Author: Staff Writer

The public is invited to participate in a shoe drive to raise funds for Star Legacy Foundation. Donations of gently worn, used and new shoes will be accepted.

Put the kettle on, dust off your finest fascinator and prepare to tune in for the televised wedding of Prince Harry of Great Britain and American actress Meghan Markle this Saturday.

Much of the southwest metro’s good news this week comes with a healthy dose of sugary sweetness.

One of six seniors in the class of 2018, Isaac Velgersdyk was one of the original players to join the Southwest Christian boys tennis team.

Facing the defending Class 2A state champions in the opening round of the Section 2AA boys tennis tournament, Chaska was defeated in straight sets at all seven matches.

Tied at three in the top of the seventh inning, Southwest Christian scored five times, moving one victory away from the program’s first MCAA Conference baseball title after defeating Trinity of River Ridge 8-3 on May 15.

Waconia won the Wright County Conference East Division boys golf title for the fourth consecutive season, a score of 297 in the final 18-hole event May 15 at Dahlgreen Golf Course near Chaska.

When Janet Jarnefeld started working as a tick specialist at the Metropolitan Mosquito Control District 28 years ago, deer ticks were all but absent in the southwest metro.

ST. PAUL — The price tag for the Southwest Light Rail Transit project is expected to go up again.

ST. PAUL — The price tag for the Southwest Light Rail Transit project is expected to go up again.

Coming off a 3-2 loss to Concordia Academy of Roseville, Southwest Christian softball bounced back in a big way, an 11-1 five-inning win over Columbia Heights on a soggy May 14.

The answer to last week’s quiz was the (always divisive) sculpture “Nature Morte,” at the northwest corner of Faulkner Drive and Clover Ridge Drive.

We’re not talking two-peat, or three-peat. We’re talking a minimum four-peat. Maybe more.

“If you’re playing goalie, you’re a little screwed up to want to take the hits.”

The Spoonful brings you a roundup of the biggest news in the southwest metro region each week. 

When Janet Jarnefeld started working as a tick specialist at the Metropolitan Mosquito Control District 28 years ago, deer ticks were all but absent in the southwest metro.

Warmer weather got you wishing you could spend more time outdoors? You’re not the only one. 

Chaska Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1791 installed the elected officers and appointed positions for 2018-19 on May 8.

The Leapfrog Group, a nonprofit organization committed to driving quality, safety, and transparency in the U.S. health care system, has released new Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades, which assign A, B, C, D and F letter grades to hospitals nationwide.

The Carver County Historical Society and the Scott-Carver Threshers are hosting “Springtime on the farm” on Saturday, June 2.