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A winter storm that appeared to be heading farther south so that it would miss the Twin Cities metropolitan area has changed course, and that means the area is in line for 4 to 8 inches of snow starti

The annual Carver County 4-H Tack Swap is 10 a.m.-2 p. (Read more…)m. Saturday, Feb. 6 at the Carver County Public Works Building, 11360 Highway 212 West, Cologne.

Tonight’s Chaska City Council agenda includes:

Are you interested in reading the public notices published in the January 28, 2016 print edition of the Chaska Herald newspaper? The page or pages on which those notices were printed are attached to t

On my recent trip to California to photograph bobcats (see my last column) I had a chance to fulfill a lifelong dream of seeing and photographing clusters of wintering monarch butterflies. We had chec

According to the Biaggi’s Ristorante Italiano Facebook page, the restaurant’s Eden Prairie location has closed after 14 years.

Despite a 1-0-1 record against second-ranked Minnetonka this season, Chaska/Chanhassen, No. 6 in the final Class AA polls, received the No. 3 seed in Section 2AA Sunday morning. (Read more…)

Minnetonka notched its 20th win of the season, pulling away from a 1-1 tie through one period, defeating host Buffalo 7-3 on Jan. 30.

Southwest News Media received 26 awards in the Minnesota Newspaper Association’s 2015 Better Newspaper Contest. Awards were given to news staff members at the annual convention in Bloomington Jan. 28. (Read more…)

The Minnesota Vikings say they still haven’t determined their future plans for Winter Park after recently announcing the purchase of the former Northwest Airlines headquarters property in Eagan.

A 13-0 run in the second half lead Chaska to a come-from-behind victory over Bloomington Jefferson Jan. 29, finishing the first loop of the Metro West Conference girls basketball schedule with a 5-2 r

As freshmen in 2012-13, the scenario was simple, win and share the Wright County Conference title. Mound-Westonka rallied from a 2-0 hole, winning in overtime 3-2 to dash the hopes of Holy Family Cath

A 30-point lead at halftime was impressive. Holding visiting Trinity of River Ridge to 12 points in each half was even better.

PetS of the Week

For many years the majestic presence of cottonwood trees tantalized the eyes of drivers at the hub of Chaska as a proud beacon for Firemen’s Park. Sadly, those trees were cut down.

As today’s Herald is delivered, I should be at the Rotary Club offering basically the same comments about Russia that I did over 30 years ago when I spoke to a different generation of Rotarians. They

State Senate District 47 Republican candidates Jake Coleman and Dr. Scott Jensen squared off in a 90-minute debate Thursday night before a large audience in Waconia.

I’ve had the opportunity to meet and talk with Dr. Scott Jensen, who is a candidate for the Republican endorsement for the State Senate District 47 seat previously held by Julianne Ortmann.

Union president Chris Commers recently lectured our community on how to apologize to Muslims who may be offended by us. ("How to reject hate and fear, Jan. 7. (Read more…))

Two men have been charged in connection with a Craigslist cell phone sale turned attempted robbery that resulted in at least 14 rounds being fired outside of Shakopee’s Walmart store Tuesday evening.