Month: January 2018

On paper, the outcome between Minnetonka and Eden Prairie seemed to be within a match or two. The two top teams in Section 6AAA meeting to start the 2018 schedule.

Recently, AARP completed a report on the “Framework for Isolation in Adults Over 50.” The report defines isolation as the experience of diminished social connectedness stemming from a process whereby the impact of risk factors outweighs the impact of existing protective factors.

MINNETONKA — Minnehaha Creek Watershed District Administrator Lars Erdahl is planning to step down from his position as district administrator.

The beginning of a new year is a great time to reflect on new beginnings.

County officials are kicking off the new year with a slew of projects in mind, including roads and a new library.

A s the new year begins, road construction will commence with the thawing of snow and the city will continue to hash out plans for downtown redevelopment.

A year of planning and construction is ahead for the city of Carver.

Join the Carver Lions for the 9th Annual Soggy Bottom Golf Tournament on Saturday, January 27, 11 a.m. – 2 p.m., Riverside Park.

Bring one golf club, hockey stick, or whatever else you would like to hit a tennis ball with.  Food and beverages will be available for purchase at the park.  Ages 12+.  Under 18 years of age requires parent/guardian supervision.  Heated tent, bonfire, music, and door prizes!

Registration fee:  $20/person.   Proceeds go to the Carver area community.  A Soggy Bottom signature stocking cap is included with your registration fee.

Contact the Carver Lions at carvermnlions@gmail.com for more information.

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.

When watching the line of Jack Bayless-Bobby Brink-Teddy Lagerback for Minnetonka, the first thing that stands out is the teamwork. The trio is always making the extra pass.

We made it! The Twin Cities metro has woken up to temperatures at, or teetering above, zero degrees. 

CHASKA — More details have been released about the Dec. 22 death of Jeffrey John Golnick, 40, of Chaska, following an officer-involved shooting in Gilbert, Minnesota.

More details have been released about the Dec. 22 death of Jeffrey John Golnick, 40, of Chaska, following an officer-involved shooting in Gilbert, Minnesota.

January starts and ends with full “supermoons” — one on New Year’s Day and one on the 31st.

HANOVER — A Waconia man is dead and two are injured following a car crash at 109th Avenue North on the bridge over the Crow River in Hanover around noon Dec. 27.

The correct answer to last week’s quiz was Aeration Industries International at 4100 Peavey Road, Chaska.

Jan. 4, 1900: Good maple wood was commanding five dollars per cord last week and still the supply was short. Our wood supply is gradually running short and it will be but a few years hence when we will have to use coal.