Month: August 2017

In light of recent comments in this editorial section, I am compelled to utilize this forum to speak up for those who cannot and turn attention from a criminal to the young, voiceless victims of sexual exploitation.

Community Blood Drive sponsored by Carver Lions

Chaska VFW, 620 Creek Road, Chaska

Monday, August 21, 2017
12:00 pm to 6:00 p.m.

Please call 1-800-RED-CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or visit redcrossblood.org to schedule an appointment.  Sponsor Code = Carver Village.

Questions:  Contact Joanne @ 952-361-6266

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Community Blood Drive sponsored by Carver Lions

Chaska VFW, 620 Creek Road, Chaska

Monday, August 21, 2017
12:00 pm to 6:00 p.m.

Please call 1-800-RED-CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or visit redcrossblood.org to schedule an appointment.  Sponsor Code = Carver Village.

Questions:  Contact Joanne @ 952-361-6266

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Are you interested in reading the public notices published in the August 10, 2017 print edition of the Chaska Herald newspaper? The page or pages on which those notices were printed are attached to this item, in the form of…

EXCELSIOR — A Savage author has penned a book about the history of the amusement park in Excelsior. In it, he addresses the closing of the park.

*Please note:  construction work scheduled for Saturday, August 12

For all 2017 Improvement Project Construction updates, click HERE

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The Carver Black Sox have qualified for the Minnesota Amateur Baseball State Tournament!

The Black Sox will play a seeding game on Saturday, August 12, at 12:30 p.m. in New Germany.

The State Tournament begins on Thursday, August 19, in Green Isle, Hamburg and Norwood.  The Black Sox’s first tournament game will be determined after the Region 7 games conclude this weekend.

Visit carverblacksox.com and crvlbaseball.com for more info and tournament schedules.

A Level 3 predatory offender is moving to Eden Prairie.

Chaska councilors approved, 4-0, issuing a sale of $7.2 million in bonds for various electric projects, including the construction of a new substation, Aug. 7.

Protesters who have been trying to get 2nd Congressional District Rep. Jason Lewis’s attention got it last night.

Protesters who have been trying to get 2nd Congressional District Rep. Jason Lewis’s attention got it last night.

I f Gary Skartvedt would have turned his head a little more at a four-way stop 68 years ago, he would have gotten 100 percent on his driving test.

The number of titles in Carver County Library’s downloadable eBooks, eAudiobooks, and eMagazines collections have expanded appreciably in the last couple of years.

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? Send us your guess.

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? Send us your guess.

Jay Woller could say that being an educator is in his blood.

The Carver County Sheriff’s Office, University of Minnesota and Westwood Community Church will conduct a joint public safety training exercise 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 15, at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum in Chanhassen.

The Carver City Council decided Monday to pay extra to hire a Minneapolis company to manage construction of a new City Hall.

The Carver County Sheriff’s Office is accepting applications for its Citizens Academy.