Wayzata News

Peterson WAYZATA - Marin Elizabeth Kirchner and Matthew Peterson was united in marriage Aug.

Is it fair or wise that Anoka Hennepin will be able to spend $165 per pupil, beyond what the state provides, South St.

Timothy Anderson was perturbed to get the following phone call on Election Day eve, when Wayzata had two school levy questions on the ballot: This is an automated phone call from Chace Anderson, superintendent of Wayzata Public Schools .

The prosecution's star witness in the fraud trial of Minnesota businessman Tom Petters admitted she stole money from Petters and most of her work for him involved lying.

In a federal courtroom Monday, Deanna Coleman recalled the day last year that she stepped into the office of her boss, Wayzata businessman Tom Petters, to discuss the growing pressure from his investors who were sick of excuses and wanted to be repaid.

The Bookcase in Wayzata has snagged one of the nation's funniest writing teams for a reading.

Soon after school starts, many students are asked to write about what they did during the summer.

Why wait until Dec. 26 to stock up when prices on gift wrap and accessories are better now? The discontinued stock at Gage & Gage sale includes bows , 10-inch mega bows , boxes , gift bags , plus ribbon, tissue and wrapping paper, all discounted 40 to 90 percent Friday through Sunday.

It was a quiet display of confidence, defense attorney Jon Hopeman and his client, Tom Petters, greeting each other with a fist bump last winter before a courtroom hearing.

Now that plans for a housing and retail development have fallen through, the U.S. Army is getting ready to put 585 acres of Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant land in Arden Hills up for public auction.

A great store concept can survive a change in location. Zelaz has been nomadic since moving out of Ridgedale, but now has a home at the Wayzata Bay Shopping Center.

The holiday season is quickly approaching and this year many people are facing tough economic times.

Personal income in Minnesota grew 0.1 percent in the second quarter of 2009, half the rate of the nation as a whole for the period, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis.

The trial of Wayzata businessman Tom Petters will remain in St. Paul. U.S. District Judge Richard Kyle late Friday denied a request by attorneys for Petters to move the trial out of town because of pretrial publicity.

The University of Florida has been given a gift of 2.2 million butterfly and moth specimens that include hundreds of rare and valuable varieties.

The University of Florida has been given a gift of 2.2 million butterfly and moth specimens.

Big-box stores have been among the biggest casualties of the meltdown in the commercial real estate and retail markets.

Denny Hecker's estranged wife said in court papers made public Wednesday that she wants at least $7,500 a month in spousal support and doesn't buy his claims of being strapped for cash, in part because he signed up for a $9,500 facelift among other extravagances.

Thomas in September 2008. Due to the limitations imposed by Minnesota's weather, however, work didn't get underway until May 2009.

It has been an anguishing 12 months for the investors and creditors who put their faith in Wayzata businessman Tom Petters only to watch his business empire implode amid allegations that he had orchestrated a massive fraud for more than a decade.