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Riley Wentink was in for a surprise when Chaska High School Band Director Tim Beckler told her to visit his office before the winter break.

Archaeologist Kent Bakken will discuss the challenges of the excavations preceding construction of the County Road 101 bridge at 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. (Read more…) 23, at the Chaska Library.

Sending the varsity team for the second time in three Metro West Conference events, the Chaska/Chanhassen Girls Nordic team secured its second victory Jan. 13 at Elm Creek Reserve.

Two people were arrested for DUI in a single incident on Christmas.

The date of Jan. 14 will be set in stone — a curling stone.

Far too often people are choosing to risk their lives and the lives of others on the road by getting behind the wheel drunk, according to a Minnesota Department of Public Safety release. The 2,502 DWI

For the first 10 or so minutes Tuesday, Edina held a shot advantage of 6-5, and a 1-0 lead on the scoreboard.

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.

On this date in history, the Herald reported:

For gymnasts, participating in a second sport can be just too much. The commitment, the wear and tear, puts stress on one’s self.

A match-up dominated by Maranatha Christian Academy wins over the years, Southwest Christian turned over the result, winning on the road 67-47 over the Wolves Tuesday in Brooklyn Park.

Leading by 20 points at halftime, Chaska held visiting Richfield to eight second-half points, improving to 2-0 in the Metro West Conference girls basketball standings in a 73-25 win Tuesday.

Holy Family Catholic players presented Boys Hockey coach Noel Rahn with a cake reading "100" after the Fire defeated Mound-Westonka 4-0 Tuesday, giving him 100 career wins.

Are you interested in reading the public notices published in the January 7, 2016 print edition of the Chaska Herald newspaper? The page or pages on which those notices were printed are attached to th

As Chanhassen girls basketball players exited the locker room Saturday, dejected in suffering its 12th straight loss to begin the 2015-16 season, a 58-52 defeat to Chaska, Head Coach Angie Kissock sto

Prepare for hundreds of anglers to converge on Courthouse Lake Saturday, Jan. 16 for the winter season trout opener.

The correct answer to last week’s quiz was the Carver County Environmental Center, at 116 Peavey Circle in Chaska.

I f there’s one thing that can lure Chaskans out of their warm, toasty homes this time of year, it’s the promise of an afternoon of fun and fishing at Firemen’s Clayhole.

Local community and veteran organizations added extra warmth to the holidays this year by making and giving fleece blankets to the children of local veterans and donating an assortment of other gifts