Council makes commission appointments

The Chaska City Council made appointments to the city’s various commissions at Monday night’s meeting. Each of the city’s four commissions had between three and five open positions to fill. Commission

Speech team places third

The Chaska Speech team competed in a tournament in Eden Prairie on Saturday, placing 3rd out of 26 teams. Team members netted 25 finals, with four individuals placing first in their respective categor

Pedestrian Bridge Crossing Spring Creek Coming Soon

Bridge and CraneThe pedestrian bridge crossing Spring Creek in Carver for Carver County’s MN River Bluffs Regional Trail Extension Project will be delivered and assembled the week of February 15, 2016.  Prior to the bridge being delivered, the contractor will be assembling cranes on or about February 11, 2016, that will be needed to set the bridge.

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For the location of the bridge, please see the map below.

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Gasoline below $1.80 nationally

Average retail gasoline prices in the Twin Cities have fallen 1 cent per gallon in the past week, averaging $1.63 per gallon yesterday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 1,106 gas outlets in the

‘Timeless Beauty’ at the Arboretum

Featuring six displays and 30 different cultivars, the “Timeless Beauty’’ orchid display will bring a tropical, exotic aura to the Arboretum’s Great Hall and the Snyder Building’s Meyer-Deats Conserva

The great monarch migration

On my recent trip to California to photograph bobcats (see my last column) I had a chance to fulfill a lifelong dream of seeing and photographing clusters of wintering monarch butterflies. We had chec

City Council to Consider Redevelopment Process

At their meeting tonight, the City Council will consider taking the first step in the redevelopment process for the recently acquired 920 6th St. W.  In short, the City Council will review a process that would start with the Planning Commission developing a “Request For Proposal” document to solicit projects for the approximately four (4) acre property. (Read more…)

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