Category: Syndicated

Carver County is ranked as the “Happiest Place in America” according to a recent study.

Isaiah C. Nault has received an Air Force Reserve Officers’ Training Corps scholarship to attend the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota.

The Spoonful brings you a roundup of the biggest news in the southwest metro region each week. 

Twenty-three area students performed in the Minnesota Music Teachers Association’s 83rd annual State Honors Concert. The concert was held in the Auditorium of the Minneapolis Convention Center on May 19.

The Ridgeview Foundation recently announced the 2018 recipients of its annual health care scholarships.

Judea Montoya never saw herself as a sprinter. She certainly did not see herself as someone who would be running for a spot in the Class AA State Track and Field Meet when she did eventually join the Chaska girls team.

Chaska’s recipe for success in the Section 2-4A baseball tournament thus far has been score early, get outstanding pitching the rest of the way.

The semifinals are set.

Minnetonka and Eden Prairie, once again.

Community members can see Eden Prairie’s Jazz on the Prairie Big Band perform in Chaska on June 15. 

As usual, Twitter continues to deliver little nuggets of hilarity, so here are seven tweets of the week — one for every day so you can save them for yourself as a little treat if you’d like.

California Life Sciences Association, the trade association representing California’s life sciences sector, recognized U.S. Rep. Erik Paulsen, and two other members of Congress as bipartisan recipients of CLSA’s 2018 Visionary Awards.

The White House’s first, indoor swimming pool opened on June 2, 1933, after a fundraising campaign spearheaded by the New York Daily News.

1. Widen U.S. Highway 169.

1. Widen U.S. Highway 169.

A six-run third inning, an 8-2 win on June 1 over Breck School allows Holy Family Catholic another crack at Litchfield in the Section 5AA Baseball Tournament.

Holy Family Catholic had four of the top five scores in round one of the Section 5AA Boys Golf Tournament, a 33-stroke lead into Day Two at Pebble Creek Golf Course in Becker.

Rep. Joe Hoppe (R-Chaska), who was first elected in 2002, won’t be running for re-election this November.

This week’s top-five crimes and courts stories in the southwest metro include an explosion at a Shakopee business and two fatal crashes that happened over the Memorial Day weekend.

Riverside Park and the boat landing is open. The archery range will remain closed until the area is functional and safe to use.  Please watch the City’s website for updates.