A busload of fifth-graders from Southview Elementary School piled onto the ice of Lake Waconia, scooting, sprinting and walking en masse to an array of fish shanties. Inside those heated shelters, ...

Around 125 Frozen Fairway golfers braved icy winds blowing across frozen Lake Waconia on Jan. 25 to raise funds for Waconia ...

Dean Hilgers first became fascinated with the Waconia property when growing up in that town. He remembers seeing it on his newspaper route at age 10, and stopping his bike to gaze at the land.