Earth Day 2008 – Celebrate with Waconia
Saturday April 19th is Earth day and at 9am in Brook Peterson Park (1200 Oak Avenue) the city will be getting the parks ready for spring. There will be a tree planting, breakfast goodies and a photo with the Tree City USA banner. Then at about 9:30, each Adopt a Park group, and volunteers, will [...]
New Public Works Facility Open House
On Saturday April 19th from 12-3pm the new Public Works facility will have an open house. You’ll get to see the new facility, meet the people and understand what they really do. There will even be snow plows, dump trucks and other big kid equipment for big and small kids to check out. Food and [...]
Fire Department Pancake, Sauage & French Toast Breakfast
The Waconia fire department is cooking breakfast again! Pancakes, sausage and french toast means there is something for every one. I’m getting hungry just thinking about it. The breakfast is this Sunday, April 6th and goes from 8:30 am to 12:30 pm at the Firedepartment. Tickets are only $6 and you can get them at [...]
What is wrong with Highway 284?
Have you driven on Highway 284 between Waconia and Cologne lately? That road is seriously messed up at the Waconia end. It’s like a bad rollercoaster ride where you think you’re going to cause physical damage to your car, or your passengers, at any moment. Some may say that it’s just the frost in the [...]
County Road 10 Open For Traffic
A few weeks ago I traveled down county road 10 and it was pretty nice. All paved, but I still had to swerve around a few road closed signs, but you could make it. A few weeks later and all the road closed signs are gone and it’s once again open for business. County road [...]
Lobster Shack will replace Nancy’s Landing
Thanks to JP, I found out that Nancy’s Landing closed. It was the fanciest place in town that I knew of and was a shock to me when I heard. Their last day was September 29 and the new owners are already working on getting the Lobster Shack up and running. The new-england style restaurant [...]
No Waconia News??
It’s been a month since I last posted. Has there been no Waconia news? Actually, I’ve just been busy. If you’d like to submit any news tips, thoughts or even a business listing, just pop over to the submission page and tell us all about it! We’d love to hear from others to keep this [...]
What’s wrong with the trees in St. Bonifacius?
On my drive to work every day I travel through St. Bonifacius. A bit ago I started noticing a few trees that had dead spots. As the weeks went on, the disease spread on to more and more trees. What’s wrong with the trees? I’ve thought of drought and chemicals but only parts of the [...]
2007 Carver County Fair
The 2007 Carver Country Fair rolls into Waconia August 8th to the 12th! Grandstand events include: Aug 8th – Triple B Rodeo -7pm Aug 9th – Hell Drivers – 7pm Aug 10th – Semi Pull – 6:30pm Aug 11th & 12th – Demolition Derbies – 6:30 & 6pm Entertainment includes: Aug 7th – Killer Hayseeds [...]
My Highway 10 Adventure
Highway 10 has been closed for some time now, however it’s still open to those that live out that way and emergency vehicles. So, I decided to go from Waconia to Chaska and see what was up. The first part of the road wasn’t bad. Leaving Waconia on 10 isn’t to much trouble. A little [...]