Dispute: One Mayor, Two Committees
A year-long dispute between the member cities of the South Lake Minnetonka Police Department Coordinating Committee came to a head at the June 6 meeting.
The issue: Is Greenwood Mayor Tom Fletcher violating the SLMPD Joint Powers Agreement by serving on both of the SLMPD governing committees?
City Staff Omissions: Mistakes or Intentional?
On June 22, 2026, resident Tom Murtha spoke to the Shorewood City Council about serious problems with the City’s actions in the appeal of the Council’s decision to require an Environmental Assessment Worksheet for the Watten Ponds project.
He submitted his statement to SCA for publication.
Youth Program Calls Shorewood Community Center Home
While the Shorewood Community & Event Center (SCEC) has struggled to change its identity from “just for seniors”, a youth program has quietly and successfully used the center as its home base for over a decade.
Who knew?
Loud Voices: Shorewood Takes On $7.5B Corp.
It started with a letter that flew under the radar: A small bedroom community taking on a $7.5B national company with strong ties to law enforcement, and thanks to determined residents, bagging the spy camera and chasing it out of town.
A true David and Goliath story.
Stealth Policy Changes
At the April 27 Shorewood council meeting, City Administrator Marc Nevinski stated that due to a code change, the city no longer assesses properties for water improvements. SCA carefully monitors activities at the city and his statement surprised even us.
After some research, this is what we found:
Our Rare Witness Tree
One hundred and twenty-five years ago, Henry Ford’s Model T was still seven years away. The Wright Brothers hadn’t flown. Women couldn’t yet vote. World War I was over a decade in the future.
And a young eastern white pine was taking root at the corner of Birch Bluff and Eureka North.
Shorewood’s Top-Heavy City Operations
Have you ever wondered how Shorewood’s expenses and revenue compares to other equivalent sized cities?
So did we.
We researched 5 other comparable sized Minnesota cities by households and population and summarized the findings.
