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Lakeshore Weekly News Editor Brett Strusa’s Column in the January 11th edition asked whether our elected officials were listening in reference to recent City actions in Deephaven.
Here, I want to talk about what lakeshore owners and businesses are saying relative to milfoil control on Lake Minnetonka.
Around Lake Minnetonka, the lakeshore owners and businesses have been [...]
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Dick Osgood: Is Anyone Listening?
Genmar sells Lake Minnetonka marina for $3M – MSP Business Journal
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Genmar Corp. has sold a 3.28-acre marina on Lake Minnnetonka for $3 million.
Bloomington-based NorthMarq Real Estate Group represented Genmar in the sale.
The marina, at 1449 Shoreline Drive in Orono has 111 boat slips and 3,300 feet of shoreline, said Ryan Tibbits a broker at Bloomington-based NorthMarq Corporate Solutions who represented Genmar in the deal along [...]
DICK OSGOOD: Funding for AIS Prevention and Control
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In last month’s column, I made a plea that the Cities around Lake Minnetonka ought to provide more funding toward the control of milfoil. Indeed, since then, the Cities of Greenwood and Tonka Bay each committed $5,000 toward the proposed milfoil treatments in St. Albans and Gideon Bays and the Cities of Mound and [...]
Dick Osgood: The Cities Should Get into the Milfoil Game
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The Lake Minnetonka Association is gratified at the wonderful results of the milfoil herbicidal treatments in Grays and Phelps Bays this year. We are also proud of our members’ voluntary financial support – in fact, the majority of the financial support has come from lakeshore residents and businesses on the respective bays.
We are also [...]
Dick Osgood: Shielding Lake Minnetonka
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In the fight against aquatic invasive species (AIS), there is a new jargon being used to frame strategic prevention approaches. We are now speaking of ‘containment’ and ‘shields’ – referring to containing AIS within waters already infested with AIS and shielding un-infested waters to keep unwanted AIS out.
With respect to Lake Minnetonka and zebra [...]
Snow falling in Wayzata (video)
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This is the second time in October that we have had an accumulating snow fall–this time around it will be more substantive than last time. The national weather service is calling for: Snow, mainly before 1pm. High near 37. East wind between 5 and 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. Total daytime snow accumulation [...]
