Month: July 2021

Chaska Police Department officers responded to the following calls. This is not a complete list of incidents.

The Chaska Friends of the Library summer book sale returns in the plaza in front of the library during the city’s River City Days celebration.

Chaska’s 45th annual River City Days is scheduled for July 23-25 this year. It was canceled in 2020, due to the pandemic.

Walking the trail along the Minnesota River, a casual glance at Athletic Park on the west end of downtown Chaska might find a gentleman on a riding lawnmower, cutting the outfield grass at the ballpark.

A roster comprised of just five varsity starters from the 2021 high school season, Chaska Post 57’s run to its first-ever quarterfinal round, the final eight of 96 teams in the Gopher Classic July 12, was improbable as they come.

Ryan Och was hanging out on his couch in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, when the phone rang. His advisor called first, then it was the San Diego Padres. Within 30 seconds, his name was displayed as the 220th pick in the 2021…

Canterbury Park, a horse racing venue in Shakopee, played host to animals not normally found in Minnesota — or even this part of the world — over the weekend.

Burnsville officials are urging residents to think twice before releasing a pet fish into local waters after groupings of giant goldfish were pulled from a local lake this month.

Celebrate the completion of the new portion of the Highway 5 Regional Bike Trail through the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum with the Bike the Arb Duathlon on Aug. 14, 2021.

Thousands of spectators welcomed the return of live music to the Twin Cities Friday night as rock icons Styx, Cheap Trick and 38 Special took the stage at Lakefront Music Fest in Lakefront Park.

Country music superstars Lady A have cancelled their headlining set at Lakefront Music Fest, citing a health emergency Saturday morning.

Are you interested in reading the public notices published in the July 1, 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…

Gunnar Broin hadn’t been in contention for a tournament championship in some time, so it was only natural to feel some nerves on the back 18 holes of the U.S. Amateur qualifying event at Brackett’s Crossing in Lakeville July 6.

Megan Menzuber is home, spending one last summer coaching with the Minnesota Elite Girls Lacrosse program. A sport that has given her so much over the last decade, the past five years at Marquette University in Wisconsin.

In 2017, Iron River Construction, located in Chaska, implemented an apprenticeship program to increase accessibility to education for students interested in vocational studies.

The Minnesota Landscape Arboretum is hosting its first firefly viewing event after dark for participants to explore the gardens and see the spectacular creatures. The eight-night event, ending on July 17, sold out.

Gabriella Krull, of Carver, a Chanhassen High School graduate, was inducted into the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland on June 30. She will begin six weeks of basic midshipman training as part of Plebe Summer.

Chaska Moravian Church announces the installation of its new pastor, the Rev. Charles “Charlie” McDonald, at 9:30 a.m. Sunday, July 18.

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.