Month: January 2016

Chaska High School students recently received an up-close and personal look at the world of snocross.

Chanhassen Dinner Theatres (CDT) has entered into a project agreement with local design team to update the theater’s public areas, according to a CDT release. The project will be parceled in stages, w

Average retail gasoline prices in the Twin Cities have fallen 8.1 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $1.73 per gallon yesterday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 1,106 gas outlets in

Get ready for some winter fun.

Leading at halftime in six straight games, producing only one victory, Southwest Christian went with a different approach Saturday at New Life Academy.

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

Two championship titles led Chaska/Chanhassen, despite four open weights, to a fifth-place team finish of 18 competing teams in the East Ridge Ruckus in Woodbury Saturday.

Carver County Regional Parks offer opportunities to ski, walk, run, sled, snowshoe, ice fish, walk the dog and more.

Used mattresses can now be brought to the Carver County Environmental Center for proper disposal.

Assistant captain for the Under-18 U.S. Women’s Hockey National team, Presley Norby was on the ice as teammate Natalie Snodgrass of Eastview High School buried the overtime game-winner in a 3-2 win in

Infectious diseases pose a real threat to public health because unvaccinated adults leave both themselves and others around them vulnerable to dangerous diseases. Yet, many adults have no idea they ne

-Due to extreme cold weather/windchill, the Warming House will NOT be open today.

Carver County kicked off the new year with a new look to its website. The county’s new website at www.co. (Read more…)carver.mn.us contains more news features, online services, interactive maps and calendars.

Chaska’s 88-47 win over Bloomington Kennedy coupled with Robbinsdale Cooper’s loss to St. Louis Park vaulted the Hawks into a three-way tie atop the Metro West Conference on Jan. 15. (Read more…)

Trailing by two points at halftime, Chaska found just enough offense in the second half to improve to 3-0 in the Metro West Conference, winning on the road at Bloomington Kennedy 49-47 on Jan. 15.

On Jan. 13, the Chaska Community Center and The Lodge celebrated with a Honey Bear Breakfast and awarded $6,000 to Chaska nonprofits.

Pets of the Week

An advisory has been issued for most of central and southern Minnesota late Friday night as dangerous wind chills are expected.

Are you interested in reading the public notices published in the January 14, 2016 print edition of the Chaska Herald newspaper? The page or pages on which those notices were printed are attached to t

I find it interesting that Jim Weygand wants citizens to become involved, but only lists two extremely liberal organizations — Common Cause and League of Women Voters ("The Responsibility of Being a