Finance + Legal Services

JH & Associates

Payroll, Accounting, Income Tax Article by David Scheller John Q. Magazinereader minds his business. He does his job well. He takes care of his family. He carries himself with dignity and grace, and makes a positive impact wherever he goes. He might even be somewhat like you . Unfortunately for Magazinereader, he lives in a perplexing reality: where the government knows how much taxes he owes, and how little he can get away with paying, and won’t tell him. Unless he successfully navigates...

Home + Design

The Mustard Seed

Pieces of Eden for Sale Article by David Scheller | Photography by Pete Rose The Garden of Eden hasn’t been seen since the events of Gen. 3:23, yet our love for the place lingers on. Being surrounded by leafy things brings us back to a time without worries; when we smelled the roses without stopping. It’s almost as though our billions of ancestors were rewarded for seeking out fertile environments, and gradually developed a heritable preference for greenery in response. A novel idea! Our...

Local Services

SouthWest Transit

This Is the Dawning of the Age of Autonomy Article by David Scheller It’s easy to lose sight of how far we’ve come: horse-drawn carriages to autonomous vehicles (AVs) in only the thinnest of slivers of human history. Think about that. Even the writers of The Jetsons assumed George would have to drive his own car. Eden Prairie isn’t late to the future. Our town’s own SouthWest Transit unveiled autonomous driving technology here last year, and plans to roll out five self-driving Toyota...

Shopping

Bill’s Toggery

Nearly One Century of Refined Style Article by Bill Scheller | Photography by Emily John Billy Wermerskirchen has a good idea of what’s in any gentleman’s closet – and what’s probably not.  “Men often don’t have dress clothes in their closets,” says Billy, third-generation owner of Bill’s Toggery, the Shakopee shop founded 93 years ago by his grandfather William Wermerskirchen, Sr. “If they do, what they’re likely to own is either dated, or no longer fits. Or it just isn’t there at all.” As a...