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    March 11, 2019
    A recent report in the Washington Post stated that Americans are spending less time reading for enjoyment than in past years and that 26 percent of Americans had not read a book in the past year. Local librarians say that statistic is misleading. Steve Gardiner / RiverTown Multimedia
    Leisure reading is at an all-time low, but area libraries defy the national trend
    A recent report based on several national surveys says that leisure reading is at an all-time low among Americans. While that may be the national...
    lifestyle/familyMarch 11, 2019 - 6:00pm
    November 21, 2018
    Traditions: A closer look at the Thanksgiving holiday
    When it comes to Thanksgiving, Americans have a lot of traditions and favorites. Here's an interactive look at the holiday -- from most popular...
    lifestyle/familyNovember 21, 2018 - 11:46am
    November 7, 2017
    Patrick Nickle of Cottage Grove served in Afghanistan in 2009 with the Army Reserve. Nickle's year-long deployment is the subject of "A Soldier's Journey" by Justin Atkinson, a government producer at the South Washington County Telecommunications Commission. Submitted photo courtesy of Patrick Nickle
    A soldier's journey: Cottage Grove officer, veteran shares story in new cable documentary
    Army veteran Patrick Nickle didn't have a story to tell. He had dozens. For documentary maker Justin Atkinson, it was a matter of finding the...
    lifestyle/familyNovember 7, 2017 - 1:06pm
    June 21, 2017
    Andy Mailer and his brother Riley, 8, pose for a picture in the Autumn Ridge neighborhood in Woodbury. The brothers, along with their parents, Joe and Jamie, are going to Disney World in September. Youssef Rddad / RiverTown Multimedia
    Home builder helps make a wish
    Andy Mailer was in for a surprise last week. He was touring what he thought was a housing project his mom had completed for work in Woodbury....
    lifestyle/familyJune 21, 2017 - 9:12am
    June 8, 2017
    Sisters Maher (left) and Mariam Mahmood graduated from the University of Minnesota Law School May 13 with multiple awards for their accomplishments. Submitted photo.
    Woodbury sisters credit faith, family for law school success
    Debate is an art Mariam and Maher Mahmood have practiced since childhood. From an early age, their father, Syed Mahmood, included them in discussions...
    lifestyle/familyJune 8, 2017 - 9:45am
    May 26, 2017
    The Busby brothers of River Falls
    Greg and Mae Busby's family was the first of three River Falls families who lost two sons in World War II. The Rockwell and Flathe families each...
    lifestyle/familyMay 26, 2017 - 9:40am
    May 15, 2017
    Willie Tennis (left) and his father John posed for a photo last year while 27-year Tennis Sanitation employee John Binder manned the truck cab. John Tennis, who founded the company, died May 7. File photo by Katie Nelson
    Tennis was 'just a hard-working guy'
    John Tennis turned trash into treasure. In 1966, he and his brother Wayne founded Tennis Brothers Sanitation in St. Paul Park. His wife Joan...
    lifestyle/familyMay 15, 2017 - 9:22am
    April 24, 2017
    Washington County 4-H / Submitted photo
    PHOTO: Local 4-H receives grant
    Washington County 4-H has been named a recipient of America's Farmers Grow Communities program. The $2,500 grant given to the 4-H program was...
    lifestyle/familyApril 24, 2017 - 8:00am
    April 5, 2017
    In September 1969, the Woodbury Lions Club's first local project involved purchasing this ambulance. A Lions-led Woodbury Ambulance Council ran the service until 2009. (Submitted photo)
    Lions started with an ambulance
    When the Woodbury Lions Club formed on Jan. 17, 1969, its 45 members included names that today's residents recognize—Orville Bielenberg,...
    lifestyle/familyApril 5, 2017 - 7:27am
    March 24, 2017
    Dawayne Barnett of Woodbury, Jim Simpson of Woodbury and Sharon McCoy of Newport enjoy a card game recently. They are regulars at the Woodbury YMCA's The Scene. (Bulletin photo by Mathias Baden)
    YMCA offers more than workout classes
    The Woodbury YMCA offers 100 different group workout classes seven days a week, employs 25 full-timers and an average of 400 seasonal staff year...
    lifestyle/familyMarch 24, 2017 - 12:15pm
    January 9, 2017
    Afton resident Dan Seftick will discuss his memoir “Real Mountains” Jan. 7 at Valley Bookseller in Stillwater. The book pays tribute to Seftick’s son, Greg, who died at age 31 in an avalanche with a friend April 16, 2011, in Grand Teton National Park. (Submitted photo)
    Protecting a son's memory: Afton author Dan Seftick will discuss memoir about son’s climbing death
    When he gives a reading from his book "Real Mountains" Jan. 7 at Valley Bookseller in Stillwater, Dan Seftick will be doing so as a parent. "I...
    lifestyle/familyJanuary 9, 2017 - 8:39am
    November 30, 2016
    Wanted: vintage videos
    Woodbury To celebrate their 50th anniversary, the City of Woodbury is asking residents for vintage home videos of city parks, sporting and community events and school functions. Footage shot before 2000 is preferred. The results could be featured in a special produced by the South...
    lifestyle/familyNovember 30, 2016 - 12:15pm
    November 3, 2016
    Laura Sobiech speaks at Mahtomedi church Nov. 6
    Laura Sobiech, mother of Stillwater student Zach Sobiech, will preach at St. Andrew's Lutheran Church All Saints Day worship services at 9 a.m....
    lifestyle/familyNovember 3, 2016 - 9:29am
    November 2, 2016
    Gray matters: Senior advocate reminds her peers to vote
    Woodbury Seniors should get out and vote, said the woman who turns 95 on election day. In addition to being a World War II veteran, great-grandmother...
    lifestyle/familyNovember 2, 2016 - 6:26am
    October 21, 2016
    Woodbury Boy Scout leads makeover of thrift shop entrance
    Stone Soup Thrift Shop recently got some sprucing up. Its once-drab entryway in St. Paul Park sports bright new coats of red and yellow paint....
    lifestyle/familyOctober 21, 2016 - 3:12pm
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