Waconia Show Choirs rocked in Milton, Wisc., this past weekend at the annual “Rock the Rock” show choir competition. The Current and Power Com…
Since the local referendum was approved by voters in November 2021, the Central Public School District has been hard at work with its facility…
Parents of the 2023-24 kindergarten class, mark your calendars. The Watertown-Mayer Elementary School Kindergarten Royal Round Up will be held…
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…
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.
A bus with multiple students onboard overturned near New Germany on Wednesday afternoon, according to the Carver County Sheriff’s Office and W…
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…
Parents of the 2023-24 kindergarten class, mark your calendars. The Watertown-Mayer Elementary School Kindergarten Royal Round Up will be held…
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…
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.
Bryce Burkett identifies himself in many ways: sophomore at Watertown-Mayer High School, nationally recognized wrestler, and devout Christian.…
On the heels of the Waconia High School all musical, the Waconia Middle School theatre program will present its fall play, “The Lion, the Witc…
Waconia Public Schools has been named a top-20 public school district in the state of Minnesota by Niche, an online platform that annually ran…
Three Waconia High School seniors have recently been recognized by the National Merit Scholarship Program for achieving high scores on the Pre…
Finnish student Ella Mustalahti says people in her homeland and other Scandinavian countries can be a bit introverted. But you wouldn’t know i…
Mary VanEeckhout of Waconia, joined by Mary Frances Wymore and Susan Baker are now “Golden Girls” in Waconia’s P.E.O. Chapter FF, meaning that…
As part of our Election 2022 coverage, the Waconia Patriot and Sun Patriot Newspapers reached out to candidates in contested races for local o…
Each year, local governmental entities in Minnesota are required to establish preliminary budgets and tax levies by Sept. 30 so counties can p…
A Homecoming parade was back on the streets of Waconia on Sept. 16 as Wildcat fans got in the spirit in a big way. It must have worked because…
The Central High School Homecoming coronation is set for Monday, Sept. 26 at 7 p.m. in the Central High School gymnasium. Admission is $1 at t…
Michael Benike, a student from Cologne, has been awarded a Future Leaders Exchange Abroad (FLEX Abroad) scholarship for 2022-2023. Michael wil…
In recent years, Waconia Homecoming has gotten to be just another date on the school calendar, especially with the pandemic. But student counc…
The Waconia School Board took a deeper dive into a recent District 110 forensic financial audit at a finance committee meeting in early August…
“Emanuel Lutheran School rolled out the ‘Green Carpet’ for the first day of school. Students were welcomed back for the 2022-2023 school year …
In celebration of Minnesota Archaeology Month, Blondo Consulting, LLC, in partnership with Carver County Historical Society, is excited to hos…
The first day for fall school activities two weeks ago, teachers began reporting for duty lastweek, and many school open houses for families w…
Central Elementary School principal Ron Erpenbach reports the hiring of an abundance of new staff members for the fall, at the elementary, mid…
The window to file for candidacy in the November township, city and school district races closed on Aug. 16, meaning that the candidate slate …
The Watertown City Council is keeping busy during the doldrums of summer, and is tackling a number of topics from salt storage to police prese…
Central Schools are getting ready for the new school year, and as part of that, the district is making some changes to curriculum and extra-cu…
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…
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…
Several million viewers watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade on television each year (22.3 million this year, according to broadcast ratin…
The Norwood Young America community believes and fully supports the words by Hilary Clinton that “It takes a village to raise a child” and Ame…
Each year, the National FFA Organization honors FFA members who show the utmost dedication to the organization through their desire to develop…
Mayer Lutheran High School will hold its 15th annual Celebrate His Harvest Gala on the school’s Mayer campus on Saturday, Dec. 3 beginning at 5 p.m.
Education leaders and several recent media reports have raised concerns about significant declines in school math and reading test scores in M…
Watertown-Mayer High School is set to take the stage with its production of Cinderella on Nov. 17 and 18 at 7 p.m. and Nov. 20 at 1 p.m. and 5…
Each of the Watertown-Mayer school principals provided an overview of their 2021-2022 school improvement plans and presented their 2022-2023 p…
Which of these school math equations is not true?
The first regional competition day of the year for FFA came on a cold late September day in Arlington. Norwood Young America FFA had horse, li…
Bryce Burkett identifies himself in many ways: sophomore at Watertown-Mayer High School, nationally recognized wrestler, and devout Christian.…
On the heels of the Waconia High School all musical, the Waconia Middle School theatre program will present its fall play, “The Lion, the Witc…
Waconia Public Schools has been named a top-20 public school district in the state of Minnesota by Niche, an online platform that annually ran…
Three Waconia High School seniors have recently been recognized by the National Merit Scholarship Program for achieving high scores on the Pre…
Finnish student Ella Mustalahti says people in her homeland and other Scandinavian countries can be a bit introverted. But you wouldn’t know i…
Mary VanEeckhout of Waconia, joined by Mary Frances Wymore and Susan Baker are now “Golden Girls” in Waconia’s P.E.O. Chapter FF, meaning that…
As part of our Election 2022 coverage, the Waconia Patriot and Sun Patriot Newspapers reached out to candidates in contested races for local o…
Each year, local governmental entities in Minnesota are required to establish preliminary budgets and tax levies by Sept. 30 so counties can p…
A Homecoming parade was back on the streets of Waconia on Sept. 16 as Wildcat fans got in the spirit in a big way. It must have worked because…
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Mayer Lutheran High School will hold its 15th annual Celebrate His Harvest Gala on the school’s Mayer campus on Saturday, Dec. 3 beginning at 5 p.m.
Education leaders and several recent media reports have raised concerns about significant declines in school math and reading test scores in M…
Watertown-Mayer High School is set to take the stage with its production of Cinderella on Nov. 17 and 18 at 7 p.m. and Nov. 20 at 1 p.m. and 5…
Each of the Watertown-Mayer school principals provided an overview of their 2021-2022 school improvement plans and presented their 2022-2023 p…
Which of these school math equations is not true?
The first regional competition day of the year for FFA came on a cold late September day in Arlington. Norwood Young America FFA had horse, li…
Bryce Burkett identifies himself in many ways: sophomore at Watertown-Mayer High School, nationally recognized wrestler, and devout Christian.…
On the heels of the Waconia High School all musical, the Waconia Middle School theatre program will present its fall play, “The Lion, the Witc…
Waconia Public Schools has been named a top-20 public school district in the state of Minnesota by Niche, an online platform that annually ran…
Three Waconia High School seniors have recently been recognized by the National Merit Scholarship Program for achieving high scores on the Pre…
Finnish student Ella Mustalahti says people in her homeland and other Scandinavian countries can be a bit introverted. But you wouldn’t know i…
Mary VanEeckhout of Waconia, joined by Mary Frances Wymore and Susan Baker are now “Golden Girls” in Waconia’s P.E.O. Chapter FF, meaning that…
As part of our Election 2022 coverage, the Waconia Patriot and Sun Patriot Newspapers reached out to candidates in contested races for local o…
Each year, local governmental entities in Minnesota are required to establish preliminary budgets and tax levies by Sept. 30 so counties can p…
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