Sun Sailor

12/26/2025

On the darkest day of the year, St. Louis Park's Westwood Hills nature center may have been glowing the brightest, with luminaries aglow at the Be The Light winter solstice walk on Dec. 21.

On the darkest day of the year, St. Louis Park’s Westwood Hills nature center may have been glowing the brightest, with luminaries aglow at the Be The Light winter solstice

12/26/2025

Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar paid a visit to a St. Louis Park fire station to celebrate a bipartisan bill called the Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act being signed into law.

12/26/2025

The Minnetonka City Council made a unanimous decision Dec. 8 to table the next steps for the Excelsior Boulevard trail project, spanning from Excelsior Boulevard (County Road 3) and County Road 101 to Eden Prairie Road (County Road 4).

The Minnetonka City Council made a unanimous decision Dec. 8 to table the next steps for the Excelsior Boulevard trail project, spanning from Excelsior Boulevard (County Road 3) and County

12/23/2025

How many dispensaries should Hopkins have?

The ongoing struggle for some of the cannabis business licenses in Hopkins has been a repeated conversation piece at the council level.

12/22/2025

As a member of the Hopkins High Class of 1997, Westmoreland ran for School Board out of a strong connection to the district community and a feeling that there was work she could do on the board.

For eight years on the Hopkins School Board, Jen Westmoreland was one of the consistent faces working alongside her six other board colleagues to talk district budgets, pass policies, listen

12/22/2025

The trips were paused during COVID, then cut entirely to save costs. Now, the Wayzata Education Fund is bringing them back to local middle schoolers:

With the help of a $50,000 grant from the Wayzata Education Fund, sixth grade students from Wayzata East, West, and Central middle schools got the chance to spend a day

12/19/2025

Wayzata boys basketball coach Bryan Schnettler loved his team’s offense in a 98-84 victory over Chaska Dec. 16 at the Wayzata gym.

Wayzata boys basketball coach Bryan Schnettler loved his team’s offense in a 98-84 victory over Chaska Dec. 16 at the Wayzata gym. However, he admitted there’s some work to do

12/19/2025

“We wanted to somehow spread joy to other people and we found joy in Christmas lights, so we started it that Christmas," Kami Simmons shared.

For four years, a trip down the 5000 block of Larch Lane North starting on Black Friday has been a must-see for buses of senior living residents, families and repeat

12/19/2025

FROM OUR INBOX: "As a Robbinsdale Area Schools parent, I am no longer confident that Rdale can be reimagined by 2030 or even beyond," writes Beth Wise of Plymouth.

To the Editor:

12/19/2025

Wayzata High girls hockey is on its way to one of the best seasons in school history this winter.

12/19/2025

This time last year, nonprofit Teaming up for Teens received approximately 175 requests for food packs. This year, they had requests for 280.

12/19/2025

Whether it’s a nine-week Alaskan road trip or the historic Route 66, these couples are proving it’s never too late to explore.

Paul and Arlene Lundgren of Minnetonka have always enjoyed traveling, but their trips ramped up after they retired in 2012. Each had spent 32 years in their respective careers. Arlene