Waconia

Former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords, a gun violence survivor, was part of a panel in Waconia, featuring Gov. Tim Walz, discussing ways to tackle gun violence.

Severe storms spawned reports of up to six tornadoes in Carver and Scott counties after midnight, which uprooted trees and tore down branches in the Waconia area.

There are hundreds of thousands of snowmobiles in the greater Twin Cities metro area, but so far this winter, there has not been enough snow to ride them around the cities.

FOX 9 recognized a Waconia educator as a "Top Teacher" on Wednesday.

Cats in Waconia can no longer roam free after the city passed an ordinance on Monday requiring cats to abide by some of the same provisions as dogs.

A 13-year-old Waconia girl says she is disappointed and upset after a bank closed her savings account and sent the hundreds of dollars in it to the state of Minnesota.

He wanted a way to practice hockey during the summer. But, at the age of 19, St. Louis Park native Scott Olson ended up reinventing skating with Rollerblades.

Encore served thousands of clients over the years; providing a social arena for otherwise isolated seniors. But Encore was one of a dying breed of its type of day-time senior-focused facility, and now it’s the latest local way of life impacted by the pandemic.

An attempted robbery of a McDonald’s in Waconia led police to recovering a ghost gun.

The generosity of a young trick-or-treater in Waconia, Minnesota, didn't go unnoticed thanks to a woman's door camera.