Category: Chaska Herald

Gloves and sticks flew through the air as Minnetonka hockey players rushed to the home side of the ice. A pile of Skippers in the goal crease as they celebrated a 2018 state boys title over Duluth East.

This winter has been a bit strange in the northland where I reside. Not much snow but enough cold temperatures to start freezing the lakes. The small lakes and ponds freeze up tight right away, but the larger lakes have…

How was 2020?

With Wednesday’s Executive Order 20-103 by Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, the Minnesota State High School League will begin in-person practice for winter sports and activities on Monday, Jan. 4, 2021.

Celi Haga, Director of Communications for Eastern Carver County Schools, first heard the reports on social media the night of Dec. 15. Governor Walz’s speech the following day was going to include a push to re-open elementary schools.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz Wednesday afternoon will announce a series of new coronavirus restrictions.

Four more Carver County deaths due to COVID-19 were reported Wednesday, Dec. 16.

Last Friday, Dec. 11, Diane Foster and husband Phil Ives had a backyard fire at their Carver Bluffs home.

Carver County COVID-19 statistics, provided by Eric Sieger, county communications manager on Dec. 14:

Carver County COVID-19 statistics, provided by Eric Sieger, county communications manager on Dec. 21:

Dave Stearns, tennis coach for 59 years between boys and girls teams at Minnetonka High School, died unexpectedly at his Carver home on Saturday, Dec. 12. He was 72 years old.

Flash Fiction 2021, a writing contest sponsored by the Arts Consortium of Carver County opens for submissions beginning Jan. 1.

Principal June Johnson has plenty of accolades to laud on the Carver Elementary School staff for its efforts in assisting displaced residents of a recent apartment fire.

Art, light and animals come together for a one-of-a-kind exhibit open now through Jan. 17 at the Minnesota Zoo in Apple Valley.

Robin Gordon has been named the next director of equity and inclusion in Eastern Carver County Schools. Gordon will start on Dec. 18, succeeding Dr. Keith Brooks, who departed the district in late October.

If members of academic bowl teams around the country found themselves watching “The Greatest of All-Time” tournament on the game show Jeopardy last January, they would have been pulling hard for the underdog.

I had a conversation about the term “community.” What the conversation pointed out to me was that the term needs some definition as to what it means when I use it.

Your voice is but dead.

Carver County has reported three new COVID-19 deaths, according a Nov. 11 update from the Minnesota Department of Health.