Health & Wellness

Hugo Rouvinen (fourth from the top left) with the Florida Vikings semi-professional floorball team.

Hugo Rouvinen may reside in the land of hockey, but for the East Ridge High School junior, floorball is life. And if Rouvinen gets his way, others will soon see his point of view as he works to grow the sport in the U.S. and, hopefully, start a professional team in Minnesota.

With six children between them, sisters Lisa Amundson and Laurie Ambrose know the challenges of making healthy choices for their children.

As the summer draws to a close and the kids head back to school, one Woodbury neighborhood has one last hurrah to celebrate the warm weather and build community.

A new movie theater is coming to Woodbury Lakes Shopping Center.

Fourth of July is a time for fun and fireworks—and there’s nowhere better to spend your holiday than at the Woodbury Fourth of July Celebration at Bielenberg Sports Center. The event begins at 6 p.m.

Whether you’re looking forward to a day of swimming or want to grill some hamburgers to share with friends, Carver Lake Park’s beach is a fun destination this summer. “The beach is a huge draw to the area,” says Mike Adams, Woodbury assistant parks and recreation director.

In the lobby of the Anytime Fitness corporate headquarters in Woodbury stands a purple signpost emblazoned with four words: People, Purpose, Profits and Play.

Orangetheory Fitness is opening soon, bringing with it an interesting way of working out. “It’s a heart rate-based full body workout,” owner Courtney Martin says.

Summer is the perfect time for kids to learn the sport of golf or take their skills to a new level.

Eagle Valley Golf Course and Prestwick Golf Club offer some great programs to get your kids
driving and putting.

Paul Montgomery got into sprinting in 1990 when his children were running track. “I took them to their track meets and I noticed that sometimes there were also adults participating,” Montgomery says. “So it was just an opportunity to run track with my children.”

The Starlight Cinema movie night was an idea that came from the mind of Amanda Roseth two summers ago, after putting a projector and movie screen up for people in her Woodbury neighborhood. “I guess that was kind of the start of everything,” Roseth says.

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