction on highways 13 and 21 has created a maze of no-turn-signs and put parking spaces at a premium in Prior Lake’s business centers for months.
