Waconia News

Share + Nov 13, 2009 5:49 pm US/Central Reporting Liz Collin 1 of 1 Forty schools in the state reported outbreaks last week, down from 137 the week before.

The longtime leader of the Minnesota Council of Churches is taking over as the president of the National Council of Churches.

Carver County Public Health is offering a H1N1 Nasal Vaccine Clinic for Healthy Children ages 5 through 9 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Nov.

Carver County Commissioner Tom Workman has received an apology from the head of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency over a letter of warning the agency had sent him ordering him to stop commenting on the legality of a septic system at a county-owned facility in Waconia.

Carver County septic system case raises questions about fairness. Last update: October 18, 2009 - 5:14 PM Septic system code compliance may not be the most glamorous of topics, but it's an issue that many Minnesotans grapple with.

Stephen & Mary Jean Ponath of St. Cloud, announce the engagement of their daughter Lesley to Matt Dawson, son of Richard & Linda Dawson, of Windom MN.

The ad, aimed at wedding planners, business executives, conventioneers and others, promises an elegant and spectacular event at the Waconia Event Center for groups of anywhere from 50 to 1,000. The only problem, said Carver County Commissioner Tom Workman, is that the Waconia ballroom, as it is more commonly known, does not have the septic system ...

Janet and Lowell Carlson are scheduled to go to jail Thursday, because they won't repair the septic system at their Norwood-Young America farm so that it is no less than 36 inches from the underground water table.

Dwight M. Herman, age 83, of Northfield, died Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009, at Northfield Hospital.

Wed.: 6:30 a.m - 10 p.m. Thurs.: 6:30 a.m. - 11 p.m. Fri.: 6:30 a.m. - Midnight Sat.: 7 a.m. - midnight Sun.: 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. Official Web Site: http://www.schoolofthewise.net/school-wise Map it The look: School of the Wise is named for fraternities in Old English folklore that would meet in local coffeehouses to share ideas and hold mentoring ...

Carver County Sheriff Byron a Buda Olson reports that at 12:55 AM on September 11, 2009 the Carver County Sheriffa s Office along with Mayer Fire Department were sent to a house fire at 7775 Tacoma Ave, Mayer, MN in Camden Twp.

A middle-of-the-night house fire in the southwest metro sent two residents to the hospital, authorities said.

The Waconia City Council voted unanimously to discharge the city's public utilities director, Drew Anderson.

A new winery is opening its doors today in Waconia, on Parley Lake. Parley Lake Winery has been in the works for a few years now, a partnership between a Victoria couple and the folks behind Deardorff Orchards.

Two people died and four others were critically injured in a three-car crash Saturday afternoon in Carver County.

One adult and four juveniles have been charged with crimes related to thefts from vehicles in Waconia and Chaska, according to Carver County Sheriff Bud Olson.

The Prior Lake suspect arrested last weekend for a Waconia gas station robbery following a six-hour manhunt told police his friend forced him to hold the store up.A Philip Lee Graunke, 20, of Prior Lake, along with Tyler James Burton Funk, 23, of Shakopee, was formally charged today by the Carver County Attorneya s Office for the robbery.

Two men were arrested Saturday near Waconia after allegedly robbing a gas station there at gunpoint and speeding off.

Share + Aug 15, 2009 10:57 pm US/Central Reporting Reg Chapman WACONIA, Minn. 1 of 1 The two men are identified as Shakopee resident Tyler James Burton Funk, 23, and Prior Lake resident Phillip Lee Graunke, 20.

By all accounts, Drew Anderson has been an exemplary employee during a 16-year career that has seen him rise from wastewater worker to Waconia director of public utilities.