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A local nonprofit, "Black Men Teach," is on a mission to get more Black men into Minnesota classrooms and is molding the next generation of elementary school teachers.

Jeff Wollin has baseball in his blood. He has been the Litchfield High School Varsity Baseball coach for 34 years. And has coached several other teams from t-ball to teenagers. He has coaches many of the Litchfield Blues players and watched them grow up through baseball.

It’s official, Cooks of Crocus Hill and Bellecour Bakery have merged to become Cooks | Bellecour. Along with the new name, the team behind the brands have opened a third location in Edina. The shop is on Market Street in the 50th & France shopping district. Like the North Loop and St. Paul locations, it will offer cooking classes, kitchen retail and a bakery counter with the Bellecour staples. The owners, Marie Dwyer, Karl Benson and Chef Gavin Kaysen call it a fully immersive culinary experience. The Edina shop is open seven days a week and is located at 3934 Market St.

Adventures in Cardboard traces its beginnings to 2010. Since then, it?s grown immensely adding multiple locations and themes. Throughout this summer, 4,200 kids from the metro will spend a week at cardboard camp. We visited one of the camps happening at Central Park in South Bloomington. There were 100 kids running through the woods with cardboard weapons and armor playing an amped-up version of capture the flag. They also spent the week building a village with a giant cardboard castle. The camp combines theatrics, hands-on creative building and open play in natural places.

Stewart Creek Bridge was built in 1925 as part of the scenic skyline parkway overlooking the city of Duluth.

FOX 9 Town Ball Tour was in Litchfield on Wednesday.

Former mayor Keith Johnson and Litchfield City Councilman John Carlson talked life in the small Minnesota city of Litchfield, as the FOX 9 Town Ball Tour made its stop on Wednesday.

Like a lot of teams, town ball in Litchfield is a place for the family.

The Litchfield Blues field is set to co-host the 100th state townball tournament.

There?s a new restaurant to dine lakeside. Lost Bay on Tonka Bay has a tropical tiki vibe and stunning lake views. It will be a seasonal restaurant in the Caribbean Marina on Lake Minnetonka because there?s no indoor seating though there is a covered area. Lost Bay is from the Innerbloom Hospitality team. They run many popular spots like Macanda, Josephina and Yumi. The restaurant took over the space from Tequila Butcher. They are open seven days a week. Diners can boat up or drive up and the patio is dog-friendly.

The Little Village is both a coffee shop and a safe space for kids to play and get creative. It?s located in the Shoppes at Gateway North. Right inside the doors, is the coffee shop and a retail area with kids clothing and toys. Also in the building, a modern indoor play area for kids 0-6. It does cost to use the space and there?s drop-in pricing, but also monthly passes. The coffee shop is open seven days a week. The play space has some times that closed for open play and are dedicated to workshops, so check the hours before visiting.

It?s summer camp season and one located in the west metro is in its 99th season. Camp Fire Minnesota in Excelsior opened up in 1924 as an all-girls camp. Today it?s inclusive to all young people. The camp is located on the shores of Lake Minnewashta and offers both day camp and sleepaway options. While there have been many updates and renovations to the buildings, camp life hasn?t changed that much, even in the age of technology. There are no cellphones at camp, which the counselors-in-training say is a challenge. Instead they dive into books and make plenty of friendship bracelets.

FOX 9 Garden Guy Dale K shares what's currently at the local farmer's markets

With nearly three million subscribers, Emily Roberts is a hit on YouTube. She creates educational videos about her reptiles at the Snake Discovery Center in Maplewood. Most of her creatures are rescues. There?s a pair of Boa Constrictors who survived a house fire, and an alligator who spent 27 years in an enclosure that was too small, stunting her growth. Emily?s videos took off in the pandemic and the revenue from that allowed her to build the Snake Discovery Center. Her most popular videos are of baby snakes hatching. In fact, one of her hognose snakes just laid 24 eggs. Starting in July the center will be open seven days a week. Guided tours are available at no additional cost at 12pm, 2pm, 4pm and 6pm.

For one Minnesota woman memories from the Pride Block Party a year ago come back as two-to-three-second flashes:? Images of dancing with a friend at the Saloon night club, sitting in a stranger?s car in a parking ramp, and her rape by that same stranger.