Author: drue

Those who know Brian Nustad’s story affectionately — and rightfully — call him “The Flag Guy.”

Chaska American Legion Auxiliary Unit 57 welcomed guest speaker Katie Schaumann, Southern Valley Alliance community engagement coordinator on March 17.

Chaska American Legion Auxiliary Unit 57 officially welcomed three new members during a New Members Initiation Ceremony conducted by Chaplain Lois Wenz on Feb. 17

Southwest metro area students competed in the 2022 SkillsUSA State Championships in downtown Minneapolis April 8-10.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will begin prescribed burning on refuge units and Waterfowl Production Areas (WPAs) of Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge and Wetland Management District this month.

The Carver County Community Development Agency Board seeks a member from District 5. This includes residents of the cities of Carver, Cologne, Hamburg, New Germany and Norwood Young America, as well as the Townships of Benton, Camden. Dahlgren, Hancock, Laketown…

Hy-Vee has scrapped plans for stores in five metro-area cities, including Chaska, saying the sites do not fit into a new company strategy that centers around building larger stores and putting more distance between future locations.

JazzMN returns to the Chanhassen Dinner Theatres Main Stage on Monday evening, April 25, under the artistic direction of JC Sanford.

Looking up into the dark Wyoming night sky, all the stars in the Milky Way were shining so brightly it looked like white paint had been splashed across the sky from horizon to horizon.

Nicolet Bankshares, Inc. and Charter Bankshares, Inc., recently announced a merger agreement.

The Chaska baseball team has the talent back to contend in Section 2AAAA this spring.

Can the Chanhassen baseball team go one step further in Section 2AAAA this spring?

Today we’re covering a very important topic that we’ve been meaning to write about for some time, but we keep putting it off. At times, it can affect all of us. The topic is — procrastination.

Hundreds of sites across Minnesota will begin monitoring for a class of manmade substances known as ‘forever chemicals’ under a new plan announced by state regulators last month.

At a White House ceremony on April 5, President Joe Biden signed an executive order to close a loophole in the Affordable Care Act that has kept people from obtaining insurance if another family member happened to be insured.

Join us for the official kickoff of the 2022 Chaska Seed Library on Saturday, April 30 anytime between 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

I continue to value the opportunity to write a column about joy and compassion.

Do you know who Andrew Peterson is? For parts of 48 years, dating back to 1850 and covering the first years he and his family came to Carver County (around 1855), we’re lucky to have his diary records to know…

Washington County Attorney Pete Orput, 66, died recently after receiving a stomach cancer diagnosis less than two weeks before his death.