Cologne News

By Paul Downer Community Editor Organizers have added to the fun at Glad Days in 2008.

Ronnie James Frank, 60, passed away suddenly Sunday, July 6, 2008, at his home in Cologne, Minn.

Marcia Felix, age 99 of Rainycrest Long Term Care, 550 Osborne St., passed away on Friday, July 11, 2008 at LaVerendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ontario.

A fire heavily damaged a San Francisco Township home on July 6. The Carver County Sheriff's Office and Carver Fire Department responded to the fire, at 16450 Woodsview Lane, at 4:37 p.m. The house is ...

Louis "Louie" F. Hansel, 93, of Sleepy Eye, formerly of Glencoe, Minn., died on Monday, June 30, 2008, at Divine Providence Community Home in Sleepy Eye, Minn.

Randy Rader packages a 40-pound block of cheddar cheese at Bongards Creamery in Perham.

IDeaS Revenue Optimization, the leading provider of hospitality revenue management solutions and services, announced today the appointment of Brendan May as Sales Manager Europe.

Hoping to attract new businesses and also make itself more efficient, Carver County is looking at building a 60-mile fiber-optic ring to connect every school, library, police department and government agency in ...

By Paul Downer Community Editor It has been 100 years since the doors first opened at Bongards' Creameries, but business continues to grow for the regional cooperative located between Norwood Young America and ...

By Paul Downer Community Editor Cologne's comprehensive plan for the year 2030 is nearly complete.

Hamburg medallion hunt enters week two As part of the Hamburg's 125th anniversary celebration, the State Bank of Hamburg is sponsoring a Medallion Hunt as a part of Hamburg's 125th anniversary celebration.

By Paul Downer Community Editor When Cologne residents met with county and state officials to discuss the status of Benton Lake last winter and learned how long the cleanup process could take, many seemed ...

City considers ordinance revision of nuisance issues With each new resident of Waconia comes a changing landscape for the community of 10,000. Twenty years ago, suggesting that keeping a boat in the driveway ...

Central Elementary to host annnual Memorial Day service The annual Memorial Day Service will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, May 26, at Central Elementary School.

By Paul Downer Community Editor As became clear last fall, rail-related businesses and activities can bring opportunity as well as inconvenience to an area.

Joyce M. Wittenhagen of St. Cloud toured Europe April 9-23 with her friend Dolores Morgan of Mellette, S.D. They stopped in Brussels, Belgium; Cologne and Heidelberg, Germany; Venice, Italy; and Lucerne, ...

Three candidates from across Carver County will be crowned 2008 dairy princesses at the close of the 56th annual Dairy Day Dinner at the New Germany City Hall Saturday, April 5. The emcee will be Dick ... via Herald Journal

Livestock producers interested in the anticipated downgrade of the state's bovine TB status are invited to three informational meetings in southern Minnesota on March 13 and 14. via KSTP-TV Minneapolis

“People became a number and not a person anymore.”

Science Museum of Minnesota: Deadly Medicine Exhibit **Link are intended as an information source and do not imply an endorsement of any particular product or point of view by KARE 11 News. via KARE-TV Minneapolis

“I am just in awe of what they do and their commitment. It's a group of people who do phenomenal things.”

It's never too early to take action when lives are at stake, and the organizers of the 2008 Relay for Life event have already begun working to ensure another successful year of celebration, remembrance and ... via The Waconia Patriot