The new playground at Lake Elmo Park Reserve’s swim-pond area, designed by TKDA Architects, will have nature- and ...

Ice fishermen stock an icehouse at Lake Elmo State Park on Sunday. Much colder weather is in the forecast for Monday night.

Washington County Parks will feature six forest bathing sessions, including two full-moon walks, throughout 2025 in Lake Elmo Park Reserve and Cottage Grove Ravine Regional Park.

A September 2022 image from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children website shows missing Lake Elmo woman Susan Swedell around the time of her disappearance on Jan 19, 1988 ...

A peace and blessing ceremony will close the festival at 5 p.m. A new, $1.75M playground is coming to Lake Elmo Park Reserve — while the old equipment heads to Ecuador and Uganda A new ...

Washington County Parks is elevating its efforts to encourage exploration and engagement for everyone in outdoor spaces by improving accessibility.

The Machine Shed in Lake Elmo, an east metro comfort food spot for more than two decades, has closed. Heart of America Group, the restaurant's owner, is preparing for an extensive remodel of the ...

It was snowing hard on Jan. 19, 1988, when Susan Swedell finished her shift at Kmart in Oak Park Heights and headed toward home in Lake Elmo around 9 p.m. A half-hour later, a gas station attendant ...