Excelsior News

Paint is still drying and boxes waiting to be unpacked line the walls, but the Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Chamber of Commerce has officially moved into its new headquarters on Water Street.

The following local residents were among nearly 900 St. Olaf College students who were recognized for academic achievement at the college's annual Honors Day convocation on May 3. Honors Day recognizes students who have a cumulative grade point average of 3.60 or higher on a 4.0 scale.

After a prolonged winter and frustratingly delayed spring, Monday evening gave area residents one of their first real chances of the season to get outdoors and enjoy Lake Minnetonka.

There's nothing like a classic car, and the inaugural 10,000 Lakes Concours d'Elegance promises to gather plenty of beautiful specimens for enthusiasts to marvel over.

Both Republican state representatives who represent communities surrounding Lake Minnetonka voted no Thursday on a bill that would effectively legalize same-sex marriage in Minnesota.

Hopkins leaders are mounting an effort to keep out the Southwest Light Rail Transit operation and maintenance facility that will service trains along the corridor.

Two Minnetonka students are among the winners of $2,500 National Merit Scholarships released Wednesday, the organization announced.

Tonight is the rescheduled free screening of "From Wasioja to Washington," a film that follows the "boys of Wasioja" as they are recruited from Northwestern College Seminary to muster at Fort Snelling, fight the battles of Mill Springs and Chickamauga, march to Atlanta and to the sea with General Sherman, fight in the routing of South Carolina, ... (more)

Richard Golden, right, works with physical therapist Brandon Schomberg in Edina, Minn., to strengthen the knee replacement in his right leg.

Hopkins accounts for nearly half the sites on a short list of possible locations for a Southwest Light Rail Transit operation and maintenance facility that will service trains along the corridor, according to a list the Metropolitan Council released to Patch on Thursday.

After these endless winter and spring seasons, who isn't ready for a little fresh produce, live music, stores open wide and some good family fun? The vendors of the Excelsior Farmers' Market have been getting ready to open in the new location, right down the center of Water Street.

For the first time in nearly half a century, the ice is out on Lake Minnetonka in May.

The Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Chamber of Commerce community gathered last week to celebrate and honor five finalists for the 2013 Person of the Year.

More than $52,000 in donations were collected Sunday evening at the Fifth Annual Metro Friendship Foundation Ice Breaker Social Scholarship Benefit for Autism.

The debate continues in Excelsior over a controversial hotel for which a final plan will be voted on by the City Council this summer or early fall.