Category: Chaska Herald

Minnesota is a now a shot-clock state for high school boys and girls basketball.

Tyrique Williams had quite the memorable moment at Saturday’s Minnesota High School Football Showcase. The Chanhassen senior intercepted a pass, returning the ball 55 yards for a defensive touchdown.

Saturday was a reminder of the norm in high school wrestling for Chaska/Chanhassen wrestlers. A tournament with 11 different teams competing in an individual weight class format.

One great way to experience holiday cheer this season is through music. Check out the JazzMN Orchestra, which is returning to the Chanhassen Dinner Theatres on Dec. 13 with its holiday concert “Home For the Holiday.”

Sandra Melby wasn’t about to miss a chance to get her Christmas card picture to beat her traditional last-second rush.

Though without snow Saturday, downtown Chaska had something else it missed the year prior: people-filled holiday cheer.

A match-up of pre-season No. 1 and 2 ranked teams in Class AAAA, the conclusion of the Breakdown Tip-Off Classic Dec. 4, Hopkins looked like a team wanting a little revenge from last March’s state semifinal loss to Chaska.

Trevor Boschee turned away 26 shots, securing his program-tying record 30th win for Prior Lake in a 4-1 road victory at Chanhassen on Dec. 4.

A low-scoring first half, just 43 combined points, Chanhassen used a 49-point final 18 minutes to pull away from Holy Family Catholic in the boys basketball opener Dec. 3 by a 70-57 score.

In the movie “Princess Diaries,” Anne Hathaway played the 15-year-old Mia Thermopolis.

Picking out a Christmas tree is a holiday tradition that many families look forward to. However, due to increased demand and other factors, customers may notice a bump in prices at the tree lot this season.

Outshot 30-13, Holy Family Catholic found the net three times, getting 29 saves from Kam Hendrickson in a 3-1 win at pre-season top-five Prior Lake on Dec. 2.

If you’ve ever wondered what it was like during prehistoric times now you have an opportunity to step back in time thanks to Jurassic Quest — an impressive animatronic dinosaur exhibit that has been touring North America since 2013 —…

Facing the likes of Class A No. 1-ranked Orono, top-10 Minnetonka, Wayzata and Holy Family Catholic in Class AA to start the 2021-22 season, a young Chaska/Chanhassen roster, with seven first-year varsity skaters, needed to keep their heads held high.

One hundred deaths from COVID-19 were newly reported Dec. 1, 2021, a stark increase as the state continues to have one of the highest percentage of confirmed positive cases in the country.

Green water and algae blooms are normally a sign of bad water quality. So, does that mean clear water is cleaner? Not always.

At approximately 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 1, the Chaska Police Department responded to the report of a burglary in the 1100 block of Falls Curve.

On Nov. 12, U.S. Rep. Dean Phillips presented an American Flag to members of the Chaska American Legion Post 57 family (Legionnaires, Sons of the American Legion and American Legion Auxiliary).

A new multi-faceted business development in Victoria, just east of the fire station, will be a topic at several upcoming meetings in the community.