Month: January 2016

With just eight inches of ice on Firemen’s Clayhole and temperatures predicted to be in the 30s this weekend, the Chaska Fire Department has made the decision to cancel the fishing portion of the annu

I t would be a Herculean task to list all of the good deeds accomplished by the Chaska Rotary Club since its inception in 1961.

From a new brewery to a new elementary school to a much-anticipated dog park, 2016 holds the potential for several new and notable developments in Chaska and Carver.

The archaeologists labored for months in muddy, flooding pits, often in sub-zero weather. Fragment by fragment, they carefully unearthed and catalogued thousands of artifacts.

At their meeting on Monday, the City Council received a report from staff on work recently completed by the Rental License Task Force.  Ultimately, the City Council decided not to move forward with a program or an ordinance at this time.  The Task Force did not provide a recommendation related to the draft ordinance that was provided for review to the City Council. (Read more…)  To view a summary of the draft ordinance and the work conducted by the Task Force click here.  

The City Council thanked the Task Force members for their work and noted that the draft ordinance and corresponding program could be considered again at some point in the future.

The next neighborhood watch meeting is on February 2 at 7:00 pm in the lower gym.  After that, the next meeting will be March 1 also at 7:00 pm in the lower gym.

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For any additional information or questions please contact Michael Quinn at 952-479-7324 or Deputy Greg Gowan at 952-361-1231.

I f you’re headed down the cereal aisle at your local grocery store, don’t be surprised if you see a familiar face gazing back at you from a Wheaties box.

Each week we publish a detail of a local landmark. The next week we identify the landmark. Do you know where the heck this is? (Read more…) Send us your guess.

A Chaska man is among 12 U.S. Marines missing following the crash of two helicopters off the coast of Hawaii. (Read more…)

On this date in history, the Herald reported:

For a while this hockey season, six victories to reach 100 all-time wins for the Holy Family Catholic/Waconia girls program, and its Head Coach Ryan Rice, was a long shot.

Robbinsdale Cooper scored the first 15 points of a Metro West Conference contest at home with Chaska Tuesday.

Holy Family Catholic recorded its first Wright County Conference victory of the season, defeating Delano 49-45 in Victoria on Tuesday.

The Animal Humane Society said it removed 23 adult dogs and 24 puppies from a hog barn in rural Carver County earlier this month.

A 12-person jury found a Chaska man guilty of a felony offense for violating an order for protection.

Amazon.com’s 820,000-square-foot fulfillment center in Shakopee, which broke ground in late 2015, has reached some construction milestones including the completed installation of the building’s walls

For several months a group of residents, tenants, landlords, and other stakeholders have discussed the concept of a license and inspection program for rental dwellings in the City of Carver.  Rental dwellings can be as common as an apartment unit, but can also be a townhouse or single-family home that is rented. Although not a formal recommendation, the work of this Task Force has led to the the creation of a draft ordinance that would establish a rental license and inspection program in Carver. (Read more…)

The City Council will hear a report on the Task Force’s work at their meeting tonight at 7 pm.  The Council will decide tonight whether or not to move forward with placing the draft ordinance on a future agenda to be considered for adoption or to effectively say “no” to moving forward the idea by not scheduling it for future action.

For more information on the Task Force’s work click here.

The correct answer to last week’s quiz was Good & Twisted Yoga, at 1018 Gateway Drive, Chaska.