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The NYA Craft and Vendor Fair will feature several businesses from around Carver County and the state. One of the vendors this year is an alum from Central High School who published her first book this year. Karin Gray, now a Lakeville resident, has been putting together her book for the bet…
The October 28 school board meeting for Watertown-Mayer might have been shorter than most, but covered a popular subject that many schools have been discussing: updating the website. Natasha Monsaas-Daly, Director of Learning and Technology, presented the subject to the board.
It’s time to sing with the nightingales and discover some magic with Mayer-Lutheran’s drama troupe as they put on Cinderella for their annual fall musical. However, it’s not quite the Disney classic, but instead a stage play that was adapted by Rodgers and Hammerstein.
The Watertown-Mayer volleyball team won their first game at the Class AA State Tournament, downing conference foe Annandale 3-0 to move on to the consolation championship game. The Royals led nearly the entire match to move on to face Marshall at the Xcel Energy Center Nov. 9 at 11 a.m.
The Watertown-Mayer volleyball team knows that Thursday night's matchup with Concordia Academy was not their best showing of the season. Stepping on to the stage of the Class AA State Tournament, the Royals could not get much going in a 3-0 loss (25-19, 25-18, 25-12).
At the beginning of the season, there was no question about whether the Watertown-Mayer volleyball team had talent. Coach Andrea Raser was excited to return to the court with the players she knew had the potential to lead the Royals to their third consecutive state tournament. The only quest…
The NYA Craft and Vendor Fair will feature several businesses from around Carver County and …
The October 28 school board meeting for Watertown-Mayer might have been shorter than most, b…
It’s time to sing with the nightingales and discover some magic with Mayer-Lutheran’s drama …
After a successful season last year, Watertown-Mayer’s Brotherhood of Steel robotics team is…
Despite the building being lost, the Church in the Maples has been regularly attending congr…
Did you know that Waconia’s fire department is staffed primarily by people who could be your neighbors? People who leave their jobs, families and the comfort of their homes to respond to your emergency?
Advocates for Highway 212 road improvements made their case for additional state funding last Tuesday before the Minnesota Senate’s capital improvement committee.
Waconia Parkway North could be re-open by mid-November. The main thoroughfare on the west end of downtown Waconia has been closed since May for street, sidewalk and trail reconstruction, and sanitary sewer, watermain and storm sewer replacement.
A fire extinguisher is meant to be discharged and sprayed to contain a fire, but you don’t want to spray or waste a drop of this Xtinguisher. It’s a beer called Red Xtinguisher and the only emergency it is meant be used for is to quench a thirst.
A missing Gustavus Adolphus College student has been found dead in Hamburg, according to the Carver County Sheriff’s Office.
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Whether crafty or inventive, it’s always important to find ways to show work to the community. For 37 years, Norwood Young America’s Community Education and St. John’s Lutheran School program has been working hard to help crafters, artists, and even small business vendors show their craft th…
There’s love in the air for Mario’s Italian as Mario Cortolezzis plans for an Italian Wedding Experience. There won’t be a couple, but instead the chance to enjoy a huge Italian wedding with the help of Back Channel Brewing in Spring Park.
NYA residents heading east on Hwy. 212 may notice some heavy activity along the railroad in 2020. The reason for this is the installation of a new rail spur by Pattison Sand Company, an aggregate production company out of Iowa. The rail spur will allow Pattison to move large quantities of ag…
The October 28 school board meeting for Watertown-Mayer might have been shorter than most, b…
Whether crafty or inventive, it’s always important to find ways to show work to the communit…
A group of local boys has seen lots of plastics washing up on the shores of Lake Waconia and…
It’s time to sing with the nightingales and discover some magic with Mayer-Lutheran’s drama …
After a successful season last year, Watertown-Mayer’s Brotherhood of Steel robotics team is…
Did you know that our state has something called the “Minnesota Homeless Veterans Registry?”
Next March 13-14, every household in the nation is supposed to receive either a postcard or a paper form from the U.S. Census Bureau. About a fifth will ignore it, but all of us will be affected by each individual’s decision.
Between the leaves falling, colder temps, and the large numbers of pumpkins on display all around the area, one is reminded Halloween is quickly approaching. Synonymous with Halloween is the tradition of kids being out trick-or-treating. As always, with so many kids being out in the neighbor…
When smoking goes down like gummy bears it’s no surprise that nicotine use among teens is rising at a critical rate.
This editorial is the sixth in a series on issues facing Minnesota’s aging population.
Replacement of leaking, drafty windows.
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