Author: Staff Writer

The Minnesota River is on its way down after cresting.

Shane Gersich of Chaska tallied his first National Hockey League point, an assist on a goal for the Washington Capitals April 7 in a 5-3 regular season finale win over New Jersey.

Pam Schmillen couldn’t help but wonder as snow fell the first week of April why Mother Nature wouldn’t let go of winter.

The Spoonful brings a weekly dose of big stories in the southwest metro. 

Coming off a pair of eight-win seasons, the 2017 boys lacrosse season for Chaska was about realizing potential. Exploring different roles; giving opportunity.

On April 8, 1994, the U.S. Defense Department banned smoking in its workplaces, including the Pentagon, aircraft hangars and tanks.

Carver County Library Director Heidi Hoks and Chaska Library Director Janet Karius presented the State of the Library report to the Chaska City Council, Monday night.

Thank you to Launch Ministry’s volunteers and supporters on behalf of the over 240 local struggling and homeless young adults we work with each year.

Imagine for a minute going to the car lot to buy a car, and when you inquire how it works, hear ‘Trust me it works.’ How about the mileage? ‘Trust me, it’s great.’ How about the price? ‘Trust me, after you buy it I’ll send you the bill.’

I’m glad politicians in Washington, D.C. did not include a provision in the large omnibus spending bill, recently voted on, that would have removed the gray wolf from the endangered species list.

Regarding the hypothetical single payer for health care (“Single payer system saves dollars,” March 22).

Looking for an outgoing play buddy who adores fetch, disc catch, tug-o-war, chew and squeaky toys?

Chaska is closer to gaining a new Highway 212 interchange to serve residential neighborhoods, a future school and a community park.

Are you interested in reading the public notices published in the April 5, 2018 print edition of the Chaska Herald newspaper? The page or pages on which those notices were printed are attached to this item, in the form of .pdf’s that can be opened with Adobe Acrobat.

Legislators sign on to bills for many reasons other than to support them with a vote.

John Starkey led the 800-meter state finals with 200 meters to go. Noah Cvetnic connected on the first four heights, a podium finish in the high jump finals in 2017.

MINNEAPOLIS — Hennepin County District Court Judge Fred Karasov sentenced Michael Laurence Campbell, 21, to four years and four months in prison Thursday, April 5, for killing Eden Prairie’s Ria Patel in a car crash last September.

A former Eden Prairie resident working as a product manager at YouTube has gained widespread attention after his Twitter account was apparently hacked during the April 3 shooting at the company’s San Bruno, California, headquarters.

Each week we publish a detail of a local landmark. The next week we identify the landmark. Do you know where the heck this is? Send us your guess.

A line-up that produced nine 10-plus run outputs in 2017 returns seven of nine starters, and for Chaska softball that puts them in the Metro West Conference championship conversation.