Author: Staff Writer

Eden Prairie Mayor Nancy Tyra-Lukens has been honored by SouthWest Transit Commission for her 21 years of service with the bus transit agency.

Chaska VFW Post 1791 hosts its monthly burger night tonight, Wednesday, March 22.

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.

The issue of guns and security has come to Chaska, as local students joined a countrywide protest against gun violence in schools, following the Parkland, Florida, school shooting that left 17 people dead.

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Updated at 4 p.m. Tuesday

A video posted to twitter on March 15 shows a dog named “Moose” in a peaceful slumber until his own snores rudely awaken him. The video has been viewed over 4.5 million times. 

March 22, 1962: A four-piece teenage band under the leadership of an aspiring local musician made their TV debut last Thursday afternoon. John Bury’s Casualties made a guest appearance on the Arle Haberle “Around the Town” show on WCCO-TV. Local musicians participating were Bury, piano; Darrell Fasching, drums, and Katherine Sitar, vocalist, both seniors at Guardian Angels High School.

March 15, 1934: For the first time in its history Chaska is to be represented in the state high school declamatory contest by Miss Nora Schimelpfenig, student of Chaska high school. She goes into the state to compete with three other contestants in the humorous division. The event will take place on Wednesday of next week in Minneapolis.

The answer to last week’s quiz was Brickyard Villas, off of Brickyard Drive in south Chaska.

The Chaska Speech Team competed at Roseville Area High School on March 17 where it placed 10th out of 33 teams in the final invitational tournament of the season.

Steve Vuolo was named the new Chaska Girls Soccer coach last month. His hire was approved by the school board.

The Spoonful is a quick, weekly roundup of the biggest stories in the southwest metro area. 

Thank you for the acknowledgement you showed towards our Vietnam vets (“Remembering Vietnam,” March 8).

Chaska Rotary President Mark Omann has announced the five community organizations which will share in the fundraising proceeds from the club’s annual Spring Gala.

Student Transportation Inc. (STI) will induct local school bus driver Tammy Diethelm into its Safety “Wall of Fame,” the company’s highest and most prestigious honor, at an upcoming awards ceremony.

Chaska Valley Family Theatre holds auditions for its early summer production of the musical “Footloose” on Monday and Tuesday, April 2 and 3, at Pioneer Ridge Middle School, 1085 Pioneer Trail, Chaska.

After winning its eighth Summit League Championship in 10 years, the No. 8 seed South Dakota State women’s basketball team (26-6) plays No. 9 seed Villanova (22-8) Friday at 6:30 p.m. in the first round of the 2018 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament.

Everyone’s Irish this weekend, and there are plenty of events planned around the Twin Cities to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day and springtime.