When we last spoke with Sheri Melander-Smith of Chanhassen, she was in the midst of preparing for the Ms. Wheelchair America 2018 pageant in Erie, Pennsylvania, as Ms. Wheelchair Minnesota.
Team USA dominates World Cup after Chaska visit
Remember those USA Baseball guys that played at Chaska’s Athletic Park on Aug. 28 in an exhibition game versus the Minnesota Blizzard?
Kids Yoga in the Park This Saturday (September 16)
Join yoga instructor Theresa Schuck Thorp for a morning of yoga in the park. All levels welcome. Kids will be led through an interactive story while doing yoga poses and stretching. Please bring a yoga mat if you have one.
Saturday, September 16, 9:00 – 9:30 a.m.
Lions Park, 700 Mount Hope Road, Carver
FREE
Trial date set in Eden Prairie double homicide case
MINNEAPOLIS — A trial date has been set for an Eden Prairie man who has been charged in the May 25 stabbing deaths of his parents.
Cross Country: Merkle, Anderson top area finishes at Baylor Park
John Starkey and Dylan Schaefer each placed in the top-six at the Norwood Young America Invitational, leading Chaska to a second-place team finish Sept. 12 at Baylor Regional Park.
SW Christian: Doubles play leads Stars’ tennis
Grace Scott and Lily Schwen paired up for a 6-3, 6-0 second do\bles win in Southwest Christian’s 5-2 home loss to Maple River Sept. 12.
Tennis: Circle Sept. 19 on your calendar
When Lauren Houseman made the varsity roster as a freshman, Chaska was young. Really young.
Soccer: Not a win, but it felt like one
Two games into the Metro West Conference boys soccer season, seven of the eight teams have one win. Only Bloomington Jefferson is without a loss at 1-0-1.
Holy Family: Fire tennis rebounds with 5-2 win
Off a 6-1 loss to third-ranked Litchfield, Holy Family Catholic returned to the win column Tuesday, beating Mound-Westonka 5-2 on Tuesday.
Video: Wayzata police chief gives statement on behalf of Bill Mathews’ family
Bail set at $500,000 for driver in officer death
Shakopee man charged with running over six people in Mankato
Updated 1:50 p.m. Tuesday
Hand makes Target Field stop tonight, Wednesday
San Diego Padres pitcher Brad Hand was a Major League Baseball All-Star for the National League in July.
Crowds enjoy Nordic music
Crowds came out to Lions Park in Victoria on Saturday for the annual Nordic Music Festival.
Tax subsidy OKed for redevelopment
It was standing-room only, as the public made its case before the Chanhassen City Council Monday night to deny a large tax subsidy for downtown redevelopment.
Where the heck it was
The correct answer to last week’s quiz was the Columbia Court sign next to the industrial building at 125 Columbia Court. The sign has a distinct 1970s vibe.
Herald reports
Sept. 14, 1893: The public, the Catholic and Lutheran schools have commenced their fall terms and our streets are not as crowded as formerly with children. A good thing.
Charges: Driver in Wayzata police death was on her phone and a substance
MINNEAPOLIS — The driver of a car that struck and killed a Wayzata police officer last week on U.S. Highway 12 has been charged with two counts of criminal vehicular homicide.
Met Council chair recommends rejecting Southwest LRT bids
ST. PAUL – The Metropolitan Council will have to decide on Sept. 20, whether it will reject four civil construction bids for the Southwest Light Rail Transit project.
Search warrant details a grim scene in murder-suicide
ORONO — The scene inside the home in Orono where a mother murdered her son, then killed herself, was something no police officer wishes to encounter. Yet they must turn around and describe what they saw for the public record…
