Page 16 - Maple Plain News Today

MAPLE PLAIN, Minn. (AP) _ Proto Labs Inc. (PRLB) on Friday reported profit of $11.9...

Funeral Services will be 11:30 a.m., Friday, February 18, 2022 at the Daniel Funeral Home Chapel in St. Cloud for Julie Ann Valenta, age 79 of Maple Plain and formerly of St. Cloud who passed away on Monday, February 7, 2022 at Haven Homes in Maple Plain.

A new study by University of Minnesota researchers sought to provide new insight into the differences between wakesurfing and recreational boat wakes.

Research from the University of Minnesota suggests wakesurf boats would need to run at least twice as far from shorelines and docks.

Wake surfing on Minnesota lakes has become more popular every summer, but there's growing concern about what the big waves do to the water and the shoreline.

A new study by researchers in the University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering’s St. Anthony Falls Laboratory found that popular wakesurf boats require a greater distance from the shoreline and other boats compared to more typical recreational boats.

Closer to home I see no impending weather drama. A few more hearty slaps of numbing air are shaping up and long range models show more subzero out breaks into mid-February. In fact the Polar Vortex may pay us another visit within 1-2 weeks. We wont be retiring our parkas anytime soon. Check the blog for more details. -Todd Nelson

Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, medical device designers and manufacturers are finding it's critical to stay flexible to their customers' changing demand in order to get products to market quickly.

Welcome to the season of excitement

Three Rivers Park District is battling a nasty invasive vine and could use trackers this winter to help the fight.