Minnetonka Center for the Arts Summer Classes 2025

Let Your Creative Side Shine This Summer at Minnetonka Center for the Arts Watercolor, Weaving, Ceramics, Calligraphy, and So Much More! Minnetonka Center for the Arts Unveils Summer 2025 Classes

To support its mission to expand visual arts education for all ages, interests, and abilities, the Minnetonka Center for the Arts announces the vast and varied lineup of the summer session. Everyone is welcome to visit and take classes at the Arts Center, which showcases artwork throughout the facility, with all classrooms featuring glass storefront-like windows so guests can watch students in action in each studio and decide if the class might be a fit for them.

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Jamie Baker named new police chief in Wayzata

Wayzata has announced the official appointment of Jamie Baker as the city’s next police chief, effective June 1.

Serving as interim police chief for the past six months, Baker has been in law enforcement since 1996. After 21 years of service with the Roseville Police Department, Baker joined the Wayzata Police Department in 2022. Continue https://archive.ph/SosaJ

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Wayzata Woods apartments sold for $16.25 million

A Wayzata apartment building traded hands last week between two Irvine, California, companies, according to a recently released certificate of real estate value.

The Wayzata Woods apartments were bought by FPA Multifamily through its management company, Trinity Property Consultants, for $16.25 million, according to the CRV. Its seller was Investment Property Group.

The apartment complex spans two buildings with three floors each for a total of 107 units. Located at 240 Central Ave. N. in Wayzata, a LoopNet listing pegs the occupancy rate at about 98%. It was built in 1965.

The last time the building was sold was in 2018 for $16.5 million, when Investment Property Group bought it from Wayzata Woods LLC according to a CRV. In the last seven years, the price dropped a quarter of a million dollars, a 1.5% decrease.

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Wayzata High School DECA goes international

Members of the the Wayzata High School’s DECA chapter recently returned from Orlando, Florida where they competed against the top DECA members in the world at the International Career Development Conference, April 26-29.

Up against the the best future marketers, managers and entrepreneurs in the world, 14 Wayzata DECA members made the finals, nine made the top 10 and three were in a group named the top three in the world.

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Man charged in shooting outside Wayzata High School graduation

A Coon Rapids man is charged with three felonies after a shooting left two people injured on the University of Minnesota campus following a high school graduation Friday night. 

Prosecutors charged 20-year-old Hamza Abdirashid Said with two counts of assault and one count of owning and operating a machine gun. According to the criminal complaint filed against Said, university camera operators located surveillance video that shows the suspect firing multiple rounds from a handgun.

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Prep Athletes of the Week: Katie Kelzenberg of Wayzata makes track and field her focus

Plenty of colleges’ volleyball teams could have added Wayzata senior Katie Kelzenberg to their roster. So could an array of basketball programs. But this year, the three-sport Trojan decided she will take her talents to Clemson’s track and field team.

She showed off those talents at last week’s Class 3A Section 6 meet, setting a section discus record and recording the best mark in Minnesota this spring with her 156-foot, 8-inch throw. She also won the meet’s shot put event with a 41-8.5 mark.

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Minnetonka Center for the Arts Is a Vibrant Hub for Older Adults

Before or after retirement, one never knows if another work opportunity is around the bend. Take Frank Picos for example. He enrolled in classes, including stone carving, at the Minnetonka Center for the Arts (MCFTA). He developed such skill and passion for the medium that, as a retiree from a career in supply chain and construction, he now serves as the center’s stone carving instructor.

“The community has been great, and I was lucky enough to connect with other instructors and other artists [who] were encouraging me and getting me to take it to another level,” Picos says. “Learning how to learn and learning how to teach and present information was a big part of that process.”

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Shooting outside Wayzata HS graduation at Mariucci Arena: 2 victims, suspect in custody

A shooting injured two people outside Mariucci Arena on the University of Minnesota campus Friday night during the Wayzata High School graduation ceremony. One suspect is in custody.

U of M officials said the victims, a 49-year-old man and a 19-year-old man, are in stable condition as of Saturday afternoon.  

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Police investigating thefts from canoe racks in Wayzata

Police are investigating the theft from the canoe, kayak and paddleboard racks located at Wayzata Beach.

Wayzata PD said that a number of items were stolen from the racks on Thursday, May 29.

At this time, there are no details on how many items were stolen, nor of their value.

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Hammer & NER Recognizes the Lions Club of Wayzata

Wayzata nonprofit names the local chapter of an international club as one of its Community Partner Award recipients.

If you’ve attended one of the Lions Club of Wayzata’s annual waffle breakfast fundraisers, there’s a good chance you met one (or more!) of the club’s honored guests. Each year, the Wayzata Lions Club invites the people Hammer Residences & Northeast Residence (Hammer & NER) support to join in on what has become a beloved community tradition for many.

With Hammer & NER and the Lions Club of Wayzata each serving the community for over 70 years, it’s no wonder the organizations have such a longstanding friendship. “When you have mission-minded organizations in the same small, but growing community, they are bound to connect,” says Ginger Venable, a member of Hammer & NER’s development team. “The mission of the international Lions Club is to improve health and well-being, strengthen communities and support those in need through humanitarian service and grants that impact lives. Our shared values have led to a long and valued relationship.”

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Wayzata High School HOSA Club competes at International Championship

After their first-place win at the Minnesota State Leadership Conference, Wayzata High School’s Health Occupations Students of America Club is headed to the International Leadership Conference June 18-12 in Nashville, Tennessee.

