Orono News

Genmar Corp. has sold a 3.28-acre marina on Lake Minnnetonka for $3 million. Bloomington-based NorthMarq Real Estate Group represented Genmar in the sale.

We just moved here from Arizona, and I am writing in praise of Minnesotans. On Dec.

Two area nonprofits have changed their campaigns to keep up with hard economic times.

An Orono woman was killed Monday night when she was struck by several vehicles as she walked along a road in Orono, authorities said.

A woman was struck by a number of vehicles and died Monday night west of the Twin Cities.

AA female pedestrianA is dead after being struck by multiple vehicles in Orono, Minn.

An Orono woman died after at least three cars hit her on busy Shoreline Driver, according to police.

I n photos, the former Pillsbury estate on Lake Minnetonka's Brackett's Point looks like a fairy-tale house in a paradise of water and woods.

Who could afford to buy such a house? How about the ex-CEO of United Health. With his golden parachute he could buy this house and seven more just like it.

Share + Oct 28, 2009 9:50 am US/Central ORONO, Minn. 1 of 1 Former Minnesota Vikings co-owner James Jundt and his wife Joanne put the home on Lake Minnetonka up for sale for $53.5 million two years ago, but it hasn't sold.

Sweeping views, elegant spaces and countless amenities...One of the most expensive homes in Minnesota is about to go on the auction block.

Our most dreaded fall chore may not be as necessary as you think. For years, northern gardeners -- driven by an urge to clean, a Midwestern work ethic or a desire to control nature -- have felt compelled to tidy up before winter by pulling out annuals and vegetables and cutting perennials to the ground.

Wayzata Boulevard in Orono will be closed from 8:30 a.m. until 4 p.m. Thursday for emergency repairs to fix a bump across both lanes of the highway.

Storms and at least two tornadoes ripped across the north metro area Saturday night with hail and heavy rain, triggering warning sirens, knocking down trees and causing power outtages.

A cold front triggered powerful thunderstorms Saturday night across east central and southeast Minnesota, including parts of the Twin Cities.

For nearly ten miles at a speed of up to 112 miles per hour, the weekend tornado that hit the west metro lasted minutes.

For nearly ten miles at a speed of up to 112 miles per hour, the weekend tornado that hit the west metro lasted minutes.

For nearly ten miles at a speed of up to 112 miles per hour, the weekend tornado that hit the west metro lasted minutes.

A cold front triggered isolated showers and thunderstorms Saturday night across east central and southeast Minnesota, including parts of the Twin Cities, according to 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS meteorologists.

SOUTH TROY What other hymns should we sing? In the back of the South Troy American Heritage Community Church, Jim Erickson raised a hand that shook a bit with age.