Waconia Patriot

Something foul in standards for septic systems? A commissioner says Carver County is not living up to its own rules that require costly upgrades.(NEWS)
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 9/27/2009; 1253 words; ...ballroom it bought at a park near Lake Waconia. "It's hypocritical," said...purchase, part of an upgrade to the Waconia Regional Park system, say Workman...purchase, wrote a letter to the Waconia Patriot last month saying that the ballroom...

Waconia's council approves firing of public works official; Drew Anderson was once well-regarded at City Hall, but a report of an old rape conviction stirred up other issues.(NEWS)
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 9/9/2009; 862 words; ...MARQUEZ ESTRADA; STAFF WRITER The Waconia City Council voted unanimously...reporter. The reporter from the Waconia Patriot wrote an article in late July that...years after he went to work for Waconia, Anderson was arrested and pleaded...

WACONIA, WORKER SEEK DEAL; The City Council will enter settlement negotiations to end the employment of its embattled public utilities director.(NEWS)
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 8/27/2009; 1039 words; ...testimony and many moments of drama, Waconia and its embattled public utilities...revealed on the front page of the Waconia Patriot. Just as the council seemed ready...that Anderson made July 24 of a Waconia city employee talking to the reporter...

Bar is raised for Waconia to fire public utilities chief; As it tried to decide the fate of convicted rapist Drew Anderson, the City Council found that, as a vet, different rules apply to him.(NEWS)
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 8/25/2009; 1017 words; ...determine the fate of Drew Anderson, Waconia's embattled public utilities director...recording that Anderson made July 24 of a Waconia city employee talking to a newspaper reporter for the Waconia Patriot. Last month, that same reporter wrote...

Effort to fire worker called `witch hunt'; Drew Anderson said that Waconia officials knew about his rape conviction.(NEWS)
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 8/18/2009; 1074 words; ...another supervisor talking with the Waconia Patriot newspaper reporter who broke the...years after he went to work for Waconia, Anderson was arrested and pleaded...Administrator Bruce Eisenhauer on city of Waconia letterhead. In the letter, Eisenhauer...