Month: September 2017

September 18, 2017

Update #17 – September 15, 2017

U.S. Rep. Erik Paulsen, R-Minnesota, honored Wayzata Police Officer Bill Mathews on the House floor, Wednesday, Sept. 14.

U.S. Rep. Erik Paulsen, R-Minnesota, honored Wayzata Police Officer Bill Mathews on the House floor, Wednesday, Sept. 14.

Ten months since election report: Mrs. Hillary Clinton was the choice of American people. The electoral college system should have been eliminated before any of us were born.

Ten months since election report: Mrs. Hillary Clinton was the choice of American people. The electoral college system should have been eliminated before any of us were born.

Authorities received a report of a dead animal that turned out to be a bald eagle on Highway 212 westbound near the Jonathan Carver Parkway junction in Chaska.

It’s been reported that U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis from Florida is likely filing an amendment to a House spending bill to effectively cut off funding to Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into the Trump-Russia collusion.

Melting pot? I think not.

An “orange category” air quality alert for the Twin Cities metro is in effect from noon till 8 p.m. for the second day in a row.

For 40 Chanhassen High School seniors, the feeling of hoisting the Jug above their head, posing for a picture for mom’s cell phones, pretending to drink from it, was a moment they’ll never forget Oct. 7, 2016.

Dylan Schaefer, competing for the second time in three days, wasn’t fazed by 90-degree heat, leading Chaska with a ninth-place finish in the Hutchinson Invitational Sept. 14 at Lake Marion Park.

Chaska and Chanhassen each won 7-0 in Metro West Conference matches Sept. 14, setting up a showdown next Tuesday to see which team will join Benilde-St. Margaret and St. Louis Park in the league’s top-three.

In the annual Battle for the Paddle, the last one with Southwest Christian exiting the MCAA Conference in 2018, the Stars volleyball team dominated to a 4-0 start in league play.

A Metro West Conference with only one boys soccer team without a loss — Bloomington Jefferson — it’s anyone’s title.

A Metro West Conference with only one boys soccer team without a loss — Bloomington Jefferson — it’s anyone’s title.

Facing a top Metro West Conference contender in the City of St. Louis Park for the second time in three days, Chanhassen finished the sweep, scoring three times in the second half in a 3-1 win Sept. 14.

Facing a top Metro West Conference contender in the City of St. Louis Park for the second time in three days, Chanhassen finished the sweep, scoring three times in the second half in a 3-1 win Sept. 14.

An estimated 1,900 members of law enforcement showed up for the funeral of Wayzata Police Officer Bill Mathews on Sept. 14. The procession went from Wayzata Free Church in Plymouth to Summit Park Cemetery in Wayzata.

Updated at 11:12 a.m. Friday