Month: February 2016

The Chaska community blood drive will be held at the Chaska VFW from noon to 6 p.m. Monday, Feb. (Read more…) 22.

It seems from what I read in the letters to the editor, some people seem to think that working in the area and a 30-plus year history in Carver County is what is necessary to be our state senator. Don

First, thank you Rachel Rex for your well-written letter ("Trees replaced by monolithic eyesore," Jan. 28).

Last summer, coming into the seventh year of Republican efforts to regain the presidency, I began to look for a more objective way to measure how well Obama is doing.

Eighteen wins in a row.

Will it flood this spring?

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Outshot 10-2 in the first period, Chanhassen was given a second chance, down only a goal into the middle stanza of a Section 2AA Boys Hockey quarterfinal Feb. 18 against Prior Lake at Dakotah Arena.

The Carver Black Sox spring bingo event has been cancelled for this year. Please come and support the team at home games this spring at Woody Swanson Field.

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A fire that engulfed a detached apartment garages in Victoria is believed to have ignited after a gasoline spill in one of the garages, according to the Carver County Sheriff’s Office.

Above-average temperatures are expected in the Twin Cities area for the next several days, but is it mosquito season?

The Chaska Curling Center complex has blown away the city’s expectations for both visitors and revenue since opening Dec. 2.

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Dexi Maxa admits she probably should have skipped her morning shower Saturday.

At their Tuesday meeting, the City Council was presented with additional details on the structural conditions that led to the indefinite closure of Village Hall on February 11th. Last Thursday, the City’s Building Official, Mark Pistulka, deemed Village Hall an “UNSAFE STRUCTURE” due to steel beam deflections (or sag) that make up part of the building’s roof system.  Carl Osberg, a structural engineer with WSB, was also on hand to provide the City Council with additional analysis and answer questions related to the existing structural condition of Village Hall. (Read more…)

WSB prepared a proposal for the City of Carver to provide a complete structural building assessment for both City Hall and Village Hall for $14,932.50.  The City Council has requested the following be prepared, prior to making a decision to move forward with performing the building assessment.

1. Opinion of Probable Costs to Repair Village Hall – WSB will prepare an opinion of repair costs based on a visual inspection of Village Hall.  The policy question relates to the relationship between the cost of the building assessment ($14,932.50) and an estimated cost range to repair the roof and other possible structural deficiencies with Village Hall.  The City Council may consider not moving forward with the building assessment should they collectively determine that any significant repairs needed to Village Hall would not be economically or otherwise viable.
2. Assessment of the Common Wall of Village Hall and City Hall – WSB will assess the structural condition of the common wall between Village Hall and City Hall.  In addition, WSB will review potential risks to the public, staff, and others occupying City Hall, should the roof structure of Village Hall collapse.
3. Research Costs to Demolish Village Hall – Staff will obtain quotes to demolish the building, should the City Council ultimately determine it’s not viable to repair Village Hall.
4. Comprehensive Structural Building Assessment – The Building Official and Public Services Director will review and visually assess all City of Carver buildings for potential structural deficiencies.

The City Council will be discussing this issue at their next meeting on Monday, March 7 at 7:00 pm.

Carver Village Hall has been declared unsafe and closed indefinitely because of a weakened roof that could collapse.

Bob Proulx had just fallen asleep when he heard someone pounding on his apartment door, shouting to get out, there was a fire.

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.

Minnesota’s precinct caucuses will be held Tuesday, March 1, 2016, at 7:00 p.m.  Look up caucus locations using the Minnesota Secretary of State Caucus Finder at http://caucusfinder. (Read more…)sos.state.mn.us

The Caucus Finder works like the polling place finder, and provides the precinct caucus locations for the Republican and Democratic-Farmer-Labor parties. If the party has not yet provided a caucus location for a particular precinct, the user can click on a link to be taken to the party’s website for contact information.