Commentary: Senators vs. Gridlockers

Many folks view a legislative session as a battle between Republicans and Democrats. I want to rethink that depiction. Instead, I choose to use a metaphor — a baseball game with all the senators playing on the same team.

Filling the gap

Facing an estimated transportation shortfall of more than $100 million during the next 20 years, Carver County officials plan to examine whether to institute a half percent sales tax and increase the wheelage tax to help fill the gap.

Filling the gap

Facing an estimated transportation shortfall of more than $100 million during the next 20 years, Carver County officials plan to examine whether to institute a half percent sales tax and increase the wheelage tax to help fill the gap.

Where the heck is it?

Each week we publish a detail of a local landmark. The next week we identify the landmark. Do you know where the heck this is? Send us your guess.

Herald reports

Jan. 19, 1905: Prof. F. D. Mack, principal of the high school, treated his scholars to a sleigh ride party Monday evening and a jolly affair it was. Almost 37 comprised the party, and after enjoying a two hour ride,…

Herald reports

Jan. 19, 1905: Prof. F. D. Mack, principal of the high school, treated his scholars to a sleigh ride party Monday evening and a jolly affair it was. Almost 37 comprised the party, and after enjoying a two hour ride,…

Where the heck it was

The correct answer to last week’s quiz was the entrance marker to the Tuscany Hills neighborhood, at Ashley Drive and Bavaria Road, Chaska.