Author: Staff Writer

Public Safety Brief

As children we love color. We mismatch socks, draw rainbows, wear tie-dye, and are drawn to bright and chaotic color.

The recent warm weather and spring sun have finally nudged the tulip leaves out of the ground in the past several days, and according Alan Branhagen, director of operations at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, there may be tulips in bloom in time for Mother’s Day after all.

With the return (finally) of baseball season, we thought this would be a good “Where the heck is it?”

Southwest Christian improved to 2-0 versus Wright County Conference teams, blanking New Prague 7-0 in boys tennis May 7.

Chaska is playing golf unlike any other team in Minnesota right now.

This whole doubleheader thing isn’t too bad, is it Chaska Hawks?

Forcing extra innings with a solo run in the top of the seventh inning, taking the lead in the ninth, Chaska was three outs from moving to 2-0 in the Metro West Conference standings.

SouthWest Transit is partnering with Lyft to help SW Prime riders facing longer than usual wait times.

Jim Conrad has joined the BankVista commercial banking team, according to Lon Hand, president of BankVista, Chaska.

Miller Sampson spent most of the 2017 boys tennis season earning victories at third or fourth singles, or third doubles.

The southwest metro’s must-know stories of the week:

Nine top-five individual finishes including a pair of victories on the track highlighted Holy Family Catholic’s day at the Catholic Schools Invitational May 4 at St. Thomas Academy in Mendota Heights.

Ridgeview Medical Center has hired Alvaro Sanchez, MD, as its first chief medical officer.

Chaska Valley Family Theatre is holding an early round of special auditions for its September production of “The Wonders,” a brand-new play about a 1960s garage band that makes it big.

The Chaska Police Department and ValueCare Veterinary Clinic host the annual low-cost animal wellness clinic, 4-8 p.m. May 15 at Valley Evangelical Free Church, 150 Engler Boulevard.

Elizabeth Stanger and John Starkey just seem to keep getting better and better.

Five victories, on and off the track, led the Southwest Christian boys track and field team to an impressive finish at the Spartan Invitational in Orono May 3.

Three-year-old Lennox Salcedo is gaining more attention for the home run he scored in the Walnut Pony Baseball League game in Walnut, California than would be expected after a video of his dramatic “run” from third base was posted to Twitter by the boy’s mother. 

As usual, Twitter continues to deliver little nuggets of hilarity, so here are seven tweets of the week — one for every day so you can save them for yourself as a little treat if you’d like.