Summer is the best time to celebrate a milestone, though I am definitely biased. I was born at the tail end of strawberry season, and picking the...
editor’s note
Welcome to the April/May 2026 Issue
How can we live our lives with intention—and not only that, but beauty? It’s a question I’ve been considering throughout these long months of...
Welcome to the February/March 2026 Issue
I’ve always been drawn to my family history. From a young age, I spent hours of family gatherings holed up in closets with albums and boxes of...
Welcome to the December 2025/January 2026 Issue
It wasn’t until 2024 that I fully embraced my love for cooking. Historically, I find it difficult to enjoy activities that I’m not good at. My brain...
Welcome to the October/November 2025 Issue
As we are pulled deeper into the slow, steady rhythm of autumn, so too are we called home. These cold months remind us of the importance of our...
Welcome to the August/September 2025 Issue
How do you find community? It’s an important question—arguably the most important question there is. Who out there hasn’t felt a desire for a...
Welcome to the June/July 2025 Issue
When we made the move out to Polk County four years ago, my now-husband and I set some intentions. We hoped to find community, build a localized...
Welcome to the April/May 2025 Issue
Welcome, Readers, to our 10th anniversary as the St. Croix Valley’s premier community lifestyle magazine. We couldn’t be prouder of our longstanding...
Welcome to the February/March 2025 Issue
As some of you know, editing this fabulous publication is not my only pursuit—I also spend part of the year photographing weddings. It’s a beautiful...
Welcome to the December 2024/January 2025 Issue
Winter is here again. As this issue goes to press, the snow has not yet fallen—which gives me a romantic take on this season that I’m all too happy...
Welcome to the October/November 2024 Issue
Good things take time. It’s an adage I’m sure we’ve all heard, and (while a bit cheesy), I believe there’s no better way to introduce our food,...
Welcome to the August/September 2024 Issue
Happy August, Readers! A month known for getaways, back-to-school prep and warm summer nights is the ideal time to kick back with a magazine and...
Welcome to the June/July 2024 Issue
Recently, I received an email from the Minnesota Historical Society. Its collection was missing one issue of St. Croix Valley Magazine—could I send...
Welcome to the April/May 2024 Issue
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...
Welcome to the February/March 2024 Issue
There is so much beauty in the everyday. It’s something I often need to remind myself of as the long days of winter bleed into each other. In recent...
Welcome to the December2023/January 2024 Issue
Nostalgia has always come easily to me. As a kid, I would spend hours in my grandparents’ closet, digging through albums and shoeboxes of old family...
Welcome to the October/November 2023 Issue
In the Midwest, we have a healthy appreciation for food—good food. And that preoccupation is oozing (read: pouring) its way into the St. Croix...
Welcome to the August/September 2023 Issue
Hello, St. Croix Valley! After writing for this publication for the past two years, I’m excited to greet you as the new editor of St. Croix Valley...
Welcome to the June/July 2023 Issue
Well, readers, it’s that time of the year again—it’s time to crown your Best of St. Croix Valley 2023 Readers’ Choice Poll winners. But before...
Welcome to the April/May 2023 Issue
There’s something to be said about owning a unique piece of artwork handcrafted by an area artist. I have several pieces in my own home that I’ve...
