Category: Chaska Herald

Although we don’t have much snow yet, the ponds and other water bodies are beginning to freeze.

The coronavirus has been horrible due to the loss of lives, closing of businesses, forced online education and destructive government lockdowns which have resulted in lost freedoms (e.g. worship, dining, sports, indoor fitness, concerts, volunteering, gatherings, travel, funerals, etc.).

Alan Wright and his family were at home this winter, doing distance learning and working, when he noticed something strange.

Alan Wright and his family were at home this winter, doing distance learning and working, when he noticed something strange.

Carver County partnered with Ridgeview Medical Clinic to purchase a semi-trailer outfitted as a mobile clinic and emergency response vehicle using CARES Act funding.

Senator-elect Julia Coleman (R-Chanhassen) recently announced her committee assignments for the 2021-22 session.

Park your car near Engler Boulevard and Audubon Road, and walk northwest for about a quarter-mile. You’ll follow a path, leading you past tall trees and gentle streams.

The holiday season is making its way into our lives and homes, battling for the stage amid the pandemic.

It’s going to be a white Christmas after all.

What a wonderful argument to allow this change because some surrounding communities do (“Boats, RVs in driveway?” Dec. 17).

Kerry Kaufmann sat with his elbows sprawled across a circular table at Holiday Inn Express in Shakopee with less glimmer behind his glasses than there was a year ago, before the pandemic pushed him further into the pit of homelessness.

Three more Carver County deaths due to COVID-19 were reported Wednesday, Dec. 23.

Eastern Carver County Schools has developed a four-phase back-to-school plan after winter break, Superintendent Lisa Sayles-Adams told families in an email Wednesday. All District 112 students will return to distance learning on Monday, Jan. 4 with tiered plans as followed.

Up until early 2020, Michael Davis’s job sent him across the country selling candies like Starbursts. Now, he takes pictures of the space between actual stars.

Up until early 2020, Michael Davis’s job sent him across the country selling candies like Starbursts. Now, he takes pictures of the space between actual stars.

Despite COVID, Victoria Scouts Troop 589 found a way to spread Christmastime cheer to residents at Auburn Homes & Services.

When Stay-At-Home orders from Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz were imposed last spring, neighborhoods were filled with people walking up and down streets and sidewalks.

Adrian is a sweet brown Tabby domestic shorthair kitten, 10 months old, who is still getting used to people. He’s very playful, loves toys, and absolutely loves other cats — he kind of relies on them as cat role models!…

Healthcare workers at Ridgeview Medical Center, based in Waconia, have begun receiving the first dose of the COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine.