Month: April 2016

As the new president of the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce, a top personal priority has been to hit the road. For six months, I’ve been crisscrossing our great state, asking questions and listening. It

Chaska residents will soon see a change in their electric bills. On Monday night, the council voted to unbundle the electric franchise fee from its rates. The fee, which covers the city’s cost to prov

Volunteers are needed Saturday, May 7 for Christmas in May-Chaska.

The District 112 Foundation has announced five finalists for Eastern Carver County Schools’ 2016 Teacher of the Year.

The answer to last week’s quiz was the covered bridge entryway to Chaska’s Chevalle neighborhood, near the Bavaria Road and Grand Chevalle Parkway intersection.

The Chaska Fire Department hosts its next fire extinguisher servicing 10 a.m.-noon Friday, April 8 at the Chaska Fire Station, 285 Engler Boulevard. (Read more…)

This spring, Chaska High School students will bring to life the children’s fantasy tale, "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe," by C.S. Lewis, adapted for the stage by Joseph Robinette. (Read more…)

The Minnesota Renaissance Festival has scheduled auditions for the 2016 season. They will be on the Renaissance Festival grounds, 12364 Chestnut Blvd., Shakopee, on Saturday, April 23 and May 7 from 1

The public is invited to attend an informational meeting on the County Highway 61/Highway 41 Improvements Project from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 19. (Read more…) The meeting will be held at the Chaska Eve

Mitchell Kilian, the chairman of Ridgeview Medical Center’s Board of Directors, has been appointed to the Minnesota Hospital Association (MHA) Board of Directors.

The Carver County Historical Society recently announced its summer camps.

Waconia-based J. Carver Distillery introduces its first bourbon whiskey on March 15.

Two District 112 eighth-graders have been chosen for the Minnesota Band Directors Association (MBDA) band.

Are you interested in reading the public notices published in the March 31, 2016 print edition of the Chaska Herald newspaper? The page or pages on which those notices were printed are attached to thi

The Chaska Police Department Senior Focus Group sponsors its third annual Senior Expo at the Chaska Event Center on Thursday, April 28.

Average retail gasoline prices in Twin Cities have fallen 8.3 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $1.90 Sunday, according to gasoline price website GasBuddy. (Read more…)com.’s daily survey of 1,106 gas o

Tonight’s Chaska City Council agenda includes:

Crews in helicopters will begin flying alongside transmission lines Monday in Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota to perform inspections for Xcel Energy. The inspections meet federal regulatory c

A OneCommunity event was held March 12 at the Chaska Community Center, to educate our community about the growing issue of homelessness.

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