Month: February 2021

If Chanhassen’s Feb. 2 contest with Bloomington Kennedy felt like déjà vu, it’s because it sort of was.

No. 2 vs No. 3 in the state in girls hockey clashed Feb. 2 at Braemar Arena. And while host Edina opened a 2-0 lead through one period, it was a third-period winner that led the Hornets to a 3-2…

Sandwiched between facing No. 1 Hopkins and two top-10 caliber teams in Eden Prairie and St. Michael-Albertville was Edina for sixth-ranked Minnetonka.

A career-high 17 points from Jake Kirsch helped Holy Family Catholic defeat host Jordan in a Wright County Conference match-up, 57-55, on Feb. 2.

Ken Novak Jr. reacted exactly the way you’d expect the 39-year veteran boys basketball coach at Hopkins High School would.

Winter continues in Minnesota and at the library. We have Winter Reads for adults through the end of February and we continue to offer winter programming for all ages online.

It’s the middle of winter yet Chaska city officials are hoping for chillier, cloudier days.

If anything is certain during the pandemic, it’s that consumer habits can quickly change, demand can lead to shortages and supply can be low for things as commonplace as freezers.

In a typical school year, authors and illustrators Trisha Speed Shaskan and Stephen Shaskan would visit between 30 and 40 elementary schools across Minnesota.

A total of 2,300 pounds of common carp were removed from Upper Prior Lake last week.

Approximately 1,000 pounds of common carp were removed from Upper Prior Lake last week.

There are certain parts of a basketball game that don’t make it into the box score. Diving on the ground for a loose ball. Tipped passes defensively. Most involve hustle.

Almost three years after its sudden shutdown, Golf Zone in Chanhassen is officially coming back under new ownership and is set to open in March.

Leading her first-grade class across the frozen Mississippi to escape boarding school.

The Chaska Speech Team competed at the annual Eden Prairie Eagle Invitational on Jan. 30.

Carver County COVID-19 statistics, provided by Eric Sieger, county communications manager on Feb. 1:

The Southern Valley Alliance is highlighting the prevalence and impact of dating violence on teens during February.

The 29th Annual Carver County Dairy Expo will be held on Monday, Feb. 15, 2021 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. delivered via a free Zoom webinar.

“Change” is the theme of the 2021 Arts Consortium of Carver County Poetry Contest.

The Minnesota Landscape Arboretum is giving teachers two free tickets to visit the Arboretum in March.