Lake Waconia Event Center
The former “lakeside ballroom” has re-opened as the Lake Waconia Event Center operated by Lancer Catering. Lake Waconia Event Center is an ideal venue to host your wedding reception, meeting, anniversary and holiday parties, conventions, trade shows, graduations, family reunions and company picnics. Their catering staff will be happy to assist you with any food [...]
Nickle Dickle Day 2008
Nickle Dickle Day is fast approaching. This year it’s September 13th 2008. Nickle Dickle Day will include: Antique and Collector Car and Truck show. 100+ vendors selling crafts and other products. Food Entertainment 5 and 10k runs. 3 on 3 basketball tournaments. As always it should be fun. Come out and enjoy Waconia!
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 [...]
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 [...]
View the boats before they’re gone.
All summer, pained sailboat statues have decorated the town. However, your changes to see them are going fast. On September 27th, the sailboats will be auctioned off at the Waconia Lakeside Ballroom at 8pm. The boats are a part of Sailboat Regatta which has had about 25 boats decorating the town all summer. If you [...]
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 [...]
KFC? Perkins?
Out on highway 5, on the east side of town, they recently put in a strip mall with only one store; a liquor store. However, the ideas of what else to put in that area are swarming. It’s been confirmed that a Kline Bank is coming in but I’ve also heard the rumors of Perkins [...]
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 [...]
Where is Caribou Coffee?
It seems that about a year ago or so my wife saw a ‘Now Hiring’ sign for Caribou Coffee. It was going to open up next to Great Clips in the same strip mall as Mackenthuns. Heck, even Yahoo Local has a listing up for the store that doesn’t exist. So where is Caribou Coffee? [...]
Sledding Hill Waiting, Snow Missing.
The the areas largest sliding hill which overlooks Lake Waconia is just waiting to open. However, the snow seems to be missing. The hill, which looks massive from the road, will delight many this winter and it will also give one heck of a work out. It’s located at the corner of Highway 5 and [...]