Author: Staff Writer

I am happy to announce my support for Jason Kamerud in his bid for Carver County sheriff.

Maggie Mahota in the 300-meter hurdles and the 4×200 girls relay had Holy Family Catholic’s top finishes at the Section 6AA True Team Meet at Willmar High School May 8.

This week’s top five crimes and courts stories in the southwest metro include a Minnesota Supreme Court case involving the Victoria City Council and a Prior Lake police investigation into a fatal fentanyl-related drug overdose.

Cody Powell has no plans to change his commuting habits this summer.

A must-win for Chanhassen to gain the No. 1 seed in Section 2 later this month, the Storm, trailing 2-1 after one quarter, pulled away from sixth-ranked Wayzata behind five goals from Jadon Kerry in a 10-6 win May 10.

Without its top two players, Chaska boys tennis still managed a 5-2 boys tennis win at Richfield on May 10.

Victories over St. Louis Park and Robbinsdale Cooper May 9 and 10 has Chaska controlling its own destiny for a Metro West Conference softball title.

Chanhassen kept pace with St. Louis Park in the Metro West Conference baseball standings, a 7-2 win over Bloomington Jefferson May 9 at Storm Stadium.

James Ocenasek and Nick Morland each drove in four runs as Southwest Christian took another step toward a MCAA Conference baseball title in a 17-3, five-inning win over Spectrum May 9.

Three losses in the first five games, Holy Family Catholic has come to life on the baseball diamond, winning six straight games, including five over a four-day stretch.

Heads up. It’s fishing opener weekend, and Mother’s Day weekend. Avoid frustration and plan ahead, know your route and check 511 and the project web site for updates: www.511mn.org.

Emergency crews responded to a crash at the Highway 41 and Second Street intersection in downtown Chaska Thursday afternoon.

Daytime lane closures will take place, and traffic will be controlled by a flagging operation in both directions of Highway 41 near the Union Pacific Railroad tracks north of Dem Con Drive beginning at 8 a.m. Friday, May 11.

Carver Fire Department presents its spring safety bike rodeo from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 19, at Carver Fire Station, 801, Jonathan Carver Pkwy, Carver.

Downtown Chaska is going to have a new look.

The skies cleared up and the rain went away in time for Taste of Chaska on May 9.

The weather this weekend will start out rainy, but will clear up by Sunday in time for friends and families to plan a little fun in the sun.

Food insecurity remains a year-round challenge for many families, especially during summer when kids are not participating in school breakfast and lunch programs.

So Interstate 35W between downtown Minneapolis and the Crosstown Commons pretty much will be a construction nightmare from June forward. Plus, state Highway 7 is under construction, too. How will motorists from the southwest metro get downtown with these thoroughfares limited? Here are five alternative routes.

Mandi