Verizon Officially Comes to Town
We reported a while back that a Verizon store opened in town. Turns out it was quickly re-brand to Two Men Wireless which sells Verizon phones. Now, Verizon has officially opened a store across from Kwik Trip. That’s great news for Verizon customers!
Nickle Dickle Day September 19th, 2009
When? September 19th 2009 Time? 8am – 5pm Where? Waconia City Park What? Antique & Collector Car & Truck Show 3 on 3 Basketball Tournaments Rotary Duck Races Sidewalk Sales Food Fun Entertainment 5k and 10k Races On the Gazebo Stage: 8-10: Polka with the Wendinger Band 10- 2 Music by Chopper 2-5 Traveled Ground [...]
Waconia Farm Store Re-Opens!
The Waconia Farm Store is open for business! All departments are open except paint and clothing, so if you need something, stop on by. This is great to see after the horrific explosion earlier this month that claimed one life. Stop on by, say hi, and help support the Farm Store as it works to [...]
Propane Tank Explosion [updated]
Update: The StarTribune is reporting that the person killed was Ryan Samuelson, 17, a senior at Waconia High School. Also, a video was added below. – A propane take exploded June 10th at the Waconia Farm Store. Kare11 & KSTP are reporting that one person has been killed. KSTP.com reports: The incident happened at the [...]
CDP Sports Moves a Few Blocks
If you try to visit CDP sports, and visit the old location, don’t worry, they didn’t go out of business. Rather they moved a few blocks down to main street. They are now located in the former John’s Appliance building. To encourage sports fans to come in and see the new building, they are offering 35% off storewide [...]
Welcome Starbucks and Pizza Hut
October 12th was opening day for Target in Waconia and, as exciting as that was, the treat of seeing a Starbucks and Pizza Hut Express inside was even better! I guess I hadn’t really thought to much about the mini stores that come with Target. Sure Target has groceries, a pharmacy, clinic, photo department and [...]
Walgreens To Open in 2008
If you’ve driven down highway 5, you can’t miss the construction of the new Walgreen store. It’s located on the corner of 284 and Hwy 5 and has been making quite a few advancements over the past few months. The new Walgreens store won’t be open anytime soon, but at the rate they build business’ [...]
Z’s Christmas Tree Farm
Have you been out to Z’s yet to get your Christmas tree? We have! Actually, this is only my second real Christmas tree ever and the first time I’ve ever gone to cut one. We went out on Saturday morning in the cold and snow. For newbies, Z’s was a great choice. They were friendly [...]
Target, AmericInn, Kwik Trip and Walgreens Updates
The name brands are coming. Kwik Trip is up and running and I’ve been there several times. Not only are the gas pumps fast, but the store has lots of goodies inside and the car wash even made a point to wash my rims. Target should have a groundbreaking yet this fall. The 145,000 square [...]
Sports Stores – Football, Wrestling, Basketball, Volleyball, Golf & More
Sports fan in Waconia have at least two stores to get geared up at. CDP Sports and The Sports Locker. Both stores are located in downtown Waconia and should have everything you need for basketball, football, wrestling, volleyball, golf and much more. I can’t say as I’ve been to either yet, but I would like [...]