“Every time a bell rings an angel gets its wings” is how the line from the movie “It’s a Wonderful Life” goes.
While American Legion Post 150 has been extremely busy with the move to its new location at 4 East Main Street in Waconia, work on the post’s …
Most television viewers probably know “Jake” of State Farm Insurance fame.
Folks might be familiar with at least a few of these local causes and organizations: the Waconia Legion Post 150 monument restoration effort, …
Three new members were welcomed to the Watertown City Council on Jan. 10 as they took an oath of office administered by Mayor Mike Walters. Th…
Waconia’s second woman mayor struck the gavel on her first city council meeting last Tuesday, Jan. 3. Nicole Waldron convened the organization…
Dave Granlund has drawn both amusement and ire on these pages for years. The local cartoonist’s works are published on the opinion pages of th…
Carver County commissioners got organized for the new year and awarded a construction contract for a Watertown road project at their first mee…
The ISD 110 school board held its organizational meeting for 2023 last Tuesday, Jan. 3, welcoming four new members who took the oath of office.
The snow keeps piling up this winter. So do motorists.
Most television viewers probably know “Jake” of State Farm Insurance fame.
Folks might be familiar with at least a few of these local causes and organizations: the Waconia Legion Post 150 monument restoration effort, …
Three new members were welcomed to the Watertown City Council on Jan. 10 as they took an oath of office administered by Mayor Mike Walters. Th…
Waconia’s second woman mayor struck the gavel on her first city council meeting last Tuesday, Jan. 3. Nicole Waldron convened the organization…
Dave Granlund has drawn both amusement and ire on these pages for years. The local cartoonist’s works are published on the opinion pages of th…
Watertown-Mayer High School has named it’s ExCEL and Triple “A” award winners.
Carver County commissioners wrapped up 2022 with a meeting last Tuesday, Dec. 20, where they looked at the year in review and set 2023 salarie…
Bevens Creek Inn - Stay Suites officially opened in Norwood Young America on Dec. 17. Named after the creek in Carver County, it’s located in …
The winter months are the busiest time of the year for food shelves, according to Angie Cruzen, executive director of Gather and Grow. And the…
While no residents were in attendance at the city’s annual Truth in Taxation meeting, the Watertown City Council met Nov. 29 to discuss 2023 t…
Carver County commissioners approved preliminary 2023 county budgets and tax levies at their meeting last Tuesday, Dec. 9.
Several Carver County communities have food shelves: Waconia, Norwood Young America, Watertown, and Bountiful Basket in Chaska, serving that c…
The scent of pine and the quiet of the season gave way the smell of exhaust fumes and the sounds of snow plows and snow blowers as Waconia dug…
The Waconia City Council and residents got a final review of the city’s proposed 2023 budget at a meeting on Monday, Dec. 5, also referred to …
What will roadways through and around Cologne look like in the next decade and beyond?
After 39 years as president of the Waconia Heritage Association that he helped organize in September 1983, Paul Melchert has stepped down from…
A bus with multiple students onboard overturned near New Germany on Wednesday afternoon, according to the Carver County Sheriff’s Office and W…
Last year we carried the story about a group of Yellowstone Trail neighbors in Waconia who came together to create a runway for Santa Claus on…
The Dec. 5 death of actress Kirstie Alley brought back memories of her brief time in Waconia.
The annual Waconia Show Choir kickoff premiere night and silent auction will be held Tuesday, Dec. 20, at the Waconia Performing Arts Center.
On a cold October day, members of Norwood Young America FFA set out to conduct the annual Corn Drive. These students went out and collected bu…
While the single-family housing construction market might have cooled due to higher interest rates, a tight labor market and inflated prices f…
Lake Waconia Regional Park is relatively quiet this time of year, mostly void of park visitors. But just back from the shoreline work is proce…
As the halfway point of the 2022-2023 school year approaches, the District 110 School Board at its Nov. 28 meeting approved Waconia schools ac…
With the Minnesota Legislature set to convene starting Jan. 3, Carver County commissioners adopted county legislative priorities at their Nov.…
The snow keeps piling up this winter. So do motorists.
