Month: July 2021

Jake Schramm has been awarded Three Rivers Park District’s Distinguished Volunteer Service Award for his service as a Youth Volunteer and Program Assistant at Lowry Nature Center in Victoria.

The next Cars and Caves Auto Show offers visitors a chance to see hundreds of unique collector cars, from 8 a.m.-noon, Saturday, July 31 at the Chanhassen AutoPlex, 8150 Audubon Road, Chanhassen.

Jacob Pedersen was late to the golf game, quitting baseball in high school, picking up golf full-time. The decision proved to be a birdie as the Shorewood native was part of the 2017 Minnetonka state championship team.

Jacob Pedersen was late to the golf game, quitting baseball in high school, picking up golf full-time. The decision proved to be a birdie as the Shorewood native was part of the 2017 Minnetonka state championship team.

Memorial Blood Centers will be at Chaska River City Days, from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, July 24.

The wide diversity of birds on earth should be a reminder to us all that the natural world is a place where life takes all shapes, colors and forms.

I have, for the last six or seven years, purchased $20 worth of school supplies from Target on its first school supplies sale to donate to Jonathan Elementary School.

Carver’s inaugural Farmers Market got off to a warm and impressive start on July 13, just what Angie Fredricks was hoping for.

Oct. 22, 1989 was a date that rocked my generation of parents. Jacob Wetterling, an 11-year-old boy from St. Joseph, Minnesota, was kidnapped while riding bikes with his brother and friends. Having school-age children at that time, this tragic event…

It may still be summer but the fall season will be here before you know it and that means one of Minnesota’s favorite fall traditions — the Sever’s Fall Festival — will be returning with plenty of family fun activities…

One of my many hobbies is to sit on my deck and look at the circumpolar stars.

Ted Hajnasiewicz has been playing music in one form or another since his sophomore year of high school, always holding the dream of being a rock star in the back of his mind. As he grew up, it became more…

Ben Garcia was swimming with a friend at the Commons Beach in Excelsior on Lake Minnetonka on the afternoon of July 1 when the two began struggling in the water.

Carver County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to the following calls. This is not a complete list of incidents.

I recently read a letter detailing how cities like Victoria were built on Christian principles, and while this is undoubtedly true, our church and state should remain separate.

When Dr. Jennifer Quast isn’t at home with her 21 pets, which range from hamsters to chickens to a python, she’s treating animals at Chaska Valley Veterinary Clinic.

The deadline for democracy is upon us! The U.S. Senate is now back in D.C. after a short recess and now is the time to end the filibuster and pass the For the People Act (S1)!

Completion certificate and $20 Amazon gift card in hand, cake waiting to be devoured, Madalyn Scribner wore a big smile on her face standing in Chaska’s City Square Park Gazebo this spring. But it wasn’t just for the celebratory tangibles…

Lifeguarding, the quintessential job for teens and college students home for summer vacation. While lifeguards’ red swimsuits and exasperated yells of “walk, don’t run” are nothing new, staffing levels have seen a change this year.