Month: May 2018

Miller Sampson spent most of the 2017 boys tennis season earning victories at third or fourth singles, or third doubles.

The southwest metro’s must-know stories of the week:

Nine top-five individual finishes including a pair of victories on the track highlighted Holy Family Catholic’s day at the Catholic Schools Invitational May 4 at St. Thomas Academy in Mendota Heights.

Ridgeview Medical Center has hired Alvaro Sanchez, MD, as its first chief medical officer.

Chaska Valley Family Theatre is holding an early round of special auditions for its September production of “The Wonders,” a brand-new play about a 1960s garage band that makes it big.

The Chaska Police Department and ValueCare Veterinary Clinic host the annual low-cost animal wellness clinic, 4-8 p.m. May 15 at Valley Evangelical Free Church, 150 Engler Boulevard.

Elizabeth Stanger and John Starkey just seem to keep getting better and better.

Five victories, on and off the track, led the Southwest Christian boys track and field team to an impressive finish at the Spartan Invitational in Orono May 3.

As usual, Twitter continues to deliver little nuggets of hilarity, so here are seven tweets of the week — one for every day so you can save them for yourself as a little treat if you’d like.

Three-year-old Lennox Salcedo is gaining more attention for the home run he scored in the Walnut Pony Baseball League game in Walnut, California than would be expected after a video of his dramatic “run” from third base was posted to Twitter by the boy’s mother. 

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A one-goal contest late in the first half, Chaska needed a little breathing room headed into the intermission.

Between thirty-six holes of golf, Chaska showed on both May 4 and 5 the caliber of golf in the boys program.

A little more than three years ago, the Carver City Council gave approval for the project to build Carver Crossing, an affordable housing project.

Memorialized by books, movies, statues and stuffed animals, Secretariat is probably one of America’s best-known horses, becoming a Triple Crown winner in 1973 after breaking several records and capturing the public’s imagination.

Jonathan Carver Parkway re-opened at 1 p.m. Friday, but the Minnesota River flood warning near Jordan and Savage continues.

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Looking for some news that will put a smile on your face instead of make you want to hit the “angry” reaction button on Facebook? 

Kasey Ralston led Holy Family Catholic to a Class AA State Championship title, signing with Indiana University.

I am writing in response to an article from a writer who suggested that voters should embrace Rep. Erik Paulsen for his support of recent tax cuts while warning that any support of Democrats in the mid-term elections would result in the stifling of the truth about what is happening in Washington (“Candidate will follow marching orders,” April 19).