Carver Current

Updated 1:50 p.m. Tuesday

San Diego Padres pitcher Brad Hand was a Major League Baseball All-Star for the National League in July.

Crowds came out to Lions Park in Victoria on Saturday for the annual Nordic Music Festival.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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…

One day after winning 6-0 at Heritage Christian, Southwest Christian boys soccer took down another MCAA Conference squad, this time a 5-0 win at Legacy Christian Sept. 8.

Starting slow, needing a late run to win game one, Chanhassen volleyball opened the Metro West Conference with a 3-1 win over an improved Bloomington Kennedy squad Sept. 7.

Since Hurricane Harvey hit the Texas coast, southwest metro residents have rallied together to raise money and collect items for relief efforts.

Pets of the Week

Imagine Lake Michigan. Drop it onto southeast Texas.

Justin Bach and Marcus Holasek each scored a pair of touchdowns leading Chaska to a 2-0 start in a 35-0 win over Bloomington Kennedy Sept. 8 at Bloomington Stadium.