English Language Learner teacher at Lake Middle School shows the American Dream can happen. Nataliya Dorweiler wore a beautiful ball gown topped off...
People
Meet a Decades-Long Volunteer
Cherie Skillings has been volunteering in Woodbury for several decades. Like many community volunteers, she started by volunteering at church and in...
Jodi Ritacca Named 2024 Everyday Hero of the Year
Jodi Ritacca has been asking—and answering—one question since she moved to Woodbury 31 years ago: How can I help? “I can help make a difference,”...
Meet a Member of the Youth Engagement Leadership Academy
A high school senior at the Math and Science Academy, Pranavi Vedere loves meeting people and engaging in various activities around Woodbury....
Eric Morley Shares Business Expertise With Local Students
If you are a student or volunteer in schools/organizations across Woodbury, chances are high that you have worn a T-shirt custom printed at Big Frog...
Hyounsoo Lathrop Shares Her Singing Around Woodbury
Resident grew up singing in South Korea and credits her parents’ generosity for her success. Born in Seoul, South Korea, Hyounsoo Lathrop grew up in...
Music Group NUNNABOVE Created Out of Passion and Sibling Love
Siblings launch a music career that’s built on authenticity—and a lot of love. For most people who take childhood music lessons or perform in a...
The Tilted Tiki Is a Slice of Paradise
The Goetzkes create a tropical oasis in the East Metro. Chris Goetzke and his family had a running joke that Goetzke would someday open his own tiki...
Veterans Day Ceremony
The Woodbury Lions Club hosted its annual Veterans Day Commemoration on November 11, 2023, at the Woodbury Lions Veterans Memorial on City Hall...
Meet the Founder of the Woodbury Champions Program
Would you like to get involved in your community, meet some new folks and help out? With that simple thought, Jacques Peulen started the Woodbury...
Following up With the Yurek Family
Follow up with the Yurek family six years later. Welcome to Woodbury's Yurek house, home to a former member of the Army and Air Force, a current...
Meet Upper Midwest Emmy Award Winner Joe Carlini
Joe Carlini shares how he reached the Emmy stage. When Joe Carlini won his first Upper Midwest Emmy Award for Second Chance U, he felt like he was...
Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day the Irish Way
When you meet Margaret Sinnott-Wachholz, you’ll understand the Irish proverb, “Laughter is brightest where food is best.” Meitheal—pronounced...
Meet Woodbury Community Academy Founder
Around December 2007, Woodbury Community Foundation’s (WCF) founding member Dixie Ewing with other board members, tapped Alisa Rabin Bell to become...
Meet Woodbury Resident Roger Green
If you live in Woodbury and attend local events, you are sure to have seen Roger Green. For over three decades, Green has been volunteering his time...
One Woodbury
More than 1,500 people attended the inaugural One Woodbury at Ojibway Park on September 30, 2023. The event celebrated the diverse people,...
Meet Cindy Lou Who
This holiday season, the Children’s Theatre Company (CTC) welcomes a local actress to its stage: Monica Xiong, 11, will play Cindy Lou Who in CTC’s...
Meet Woodbury Community Foundation’s Jack Clinton
Citizen of Woodbury Jack Clinton visualizes the Woodbury Community Foundation (WCF) as the premier organization helping Woodbury and Washington...
Finn & Gray Shares Entrepreneurship Know-How
The women behind a local design agency on creativity and building the business of your dreams. We’ll figure it out. For the two women behind Finn...
Woodbury Hockey Returns to the Rink
Follow up with Predators Hockey, five years after its first championship win. Hockey in Minnesota. It is as beloved as a warm hotdish straight from...