The Waconia School Board certified the school district’s 2023 tax levy in the amount of just over $19.1 million at its Dec. 19 meeting.
Waconia Public Schools is pleased to announce that Steven Jensen has verbally accepted an offer to become the new Director of Community Educat…
A Watertown man was found dead in a local park on Christmas Day, according to the Carver County Sheriff’s Office.
Carver County is in the top 10 in a lot rankings including factors related to health, wealth and happiness.
Minnesota Book Award-nominated author and Carver County native Amy Gregg has published her first book with Austin-based Fox Pointe Publishing,…
The Cologne City Council adopted a 2023 budget and tax levy of just over $1.7 million at its final meeting of the year Dec. 19
The term community is defined by Oxford dictionary as a group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in comm…
A design direction for the downtown improvements proposed for 2023 was determined by the Waconia City Council on Dec. 19 on a split vote after…
Like a favorite piece of furniture, Yetzer’s has been a fixture in Waconia for years – since 1941.
Two Waconia City Council members and four school members depart their posts at the end of the year.
Watertown-Mayer High School has named it’s ExCEL and Triple “A” award winners.
Carver County commissioners wrapped up 2022 with a meeting last Tuesday, Dec. 20, where they looked at the year in review and set 2023 salarie…
Bevens Creek Inn - Stay Suites officially opened in Norwood Young America on Dec. 17. Named after the creek in Carver County, it’s located in …
The winter months are the busiest time of the year for food shelves, according to Angie Cruzen, executive director of Gather and Grow. And the…
While no residents were in attendance at the city’s annual Truth in Taxation meeting, the Watertown City Council met Nov. 29 to discuss 2023 t…
Carver County commissioners approved preliminary 2023 county budgets and tax levies at their meeting last Tuesday, Dec. 9.
Several Carver County communities have food shelves: Waconia, Norwood Young America, Watertown, and Bountiful Basket in Chaska, serving that c…
The scent of pine and the quiet of the season gave way the smell of exhaust fumes and the sounds of snow plows and snow blowers as Waconia dug…
The Waconia City Council and residents got a final review of the city’s proposed 2023 budget at a meeting on Monday, Dec. 5, also referred to …
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Minnesota Book Award-nominated author and Carver County native Amy Gregg has published her first book with Austin-based Fox Pointe Publishing,…
The Cologne City Council adopted a 2023 budget and tax levy of just over $1.7 million at its final meeting of the year Dec. 19
The term community is defined by Oxford dictionary as a group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in comm…
A design direction for the downtown improvements proposed for 2023 was determined by the Waconia City Council on Dec. 19 on a split vote after…
Like a favorite piece of furniture, Yetzer’s has been a fixture in Waconia for years – since 1941.
Two Waconia City Council members and four school members depart their posts at the end of the year.
Watertown-Mayer High School has named it’s ExCEL and Triple “A” award winners.
Carver County commissioners wrapped up 2022 with a meeting last Tuesday, Dec. 20, where they looked at the year in review and set 2023 salarie…
Bevens Creek Inn - Stay Suites officially opened in Norwood Young America on Dec. 17. Named after the creek in Carver County, it’s located in …
The winter months are the busiest time of the year for food shelves, according to Angie Cruzen, executive director of Gather and Grow. And the…
While no residents were in attendance at the city’s annual Truth in Taxation meeting, the Watertown City Council met Nov. 29 to discuss 2023 t…
Carver County commissioners approved preliminary 2023 county budgets and tax levies at their meeting last Tuesday, Dec. 9.
Several Carver County communities have food shelves: Waconia, Norwood Young America, Watertown, and Bountiful Basket in Chaska, serving that c…
The scent of pine and the quiet of the season gave way the smell of exhaust fumes and the sounds of snow plows and snow blowers as Waconia dug…
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