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 [...]
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’ [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Highway 10 Closed, 284 Closing and Hwy 5 Construction
You know it’s spring when the orange comes out in full force. And this year, the construction starts off with county road 10 and includes most roads on the east side of town. County road 10 will close April 23rd and be open again, hopefully, by mid-November. They are going to modify the road to [...]