Category: Chaska Herald

With the Eastern Carver County Schools Nov. 2 referendum right around the corner, in-person and virtual community informational presentations are set for next week.

How good are the second-ranked Minnetonka girls cross country team?

Southwest Christian secured its first boys soccer conference title since 2015, in its first season in the Wright County Conference, a 5-0 win over Jordan on Sept. 23.

The Steiner Kelting Mental Wellness facility recently opened its doors to patients in northwest Chaska.

Ava Kallop dawned the purple and gold Hawks logo on her swim cap six years ago, then a seventh grader. That’s more than 40 Metro West Conference duals, five Maroon and Gold Invitationals, and a host of other meets including…

Ava Kallop dawned the purple and gold Hawks logo on her swim cap six years ago, then a seventh grader. That’s more than 40 Metro West Conference duals, five Maroon and Gold Invitationals, and a host of other meets including…

In last week’s column (“Brought together by a love of baseball”), I failed to mention a few important thank you’s related to the Minnesota State Amateur Baseball Tournament.

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Standing in a small clearing, deep in the northwoods of Minnesota, I was telling the participants in my black bear photo workshop some of the more interesting natural history facts about the American black bear.

There’s no better way to experience autumn colors in the southwest Twin Cities than a hike.

I had the privilege of traveling to Sweden for two weeks in August with my sister and three first cousins. Our purpose was to dig deeper into our Swedish ancestry and explore the homeland of our great-grandfather, Sven Johansson, who…

Is the women’s volleyball team at the University of Minnesota the best kept sports secret in town?

The “digital divide” has become an increasingly critical conversation in today’s ever-shifting tech landscape, especially in wake of the past year and half’s isolating pandemic.

Chanhassen won the three doubles matches; Shakopee won the four singles matches. A 4-3 score for the Sabers girls tennis team on Sept. 22.

The final score showed Chanhassen won the first doubles match 6-2, 6-1. What the score won’t tell you is the growth, not only in terms of tennis skill, but also leadership and experience, that the four players in the match…

Resurfacing on Highway 7 in Minnetonka and Shorewood will close the road over the next two weekends.

Chaska kept pace with New Prague, both teams unbeaten in the Metro West Conference, after the Hawks dispatched Benilde-St. Margaret 25-18, 25-19, 25-13, on Sept. 21.

Chanhassen boys soccer took a 1-0 lead in the fourth minute, the first deficit all season for second-ranked Orono, which rallied for a 3-1 win on Sept. 20.

An expectation of success exists within the Southwest Christian boys soccer program. One really that started in 2014 with the likes of Alex Reimer and Josh Robertson, a perfect 15-0 regular season, and extended into five 10-plus win seasons in…

A grand jury indicted a Shakopee man last Thursday on first-degree murder charges in connection with the death of his girlfriend in July.