Newspaper/Resource Search
| Name |
Subject |
Categories |
Source |
Date |
Pg |
Col |
| Lakes - Waconia |
"New" Lake Waconia now one of Metroland's best |
Geography: Lakes |
Waconia Patriot |
10/23/1980 |
12a |
|
| Businesses - Waconia |
Waconia Lumber Co. - Don Schlechter & John Beck became the new owners and will rename it "Waconia Building Center" |
Business & Industry: Forest Industries, Sawmills & Lumber |
Waconia Patriot |
10/30/1980 |
2b |
|
| Environmental Concerns - Waconia |
Landfills: Should Carver County have own site? |
Environment & Ecology: Refuse & Disposal |
Waconia Patriot |
11/6/1980 |
2a & |
|
| Cities - Waconia |
Administrator to resign. Staff arrangements made. |
Government: Employees |
Waconia Patriot |
11/6/1980 |
1 |
|
| Schools |
Waconia District 110: Community education success credited to unheralded citizen teachers |
- Education: Teachers
- Government: Community Services |
Waconia Patriot |
11/6/1980 |
6b |
|
| Churches- Chaska - Guardian Angels/Daughters of Isabella |
Held joint installation of officers with Waconia, Hopkins & Chaska at Guardian Angels Church |
Religion: Religious Organizations |
Carver County Herald |
11/12/1980 |
11 |
2 |
| Schools |
Waconia District 110: District voters bury levy referendum |
- Politics & Elections: Voters
- Government: Taxation |
Waconia Patriot |
11/13/1980 |
1 |
|
| Cities - Parks - Waconia |
Waconia park plan delayed until 1985. |
Government: Departments and Offices: Parks and Recreation |
Waconia Patriot |
11/20/1980 |
1 |
|
| Cities - Waconia |
Residents balk at city's water trunk charges. |
Water: Supply |
Waconia Patriot |
11/20/1980 |
1 |
|
| Schools |
Waconia District 110: Board adopts after-school transportation policy |
Transportation: Buses |
Waconia Patriot |
11/20/1980 |
5b |
|
| Schools |
Waconia District 110: Four block scheduling system retained; Board orders mofificatiions |
Education: Administration |
Waconia Patriot |
11/20/1980 |
4b |
|
| Veterans |
Waconia help observe servicemen's center founding. |
Military Activities: Veterans |
Waconia Patriot |
11/27/1980 |
12a |
|
| Remer,Richard |
joins Waconia PCA (photo) |
Clubs & Associations |
Carver County News |
11/27/1980 |
15 |
1 |
| Remer, Richard |
Joins Waconia PCA |
|
Carver County News |
11/27/1980 |
15 |
1 |
| Cities - Waconia |
Environmental Concerns: Aluminum recyling crews to pay Waconians for cans & scrap. |
Environment & Ecology: Recycling |
Waconia Patriot |
12/4/1980 |
11a |
|
| Cities - Parks - Waconia |
Landowner spurns city's revised park project at Burandt's Lake. |
Government: Departments and Offices: Parks and Recreation |
Waconia Patriot |
12/4/1980 |
1 |
|
| Schools |
Waconia District 110: Board cuts $75,000 from current Budget |
Government: Finance and Funding: Budget |
Waconia Patriot |
12/11/1980 |
1 |
|
| Schools |
Waconia District 110: School board votes not to fell 'farm' |
Land & Property: Land Use |
Waconia Patriot |
12/11/1980 |
7 |
|
| Businesses - Waconia |
Paradise Ballroom liquor license proves expensive |
Business & Industry: Nightclubs |
Waconia Patriot |
12/18/1980 |
1 |
|
| Farnham, Brad |
Leaves rose garden, points out thorns to successor. (Waconia City-Adminitrator) |
|
Waconia Patriot |
1/1/1981 |
2 |
|
| Kettler, Dick |
Waconia bakery begins 1981 with new owner |
|
Waconia Patriot |
1/1/1981 |
7 |
|
| Businesses - Waconia |
Kettler Bakery: Waconia bakery begins 1981 with new owner, (Janet & Phillip Zingsheim) |
Business & Industry: Food Preparation Industries |
Waconia Patriot |
1/1/1981 |
7 |
|
| Olsen, Walter |
Waconia becomes final resting place for Veteran Missionary |
|
Waconia Patriot |
1/8/1981 |
8 |
|
| Cities - Waconia |
City council backs animal ordinance - Bark & Bite. |
Government: Ordinances |
Waconia Patriot |
1/8/1981 |
1 |
|
| Cities - Waconia |
Fire destroys Coney Island Cabin, arson suspected. |
Law & Justice: Crime: Arson |
Waconia Patriot |
1/8/1981 |
2 |
|
| Businesses - Waconia |
Paradise Ballroom re-opens! New owner - Marcel Mandil |
Business & Industry: Nightclubs |
Waconia Patriot |
1/8/1981 |
2 |
|
| Cities - Waconia |
Council hires development director. |
Government: Employees |
Waconia Patriot |
1/22/1981 |
1 |
|
| Cities - Waconia |
Teen Center aprroved. |
Children & Youth: Teens |
Waconia Patriot |
2/5/1981 |
7 |
|
| Cities - Waconia |
Waconia City Hall - Old City Hall receives reprieve from wrecking ball. |
Buildings: Government |
Waconia Patriot |
2/5/1981 |
1 |
|
| Schools |
Waconia High School: A closer look - Grade inflation |
Education: High Schools |
Waconia Patriot |
2/19/1981 |
1 |
|
| Sports |
Waconia Lakettes - Danceline claims third straight crown |
Sports & Recreation |
Waconia Patriot |
2/21/1981 |
1 |
|
| Cities - Waconia |
Waconia earns top mill rate position in county. |
Government |
Waconia Patriot |
2/26/1981 |
1 |
|
| Cities - Waconia |
Development Plans: Retail, office space core of CBD proposal. |
Buildings: Industrial |
Waconia Patriot |
3/5/1981 |
1 |
|
| Cities - Waconia |
Development Plans:Townhouses are predicted answer to city's housing needs, say developers & realtor. |
Housing: Residences |
Waconia Patriot |
3/12/1981 |
7 |
|
| Businesses - Waconia |
Waconia State Bank: District court approves charter |
Business & Industry: Financial Institutions |
Waconia Patriot |
3/12/1981 |
1 |
|
| Cities - Waconia |
Waconia assessments task of new assessor. |
Government: Departments and Offices: Assessor's Office |
Waconia Patriot |
3/19/1981 |
1 |
|
| Cities - Waconia |
Council against business, cry pair.(Problems with hanging signs) |
Government: Ordinances |
Waconia Patriot |
4/9/1981 |
1 |
|
| Cities - Waconia |
Development - New restaurant on first base for on-sale license. |
Business & Industry: Restaurants |
Waconia Patriot |
4/9/1981 |
3 |
|
| Cities - Waconia |
Old City Hall - Five doller bill, promise bought Old City Hall. |
Buildings: Government |
Waconia Patriot |
4/9/1981 |
1 |
|
| Organizations - Waconia |
Fire Department - 'Las Vegas Night', legality questions split council vote |
Government: Departments and Offices: Fire Department |
Waconia Patriot |
4/9/1981 |
3 |
|
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