Consisting of team members Shriya Sebastian, Abha Manoj, Sreya Divakaruni, and Aditri Hampiholi, the winning HOSA team worked together to create a community-wide campaign regarding the importance of wearing a helmet called Heads Up for Helmets.

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Wayzata Middle Schools compete at quiz bowl nationals

Wayzata Middle Schools Central and East joined 156 of the top middle school quiz bowl teams in the country as well as some teams from South Korea May 10 at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare Chicago for the 2025 Middle School National Championship Tournament. 

The middle schools were five of the nine Minnesota middle schools competing at the National Championship.

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Wayzata’s Mexican fine-dining escape Macanda getting a new look and a new menu

Macanda, the Mexican restaurant in Wayzata from InnerBloom Hospitality, will close after dinner on May 31 for a refresh. When it returns on June 6, the menu and the room will include Japanese influences and new details gleaned from years of listening to customers.

“We‘ve learned a lot of things over the last five years,” Aaron Switz, CEO of InnerBloom Hospitality, said while sitting in Macanda’s dining room.

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Bids approved for Wayzata’s Klapprich Park improvements

The most anticipated park improvement project, which was set in motion nine years ago when the Wayzata Parks Master Plan was created, is set to begin following the approval of bids for Klapprich Park during the May 6 Wayzata City Council meeting.

The main proposed and upcoming improvements within Klapprich Park include a playground update, the addition/enhancement of sidewalks/walking loops, improved grading/drainage, warming house improvements, parking/crossing improvements, and any additional smaller projects.

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Nor-Son Custom Builders Infuses West Coast Style Into a Lakeside Retreat

Sometimes, the right home manages to find you. That was the case for two West Coast natives when they spotted this 1950s American Colonial–style estate in Wayzata. They were charmed by the brick pathways and old fountains dotting the property — like little whispers from the past. All that was missing was a dose of panache.

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Excelsior, Wayzata police departments look back on past 5 years since George Floyd’s death

May 25 marks five years since the day George Floyd died by cardiac arrest caused by a drug overdose during an arrest made by officers of the Minneapolis Police Dept., and the beginning of civil unrest in the state. With the somber anniversary, the Excelsior South Lake and Wayzata police departments are taking a look back on the past five years and the changes that have been made for the betterment of their officers and the communities they protect and serve.

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Wayzata Musicales to close season with Brad Olson’s One Man Band

The Wayzata Musicales concert series, which has brought such musical groups as Gypsy Mania Quartet and Erin Livingston to Blue Water Theatre, is preparing to close out its season this month with a performance by Brad Olson’s One Man Band. The action is set to begin 7 p.m. Saturday, May 31.

Olson has been a musical presence in the Twin Cities for over 40 years. A local boy who graduated from Cooper High School and the University of Minnesota, Olson has deep roots in the local music scene. Many of the familiar Minnesota show bands — the White Sidewalls, Rockin’ Hollywoods, Bob and the Beachcombers and HITZ — have featured his talents. Continue https://archive.ph/Q959t

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50 years of local skating: Silver Skates Ice Revue

If one person has been a fixture at every single Silver Skates Ice Revue for the last 50 years, it’s Carol Timm.

The skating school director and head coach of the Lake Minnetonka Figure Skating Club and Minnetonka All Season Skating School may have been director since 1979, but she has been at the school since 1974, the year of its inception.

In her skating tenure, she has been through many different types of shows from Sesame Street, Disney, music from divas like Whitney Houston, boyband-inspired pieces and more. She has taught skaters from all over the metro area, including Minnetonka, Wayzata, Chanhassen, Eden Prairie, Plymouth, Maple Grove and more. She has also seen a lot of successful skaters move on from their school, including names like Olympian Jill Trenary, who won fourth place at the 1988 Olympics in Calgary, and Gig Siruno, who has won U.S. national titles in compulsory figures for men, and now skates professionally for Disney on Ice. Continue https://archive.ph/tUz9z

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Kentucky Derby racehorse holds ties to local communities

Bob Lothenbach was known as a local philanthropist, successful businessman and family man. Now, he can be known as the first owner and breeder of racehorse Sandman who placed seventh at this year’s Kentucky Derby, May 3. 

After Lothenbach’s unexpected passing in November of 2023 at his estate in Woodland, all 200 of his horses residing at Lothenbach Stables were sold including Sandman who was only a yearling. Although Lothenbach didn’t get the chance to see his dream of owning a Kentucky Derby contender come true, his beloved family attended the race in honor of their late father and brother. Continue https://www.hometownsource.com/sun_sailor/community/excelsior_southlake/kentucky-derby-racehorse-holds-ties-to-local-communities/article_83239802-f058-49c6-a4a7-575dedc39265.html

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Wayzata High School Senior awarded DAR Scholarship

The Lake Minnetonka Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution has announced Wayzata High School senior Sydelle Abrahamson is the winner of its 2025 student scholarship award. The DAR honors top high school seniors with scholarships in recognition of their commitment to student leadership and community service.

Abrahamson has an unusual passion for both the sciences and the arts. She plans to intertwine the two by pursuing a career in chemical engineering. “While my two interests may seem to contradict,” added Abrahamson. “I believe they truly go hand in hand.” Continue https://www.hometownsource.com/sun_sailor/free/wayzata-high-school-senior-awarded-dar-scholarship/article_7c5a927a-187b-473e-b6bf-3890522e0324.html

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