Month: May 2018

Emergency crews responded to a crash at the Highway 41 and Second Street intersection in downtown Chaska Thursday afternoon.

Daytime lane closures will take place, and traffic will be controlled by a flagging operation in both directions of Highway 41 near the Union Pacific Railroad tracks north of Dem Con Drive beginning at 8 a.m. Friday, May 11.

Carver Fire Department presents its spring safety bike rodeo from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 19, at Carver Fire Station, 801, Jonathan Carver Pkwy, Carver.

Downtown Chaska is going to have a new look.

The weather this weekend will start out rainy, but will clear up by Sunday in time for friends and families to plan a little fun in the sun.

The skies cleared up and the rain went away in time for Taste of Chaska on May 9.

Food insecurity remains a year-round challenge for many families, especially during summer when kids are not participating in school breakfast and lunch programs.

So Interstate 35W between downtown Minneapolis and the Crosstown Commons pretty much will be a construction nightmare from June forward. Plus, state Highway 7 is under construction, too. How will motorists from the southwest metro get downtown with these thoroughfares limited? Here are five alternative routes.

“Origami in the Garden,” which recently opened at the Arboretum, has toured the country and includes collaborations from some of the world’s greatest origami masters.

May 10, 1962: The newest innovation in dry cleaning — coin operated dry cleaning machine — makes its official debut in Chaska this weekend. Staging a gala three-day Grand Opening in the former Werner Studio building is Cy’s Coin Operated Dry Cleaning — owned by Chaska businessman Cyril Leivermann.

Want a great way to celebrate Mother’s Day?

American Indian culture will be celebrated later this month.

Mandi

A Victoria City Council dispute has reached the highest level of the state’s judicial branch, the Minnesota Supreme Court.

For those planning to attend the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum’s annual Auxiliary Plant Sale this Saturday and Sunday in Chanhassen, make sure to note its new location.

EP PLAYERS WOMEN’S ONE ACTS

While investigating the death of Prince Rogers Nelson, the Carver County Sheriff’s Office fielded calls from psychics, fans and some claiming to be relatives.

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.

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