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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