Author: Staff Writer

The state plans to replace the I-35W bridge over the Minnesota River next year and improve the corridor from West 106th Street to Cliff Road in Burnsville next year, which will surely make driving hell for commuters for awhile.

“Minnesota nice” is a phrase that’s bandied around a lot, but rarely with some concrete math behind it. Well, WalletHub just released a report on which city in the United States was the most caring city in 2017, all the better to see if Minnesota can put its money where its mouth is.

Chaska isn’t at the point where it can overlook teams.

Back and forth all game, Jordan and Southwest Christian showed what will be a budding rivalry for years to come in the Minnesota River Conference.

Coming off a tough loss to one of the top teams in the state of Minnesota, Chanhassen scored six unanswered goals, winning 6-1 at home over Owatonna Dec. 16 in Victoria.

If you happened to be downtown Carver on the Saturday evening following Thanksgiving, you probably had the opportunity to see the first lighting of our Holiday Tree.

A one-goal lead in the closing seconds of regulation, Chaska/Chanhassen found a way to regroup in overtime, getting a game-winning goal from Katelyn Roberts in a 2-1 victory at Fargo North-South Dec. 15 in North Dakota.

When in the gym to cover dance team, I think back often to the winter of 2006, my one year reporting in the great communities of Olivia and Renville on Highway 212 in west central Minnesota.

Chanhassen entered play Dec. 15 with a 1-3 record, a few buckets in each of the three losses away from being 4-0.

Eden Prairie entered the 2017-18 season as the consensus pick to win the Section 2-4A boys basketball title.

Are you interested in reading the public notices published in the December 14, 2017 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.

I am responding to the article in the Nov. 30 paper (“Concerns about yard waste site”).

Are we living in an oligarchy?

As a resident of Chaska and a parent of two teenage children, I would like to see my city raise the tobacco sales age to 21 and with that get tobacco out of high school environments.

California Proposition 13 decreased property taxes by assessing property values at their 1975 value and restricted annual increases of assessed value of real property to an inflation factor, not to exceed 2 percent per year.

We, the leaders of the Minnesota Conservative Energy Forum, have begun to take an interest in some of the arguments being made regarding solar energy permitting, a frequent debate in Carver County. In addition, we (the undersigned) also hold public office and can understand the quandary posed by applicants for new and disruptive uses of land. We can appreciate the need for thorough debate, but what we should not tolerate are poor and irrelevant arguments that deprive property owners of the use and enjoyment of their property.

On Dec. 6 we celebrated the feast of St. Nicholas — Sant Nikolas in German or Sinterklaas in Dutch.

Once 4-3 on the season, Holy Family Catholic/Waconia has doubled the win total since, all four victories against Wright County Conference opponents, including a 6-0 win at home over Orono Dec. 14.

Coach Dana Kallman recently recorded win No. 200 in his career, a victory over Eagan Dec. 8.

Chaska/Chanhassen started the dual portion of the 2017-18 season with a pair of dominating wins, topping Robbinsdale Armstrong 54-6 and Edina 64-9 on Dec. 14 at Chaska High School.