Carver Current

Always thought you’d make a great sleuth, or perhaps you watch a little too much true crime television? The Dinner Detective Murder Mystery show in Minneapolis might be just the activity for you to demonstrate your skills.

The third seed likely already locked up, Chanhassen didn’t have much to play for Oct. 20 in the eighth and final game of the regular season.

Chaska, hoping to be in that top three in the boys race, were off their normal pace a bit, finishing seventh with a score of 134 at the Metro West Conference Cross Country Championships Oct. 19 at Hyland Greens Golf…

Marissa Long was unable to race in the Metro West Conference Championships in 2020, a split event with three pods of runners. A temporary venue change at Gale Woods Farm in Minnetrista.

Jessica Lynae Peterson, 30, of Belle Plaine, died following a fatal motorcycle accident on Tuesday, Oct. 19, according to the Hennepin County Medical Examiner.

A 30-year-old Belle Plaine woman died following a motorcycle crash on County Road 40 on Tuesday, Oct. 19, according to the Carver County Sheriff’s Office.

With the safety and security of the school board, staff, students, and public, Eastern Carver County Schools will institute a new policy for the October 25 open forum and board meeting.

Two pool records fell at Pioneer Ridge Middle School on Oct. 19 in Chanhassen’s 98-64 win over Robbinsdale Cooper.

Chaska completed back-to-back-to-back Metro West Conference sweeps, running their league win streak to 28 matches dating back to the 2018 season, with a 3-0 win over Orono on Oct. 19.

Looking for a good book to listen to? Carver County Library offers great choices for audiobook users including audiobooks on CD. While most feature one narrator, some titles feature a “full cast” recording of the book.

Providence Academy allowed just nine total goals in the regular season, and lost just twice in low-scoring affairs with No. 1-ranked St. Paul Academy.

Holy Family Catholic knew it would take a complete 80-minute game, in all phases, to beat top-ranked Southwest Christian in the Section 6A championship Oct. 19.

Friday and Saturday brought merrymaking to Firemen’s Park with this year’s Fire and Ice Festival and Bonspiel.

Weekly parkrun events are now taking place at Chaska’s Courthouse Lake each Saturday. The free, timed 5K events are volunteer-run and gift milestone T-shirts when people participate in 25, 50, 100, 250 and 500 runs.

Chaska Police Department officers responded to the following calls. This is not a complete list of incidents.

Carver County Public Health is reopening a community COVID-19 testing site at the Lake Waconia Event Center.

It’s hard to beat this time of year. The cool days, the colorful trees and pumpkins. Ya, that’s right, pumpkins. I find pumpkins fascinating. Especially the history of pumpkins. You might agree after reading about this amazing vine.

If winning the Section 2AA team title without surrendering a set wasn’t enough to show how dominant top-ranked Minnetonka is in girls tennis this fall, the Skippers followed that up by sending all six individuals to state as well.