“ There are just 600 left,” Kathy Norton announces with urgency, as she affectionately pats an air mattress with a well-manicured hand and smiles into the camera.

Ariana Oakley said she expected that competing in the March 10 Minnesota ProStart Invitational would be like the food cooking shows “Chopped” or “MasterChef.”

While the northern suburbs of the Twin Cities metropolitan area have seen no snow or just a trace, the southern metro is getting socked with more than a foot expected.

The Hennepin County Medical Examiner announced Wednesday that Martise Windom — the missing man from Savage who was found in a holding pond earlier this month — died of drowning.

The Chaska American Legion Auxiliary Unit 57 sponsors its 64th annual Easter Egg Hunt in City Square Park in downtown Chaska promptly at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 26. (Read more…)

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.

The additions to Clover Ridge and Victoria elementary school are closer to becoming reality.

On this date in history, the Herald reported:

The path and timing of a winter storm has changed again, and the Twin Cities metropolitan area is under a winter-weather advisory and is likely to receive 2 to 6 inches of snow starting Wednesday afte

Low ridership has led to the suspension of suburb-to-suburb bus service between Shakopee and Maple Grove that started in January. The Suburban Transit Association (STA) said it will suspend service on

The Chaska City Council approved a 77-unit mixed-housing development for northern Chaska Monday night.

The body of a 26-year-old man was recovered from the Minnesota River near the I-35W bridge in Bloomington Tuesday, March 22, according to the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office.

 REMINDER FROM THE UTILITY BILLING DEPARTMENT:  The May 1, 2016, bill will have the new monthly sewer charge.  They will be adjusted to reflect the average water usage for January, February, and March.  

John B. Goodman, author, speaker and chairman of The Goodman Group, died Sunday, March 20, from complications following a heart attack, according to a company press release.

Last team standing, that was the University of St. Thomas Men’s Basketball team Saturday, which defeated Bendictine of Illinois 82-76 in Salem, Va. for the Division III title. (Read more…)

The Chaska Speech team split this week and traveled to two different tournaments, the Rosebowl tournament at Roseville High School and the Robbinsdale Invitational at Robbinsdale Cooper High School.

Scott Jensen, a former local chairman of the Republican Party and former school board member in Waconia School District, received the Republican endorsement to seek the State Senate District 47 seat a