by Editorial Staff | Jul 17, 2024 | Entertain, Featured, Style, Weddings
Calling all brides, grooms, wedding photographers and vendors—submit your photo galleries for consideration. We are featuring expertly curated local weddings in our suite of Community Lifestyle Magazines, which include Apple Valley, Edina, Lakeville, Lake Minnetonka...
by Editorial Staff | Jul 1, 2024 | Photo Contest
How do you (and your camera) view local life? Each July and August, St. Croix Valley Magazine invites readers to submit their favorite photos to our Lens on St. Croix Valley photo contest. From the novice to the hobbyist to the professional, photographers of all...
by Editorial Staff | Jun 1, 2024 | Best of St. Croix Valley, Featured
Join us in congratulating the winners and finalists of our annual Readers’ Choice Poll. Life brings us so many reasons to celebrate. Another trip around the sun, welcoming a new life, uniting two families—each of these moments is defined by the people who join us in...
by Zoe Yates | Jun 1, 2024 | Featured
Recently, I received an email from the Minnesota Historical Society. Its collection was missing one issue of St. Croix Valley Magazine—could I send it over to complete its archive? It was such a lovely reminder of the value of this magazine in the Valley’s history—...
by Zoe Yates | Jun 1, 2024 | Best of St. Croix Valley, Featured
For me, summer in the Valley is all about maximizing the weekend’s potential. There’s nothing like ending the week on a Thursday, heading north (or south) to cabin getaways or exploring close to home. And with so much to do, see, taste and explore, my unofficial...
by Zoe Yates | Jun 1, 2024 | Drinks, Featured, Outdoors, Recipes, Shops
Elevate your beach and boating excursions with a sustainable picnic spread. This issue is devoted to highlighting the best of the best in the St. Croix Valley—from restaurants and service providers to local destinations and experiences. And, really, what better way to...
by Zoe Yates | Jun 1, 2024 | Education, History
Stillwater Area History Spots project uses QR codes to share stories from St. Croix Valley’s past. A project funded by the Stillwater Area Community Foundation’s Great Idea Competition will allow visitors and residents to look back in time from their...
by Meredith Heneghan | Jun 1, 2024 | Arts, Featured, Outdoors
Stillwater’s Union Art Alley has real community impact. Towns like Stillwater offer historic charm, river vistas and thriving downtown businesses. These familiar, cozy comforts are sources of pride for locals and sought-after qualities for out-of-towners. Every once...
by Vanessa Christensen | Jun 1, 2024 | Noteworthy, Travel
Summer is here, and we’re packing up the car and returning to some of our favorite Midwest destinations! The Upper Peninsula (UP) of Michigan: Drive the scenic route through the UP and see Marquette and Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. Enjoy miles of beaches. Cross...
by Hailey Almsted | Jun 1, 2024 | Book Club, Noteworthy
Taylor Jenkins Reid does it again in one of her most recent historical fiction novels, Malibu Rising. Malibu, California, August 1983. Nina Riva is hosting her annual end-of-summer party, and everyone is trying to get on the list. Nina is a talented supermodel and...
by Alauna Yust | Jun 1, 2024 | Giving Back, Noteworthy, People
Jim and Judy Freund grew up on family farms in Wisconsin. They saw generosity embodied by family and community members who cared for each other, gave of themselves and connected to the land around them. “In a rural area, if anybody had a need, everybody rallied around...
by Daniel Huss | Jun 1, 2024 | Giving Back, Outdoors, Wellness
Cycling programs for all ages and abilities flourish throughout the Valley. You can bike through St. Croix Valley, around the Valley, up and down the Valley. And oh yeah, you can also bridge the Valley. This region has trails spiking, err spoking, in every...
by Findlay Drabant | Jun 1, 2024 | Arts, Outdoors
Travel downriver for music, a carnival, pickleball tournaments and more. Put on your dancing shoes, and head to Hastings for the 45th annual celebration of Rivertown Days, a three-day festival along the Mississippi River. From July 19–21, festival-goers can enjoy the...
by Zoe Baden | May 2, 2024 | Featured, History, Shops
Dine Here Dance Here event commemorates the opening of Chestnut Street Plaza. Back in 1901 at the Stillwater Street Fair, a photo was taken of Main Street with a large banner spread across a building with the words “Dance Here.” This photo would become the inspiration...
by Zoe Yates | Apr 1, 2024 | Featured
April is a month of anticipation. For me, the weeks leading up to the typical thaw are marked by this feeling, a sense of urgency that has been entirely missing for many moons. What am I looking forward to? More than I can hold or express, but here are a few ideas:...
