E-mail: jay.corn@patch.com
Jay is formerly the Local Editor of the Lake Minnetonka Patch. Before coming to Patch, he spent five years as editor of the Kanabec County Times in Mora, MN.
Jay was born in New York City and raised in New Jersey, and he moved to Minnesota about eight years ago to attend St. Cloud State University.
He has a daughter entering the second grade and enjoys the outdoors, music and baseball. In recent years, Jay has taken up golf, and he never turns down a get-together with buddies for a game of poker.
Politics:
Jay views himself as a conservative liberal. He believes in the right to bear arms, free market enterprise, gay rights and the death penalty. He opposes off-shore drilling, abortion and prayer in public schools.
Religion:
While he has issues with the church, Jay is a born and raised Catholic. He spent two weeks in Israel when he was 21 and says he learned a lot about himself. That said, he enjoys learning about other religions and civilly discussing faith with believers and non-believers alike.
Local hot button issues:
Jay concedes he has a lot to learn about the issues you care about and understands those issues differ between Orono, Wayzata, Deephaven, Excelsior and Mound-Westonka, the core towns of Lake Minnetonka Patch. But already, you'll see a mix of stories about local government, business, sports, the arts, education and, through it all, the people who make this area special. Look soon for stories on everything from development projects to the environment and local economy.
Jay pledges the news you read on the Lake Minnetonka Patch will be timely, built on fact and delivered through a lens of balance and objectivity.
A dense population of zebra mussels filters out plankton in the water column that fish and other native species feed on, altering the lake's food chain.
The 2013 Minnesota State Football Tournament begins Nov. 7 and concludes with championship games at the Metrodome on Nov. 30.
The 2013 Minnesota State Football Tournament begins Nov. 7 and concludes with championship games at the Metrodome on Nov. 30.
A look at happenings around the Lake Minnetonka area this week.
The downtown location will allow patrons to drive, bike or walk to the new library and feature retro-style architecture consistent with the city’s existing buildings.
Police are seeking the public's help in locating a red KIA Sorento with license plate 723-KVL.
City Hall will be open four days a week for 10 hours beginning next week. The experiment is scheduled to last for three months, at which time a decision will be made whether or not to continue with a four-day week.
Registration begins at 2 p.m. with a 3 p.m. shotgun start. Cost is $50 and includes a cart, nine holes of golf, dinner and raffle.
Families can also bring their gently used, cleaned up football equipment to the Orono High School parking lot to sell or donate.
Kermit's dedication and commitment to the Minnehaha over the years has been an integral part of her continued presence on Lake Minnetonka.
This week’s compilation includes ‘In The Way Guy,’ ideas for transforming a former theater and company sold for $312 million.
Police Clips also posted that a blood trail was found near the home, although exactly who the blood belongs to remains unclear.
Patch editors put down their laptops and picked up some pitchforks Friday in Minnetonka.
Nearly all water-borne illnesses are caused by organisms in untreated human and other animal waste introduced to the water directly or via rainstorm runoff.
People come from all over to use and enjoy the trail, and therein lies the problem.
“We have an incredible array of different kinds of boats that sunk to the bottom of Lake Minnetonka, and that kind of history is not preserved anywhere.”
Cities 97 comes to Lake Minnetonka today; Tonka Bay street repairs start tomorrow; Zoomobile visits Shorewood; Orono Lions Carp Contest.
The following are a selection of notable incidents responded to by the Wayzata Police Department between July 18 and July 22. Not intended to be a comprehensive log of activity.
