Anna Halberg started acting at the Chanhassen Dinner Theater in plays like the Nuncrackers, a spoof of The Nutcracker with a cast mainly composed of nuns. Now, the 2004 Chaska High School graduate steps into a new role in her… 
Chaska grad wins college golf tournament
Chaska’s Davis Johnson is a champion college golfer. 
Southwest Christian names new AD
Southwest Christian has a new athletic director. 
Southwest Christian spring sports start season
Southwest Christian spring sports now underway. 
Chaska spring sports off and running
Spring sports are underway at Chaska 
Chaska boys tennis split opening matches
The Chaska boys tennis team started the season splitting its first two matches.
Commentary: An encounter with Greater Prairie Chickens
I am not a stranger to getting up at O’ dark thirty to be able to get out and capture some images of wildlife. Over the past 40 years I would say it is definitely in the hundreds, if not… 
Commentary: A sign of the times
A sign of the times is that local, small town papers are disappearing, giving way to the reality of social media and on line reporting. Its now being seen at our local level with weekly papers going away in Chanhassen,…
Public Notices from the April 11, 2024 Chaska Herald
Are you interested in reading the public notices published in the April 11, 2024 print edition of the Chaska Herald? The page or pages on which those notices were printed are attached to this item, in the form of pdf’s…
Public Notices from the April 4, 2024 Chaska Herald
Are you interested in reading the public notices published in the April 4, 2024 print edition of the Chaska Herald? The page or pages on which those notices were printed are attached to this item, in the form of pdf’s…
‘Final gap’ in funding secured for $22.5M trail project linking Scott and Carver counties
U.S. Congress approved $500,000 in federal funding April 5 for the Merriam Junction Trail and Riverbed Stabilization project, which will connect Scott and Carver counties’ trail systems via a bridge over the Minnesota River. 
Commentary: Achieving more together through the power of teamwork
Have you ever been part of a team? In sports, one of the things you hear coaches talk about is the importance of teamwork. If you followed either the men’s or women’s basketball NCAA tournaments, you will have heard the… 
A tale of two districts: The redistricting process and Chaska
Redistricting was once a bureaucratic process far removed from politics. What was once a standard procedure that followed the U.S. census every ten years has proven increasingly divisive and moved to the forefront of political thought. 
Senator Klobuchar visits Chaska Fire Station
U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, DFL-Minnesota, visited the Chaska Fire Station on Tuesday, April 2, to tour the future site of the Chaska Public Safety facility, which received a $1.5 million federal grant for an emergency operations center (EOD).
Chaska boys golf looking to make impact
Can the Chaska boys golf team earn a state spot this spring? 
Southwst Christian boys golf has high expectations
Expectations are high for the Southwest Christian boys golf team. 
Can the Stars get to the state tournament?
Can Southwest Christian play in its first ever state baseball tournament? 
Commentary: The end of an era
I am one of those old timers that has lived my whole life in the Carver and Scott Counties area. I was brought up and went to school in Belle Plaine, did some dairy farming in Gotha while going to…
Local Newspapers
This website was launched in 2010 with the aim of increasing the availability of local information on the internet. Over the past 14 years, it has gathered news from local sources and has notably been the publisher of the “Villager Tower” newsletter by Ricki Schultz, as well as “Historic Carver on the Minnesota River”, a book by John von Walter.
The three of us are united in a simple desire to publish information, historical or current. My personal interest is in historical preservation – a real problem in the digital age.
With the news of Southwest News Media shutting down, it appears we are at risk of losing our local newspapers. I will be taking action to personally preserve digital content from swnewsmedia.com to reduce the risk of the digital content being lost forever.
The role that Carver Current has to play going forward is not clear to me. It has always been less engaging than platforms such as Facebook and Nextdoor, where I believe most people get their local news.
I plan to continue hosting local content on this site. If you share our goals of publishing and preserving local information on the internet and would like to contribute in some way, please reach out.
Dan Rue
[email protected]
Workplace report says Carver County CDA board chair likely violated open meeting laws
In a work session on Tuesday, April 2, the Carver County Board of Commissioners were briefed on their options and response to the workplace investigation about the Carver County Community Development Agency (CCCDA). County Attorney Mark Metz asked the board… 