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3 Things for You

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Here are three new and informative articles for readers this week.   - Ice Out: Welcoming Spring to Lake Minnetonka   - Xcel Energy site   - Ash Borer: A Fatal Invitation

Three Things For This Week

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- Ring/Flock Partnership Cancelled   - Regional Trail Tree Removal   - Squirrels!

Safety or Surveillance?

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Flock license-plate cameras are watching us. We did not ask for them, didn’t vote for them, and most residents did not know they were being installed.   Now, we live with our movements being watched 24/7.

Three Things For You

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- Dangerous Trees   - The Red Fox   - Snowplow Karma!

3 New Things

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- A Mouse in Your House?   - Freeman Park Transition   - A Stunning Natural DIsplay

A Few ‘Loud’ Voices

Concerns about Flock license plate reading cameras’ targeting capabilities and data use are mounting.   Flock uses license-plate–reading cameras and AI at intersections in Excelsior, Greenwood and Shorewood to collect data on every passing vehicle. This includes your vehicle, or your teen’s vehicle.

Three Things to Start 2026

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- Ride in a Snow Plow!   - January is Planting Time   - Superior, Our Inland Sea

Three Things

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Here are three new, quick and informative articles for readers this week.   • Keeping Flock on the Radar   • 14 Lake Area Mayors Consider a Lobbyist   • Talking Turkey

Broadband Service: A Tangle of Options

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The long-awaited broadband has come to town.   In its wake is a tangle of questions, confusing options and contracts, who has what service, at what cost, when and for how long.

Flock Surveillance Cameras: What You Should Know

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Most South Lake residents don’t know that the South Lake Minnetonka Police Department uses automated license-plate-reader across all four Joint Powers Agreement cities: Shorewood, Excelsior, Greenwood, and Tonka Bay.   Learn more about the uses, questions and concerns surrounding this technology.

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