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The Taste of Minnesota is no longer. According to a statement from former general manager Linda Maddox, the 2015 event marked the end of the food festival.  

Groundwater contamination is a growing concern that should be on everyone’s radar, according to scientists at the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA). Three out of four Minnesotans get their dri

I couldn’t help but smile when I read your recent article about the new recruits who joined the Chaska Fire Department (“All fired up,” Feb 4). You made mention about the “first woman on the Chaska Fi

"Our main goal is to build awareness and acceptance and understanding about autism."

Bobby Olson and Cabe Miller chip away at the upstairs wall in Roger Falkenstein’s home, just outside of Carver in San Francisco Township. As they work to demolish the house, pieces of drywall fall int

Military veterans with questions about their health care, loans and educational benefits can attend a town hall meeting in Shakopee next month. 

Devin Mays, minutes after missing two free throws, and a missed opportunity to seal a Prior Lake upset win over sixth-ranked Chaska, spelled redemption D-E-V-I-N.

Minnesota won’t be the state with the most delegates at stake March 1, but people who cast ballots for president will have a stake in the outcome of so-called “Super Tuesday” — the date in which the m

State health and agriculture officials are investigating an outbreak of foodborne illness associated with alfalfa sprouts produced by Jack & The Green Sprouts. Retailers and restaurants should not

Aspiring young writers and illustrators will not want to miss this year’s Hooked on Books … and the Arts, too! event. (Read more…) The 11th annual event takes place from 9 a.m.-noon on Saturday, Feb. 27 at Chanh

Are you interested in reading the public notices published in the February 18, 2016 print edition of the Chaska Herald newspaper? The page or pages on which those notices were printed are attached to

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? (Read more…) Send us your guess.

A bighead carp caught by a commercial angler last week on the Minnesota River near New Ulm is causing alarm at the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.

On this date in history, the Herald reported:

Minnetonka clinched its second Lake Conference title in three years Tuesday with a 66-41 road win at Edina, its 19th straight victory.

It wasn’t pretty, but in the end Chaska moved within a victory of its first Metro West Conference title, holding off Benilde-St. Margaret 36-30 on Tuesday.