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With its combined features of alcohol consumption, large bodies of water and minor explosives, the celebration of Independence Day in most cities historically does not pass without a few battle scars incurred.

With its combined features of alcohol consumption, large bodies of water and minor explosives, the celebration of Independence Day in most cities historically does not pass without a few battle scars incurred.

Twenty-two games into the season, Chaska, with 14 wins, felt a bit slighted not being in the July 5 American Legion Baseball Hub rankings.

The Savage Outlaws hung on despite low numbers the past few seasons. A band of brothers, the Petersons, holding things together.

The proposed homeless shelter can be put into a few words, painlessly simple. Residents of Chaska and Carver do not wish to have a homeless shelter within their communities. Simply put.

A Maplewood woman has been found guilty of third-degree murder in connection with the heroin overdose death of an Eden Prairie man.

“The Transformation Book,” written by husband-wife duo Justin and Janell Yule, is about transformation in every sense of the word.

Ben Sathre works at a sporting good store in St. Paul, Run N Fun. Appropriately titled for the former NCAA national champion distance runner at the University of St. Thomas.

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Georgiana Arlt was just an average 92-year-old grandmother, until a video she was in went viral on the internet.

The emerald ash borer is coming, but officials from Chanhassen and surrounding communities say they are prepared.

I received my Herald via mail late this week but I want to give my “Where the heck is it” answer anyway.

In our politically divided nation, I think there’s one American value we can all agree on: Everyone deserves to be free.

Are you interested in reading the public notices published in the July 6, 2017 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…

My mom is 97 years old and has severe dementia. She has been in a memory care unit for three years. My mom loved reading, loved books, but now can’t recognize even one written word. She doesn’t recognize any of…

After years of work, the north barn on the Andrew Peterson Farm has been restored. The Carver County Historical Society now plans to repair more buildings on the historic property.

For outdoor adventures and exercise in Minnesota, investigate these books for your next weekend outing close to home.

For outdoor adventures and exercise in Minnesota, investigate these books for your next weekend outing close to home.

Brad Hand took the mound on the Fourth of July, San Diego clinging to a 1-0 lead in the eighth inning at first-place Cleveland.