Month: February 2021

Chaska/Chanhassen, out of competition for more than two weeks due to COVID restrictions, won three of four matches in a return Feb. 18 on the home mats at Chanhassen High School and Feb. 20 at Robbinsdale Armstrong.

WEST Express teammates from Chaska/Chanhassen and Waconia felt right at home at Pioneer Ridge Middle School pool on Feb. 16 in a non-conference dual won by the Storm Hawks 103-69.

Underclassmen Evan Miller and Jake Risch were among eight different goal scorers and 15 skaters to record a point in a 10-3 home win for Chanhassen over Waconia on Feb. 16.

Brynn Dulac and Carly Greene stole the show for Minnetonka and Benilde-St. Margaret on Feb. 13, combining for 50 saves in a 1-0 Red Knight victory.

In February our nation celebrates and honors “Black history and the richness of diversity.”

Eighty-three-year-old Nancy Harrison has ventured outside the one-bedroom apartment she shares with her son in Chaska precisely four times since March 14 of last year.

On Thursday, Feb. 11, I took a shortcut through the Kohl’s parking lot in Chaska, not realizing the entire parking lot had not been snow-plowed. I became stuck in the snow, unable to move my car.

Human trafficking, specifically youth commercial sex trafficking, is one of the fastest growing crimes in the world.

I’m back, and this month I’m here to talk about something that certainly hangs around me quite a bit. All the free time I have that’s come with online school.

One of my favorite authors, Charles Dickens, wrote “Oliver Twist.” It takes place in England, published in 1838. It was a time of a great divide between the wealthy and the poor.

Florida heat. Minnesota cold. Rain, snow, and shine. Morning, noon, between elementary school classes, and night.

Are you feeling overwhelmed in any areas of your life? If you’re like many people, the stress of what’s going on in the world, and maybe in your life too, has contributed to feelings of being overwhelmed.

Sled Dog Sundays have been an annual tradition the last four years at Birch’s on the Lake Brewhouse and Supper Club in Long Lake.

Students will be welcomed back to in-person hybrid learning this month, District 112 Superintendent Lisa Sayles-Adams said in a statement Wednesday.

Middle and high schools in Minnesota will be allowed to fully reopen as early as Monday under new guidance from Gov. Tim Walz, even if county coronavirus case rates remain high.

Carver County Library plans to expand “grab-and-go” services at the Chaska branch by the end of February. This will allow residents a short, safe library visit with limited building capacity to check out materials while keeping interactions with staff at…

The Arts Consortium of Carver County is calling for local and surrounding-area agriculturalists and farmers to share photos of their artistic creations.

Lulu, born June 10, 2011, is a super sweet senior gal who loves attention. She is very mellow, and just wants to be around her people all day long. She’s kind of a talker, but will then roll over and…

Robin Gordon described her first 30 days in District 112 as an “very exciting, collaborative, amazing opportunity.” The new Equity and Inclusion director, though, is ready to get to work, she said at school board workshop presentation on Feb. 8.

Chanhassen led Bloomington Jefferson 2-0 in the first meeting of the 2021 boys hockey season, the final score 5-2 in favor of the Jaguars.