Month: February 2021

When you drive by the massive Rahr Corporation plant on the northwest edge of Shakopee, you may think you’ve hit the end of suburban development. The five-by-two-block campus looks like a grain elevator — seemingly out of place with the…

Remember the beginning of quarantine? Back when everyone was attempting to make sourdough bread, learning a new instrument or trying a new workout routine?

Stan Tekiela couldn’t stay away from the outdoors.

The meet score 86-85 into the final race, the 400-yard freestyle relay, it was a winner-take-all race between Minnetonka and host Eden Prairie on Feb. 5.

A few times in recent years Minnetonka and Eden Prairie have held each other to single digits on the football gridiron. A 9-5 score on Feb. 6 resembled more that than hockey.

Chanhassen kicked, scrapped, fought, to pull within five points of a talented Wayzata squad Feb. 5 in the first half.

Chaska failed to score 60 points in seven of the nine meetings with Bloomington Jefferson between the 2016-17 and 2019-20 seasons. The Jaguars have been able to frustrate the Hawks more than any other Metro West Conference team.

Bryan Edward Ellinger, a 31-year-old Shakopee man, was charged last week with three counts criminal sexual conduct in Scott County District Court after allegedly engaging in sexual conduct with a minor who once worked for him at the popular Halloween…

Are you interested in reading the public notices published in the February 4, 2021 print edition of the Chaska Herald newspaper? The page or pages on which those notices were printed are attached to this item, in the form of…

With St. Louis Park not racing, it was a two-team showdown for first place in a Metro West Conference Nordic Ski event at Elm Creek Reserve on Feb. 4.

School leaders should give all students the same safety protocols and opportunities. They should be a voice for logic and equality rather than hypocrisy and bias. COVID doesn’t care about fair — as a parent, I expect our district to…

Chaska/Chanhassen played into the third period with two of the top-five teams in Class AA. After a 1-3 start, the Storm Hawks are putting together more complete games, winners of three straight.

I just read the Jan. 14 issue of the Herald.

Post-season section and state tournaments for winter high school athletics in Minnesota are a go for March and early April.

Post-season section and state tournaments for winter high school athletics in Minnesota are a go for March and early April.

Cole Zwiefel watched from the bleachers as Chaska reeled off eight regular season wins, claiming the No. 1 spot in the rankings in 2017. He wanted to be just like that team.

Cole Zwiefel watched from the bleachers as Chaska reeled off eight regular season wins, claiming the No. 1 spot in the rankings in 2017. He wanted to be just like that team.

Led by top three all-around performers Reese Norbie, Brenna Johnson and Lauren Wosje, Chaska/Chanhassen gymnastics defeated Waconia 131.250-116.425 at Chanhassen High School on Feb. 2.