Category: Syndicated

Updated 11:28 a.m. Saturday 

On March 24, 18,000 people attended the for March for Our Lives Rally at the state Capitol.

This past week the Senate Health and Human Services Committee met to hear testimony on Senate File 3611, sponsored by Sen. Mark Johnson.

My name is Linda-Mary Sarafolean, and I work as a living skills instructor in Eden Prairie at a senior’s day program through the nonprofit organization Opportunity Partners.

The feds offered Minnesota a huge opportunity when they passed tax reform recently. Not only are some businesses passing direct savings on to their employees, but legislators could help all taxpayers benefit, too.

Uphold commitment to people with disabilities and the staff that support them.

For a copy of the packet, click HERE.

If there are any questions, please contact [email protected].

Three points secured, one more for a victory, Southwest Christian picked up a fourth point at third singles, a 5-2 win over Providence Academy in the boys tennis season opener April 12.

For a copy of the packet, click HERE.

To watch the live stream of the meeting at 7:00 PM, click HERE.

 

Please contact [email protected] with any questions.

As a kid in Jordan, Jason Kraus collected abandoned railroad spikes from along the tracks and stashed them in the woods. Little did he know, they would be there, waiting for him, when he returned more than a decade later as a bladesmith.

Plans for a third commercial building at Carver Square received two approvals last week from the Carver City Council.

The first time outdoors on courts for both Chanhassen and Holy Family Catholic, the boys tennis season opener was a welcome sight, even if it was chilly outside. And even if snow remained on two of the eight playing surfaces.

The Minnesota River is bottoming out today at a reasonable 16.04 feet, as measured at the Jordan gauge, before climbing up, up, up.

On Thursday, April 12 (Tornado Drill Day), the outdoor warning sirens will be activated two times – once at 1:45 PM for businesses, schools, and other facilitates to practice their plans, and again at 6:45 PM for late shifts and families in their homes.  Please note that the NOAA weather radios will also sound for this simulated tornado warning.

In an emergency, sirens are used to alert citizens who are outdoors of an imminent hazard and prompt them to seek additional information on the threat.

Additional information can be found at:  MN Department of Public Safety

CHASKA — The board of managers of the Lower Minnesota River Watershed District has scheduled public hearing to get public comment on the draft watershed management plan amendment.

Visit the Chanhassen Library for our second annual “Remembering Prince” program, 6:30-8 p.m., Wednesday, April 18.

Iceland is called the land of fire and ice, and for good reason. There are about 130 volcanoes on this north Atlantic island, which is less than half of the size of Minnesota.

The city of Victoria is paying more legal fees this week.

Carver County’s yard and brush waste service will cease by Jan. 1, 2019, impacting users from Chanhassen, Chaska, Carver, Victoria and Waconia.

A winter storm watch is in effect for portions of Minnesota, including Carver, Scott and Hennepin counties, from Friday evening through late Saturday night.