Excelsior News

While all retail centers have lost some tenants during the recession, Edina's 50th & France shopping district has bucked the trend when it comes to backfilling empty storefronts.

"Which rock band, whose lead singer grew up in Minnesota, has songs populated with literary figures from William Butler Yeats to Nelson Algren to Minnesota's own John Berryman?" Bookstores stamping "passports" with correct answers: Big Brain Comics, 1027 Washington Ave.

It's party night for Twin Cities retailers. At Excelsior & Grand in St. Louis Park , the shops have banded together to offer the latest fashions from Shorty's Loft and OPM , jewelry and chocolate sampling at Max's , holiday hairstyles for men and women from the Hair District and Supercuts , and chair massages at RejoovMe .

WEEK OF SEPT. 28 Drugs . An officer stopped a vehicle on Hwy. 41 for driving without headlights on, and police said the male driver had drug paraphernalia and marijuana.

I have always loved needle arts. I was only seven when I embroidered a lemon on a dish towel using a running stitch.

Grayson and Lynne Osteraas of Sartell are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary.

Property damage . Someone damaged a mailbox with fireworks at a home on the 21900 block of Homestead Trail.

I think everyone has been more than frustrated. Craig Mc Okay, I got my ABC to work finally.

When I come across information that is interesting or that I think is helpful in raising a family, I put that information in what I call my "tidbits" file.

Q&A: Katie Sticksel, 'Models of the Runway' Not only did Minnesota have two contestants on the current season of "Project Runway," but model Katie Sticksel grew up in Excelsior and graduated from Minnetonka High School.

Fall has always been apple-picking time in the Midwest. I grew up on a farm half a mile from a railroad track.

The experience: With 2.5-percent residual sugar, this white blend starts with a touch of sweetness before its spirited minerality kicks in.

Here is the latest Minnesota news from The Associated Press EXCELSIOR, Minn. Parts of Excelsior Bay on Lake Minnetonka were closed this morning as first responders from over two dozen agencies conducted a mock rescue drill.

Parts of Excelsior Bay on Lake Minnetonka will be closed Sunday morning as first responders from over two dozen agencies conduct a mock rescue drill.

A Kmart in Richfield slated for closure. Retail giant Sears Holdings Corp. is closing two local Kmart stores in Richfield and Minnetonka.

Riding your bike on a trail shouldn't kill you, said Jim Hanson. Two months before a 50-year-old Excelsior woman died after colliding last week with another cyclist in a tunnel at Hyland Lake Park Reserve in Bloomington, Hanson warned the Three Rivers Park District about the danger at that spot along the trail, citing an earlier crash on his bike ...

Either fuel or oil leaked into Lake Minnetonka Tuesday. Around 10 a.m. someone reported a fuel spill near Excelsior.

Lisa Roden, of Excelsior, and another cyclist collided in a Bloomington bike trail tunnel.

A freak accident has killed a mother of four. Two bikers crashed into each other on a popular bike path last Thursday.

Lake Minnetonka is a great place for some time off. But for Steen Erickson time off means climbing onboard a Hennepin County Sheriff's boat.