March 7 is Minnesota’s Action Day to end domestic violence. We ask you to look, listen and learn about domestic violence and what you can do.
Girls Basketball: Fire, Stars advance to Section 5AA quarters
The first step back to the Class AA State Girls Basketball Tournament is complete.
Carver Lions Designer Bag Bingo! Saturday April 15th
Saturday, April 15 at 2:00pm
Stick’s Tavern, Dahlgreen Golf Course 6940 Dahlgren Road, Chaska
Win AUTHENTIC Coach and Michael Kors handbags, up to $200 in value!
Packet sales begin at 12:30pm
Admission packets are $26.00 – 6 boards/game
Bonus packets for $4.00 are also available – 3 boards/game
Must be 18 to play
Food & cocktails available for purchase
Eden Prairie man sentenced for stabbing deaths of wife, unborn child
Judge Juan Hoyos called Eden Prairie resident Yevgeniy Savenok’s actions unthinkable before sentencing him in connection with the 2016 stabbing deaths of his wife, Lyuba Savenok and her unborn son, Ellis, on March 2 in Hennepin County District Court.
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Law and Order: Citizen’s Academy provides inside look at law enforcement
Editor’s note: For the next nine weeks, Chanhassen Villager reporter Unsie Zuege will report on the Carver County Citizens Academy, put on by the Carver County Sheriff’s Office. She’ll share her classmates’ observations as they learn about the work deputies…
Loosbrock, Urbanciz ‘ExCEL’ at Chaska High School
Chaska High School’s 2016-17 ExCEL Award nominees include a dancer who has competed at the state level and a student who is a successful hockey and soccer player.
Love of snowmobiling
Chaska Sno-Hawks snowmobiler Terry Pulkrabek started riding when he was 40 years old. Before that, he hated them.
Prince fans purchase iconic property
An iconic Prince property in Chanhassen has been sold to local buyers.
Owners dispute Second Street reconstruction costs
A few Second Street building owners voiced concerns over reconstruction assessments to a three-person council on Monday night.
Section 2AA Hockey: Fire give Eagles’ their best shot
Watching the Section 2AA boys hockey final March 1, it was hard to tell who the No. 1-ranked team. Who returned a majority of its state runner-up squad from 2016. Who everyone picked to win the state tournament in 2017.
Girls Basketball: Prior Lake tandem shoots past Chaska
Scouting Prior Lake, what stands out are the individual abilities of McKenna Hofschild and Riley Wheatcraft.
Show by fabric artist Audree Sells
A show with works by Chaska artist Audree Sells opens March 5 at the Sower Gallery at Shepherd of the Hill Church, 145 Engler Boulevard, Chaska.
State: Number of handgun-carry permits in 2016 highest ever
Minnesota sheriffs issued 71,156 permits to carry a handgun in 2016, the highest number in a single year since the Minnesota Legislature implemented firearms permit laws in 2003, according to the state Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA). The BCA reported…
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.
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
March 2, 1899: We hear that Mrs. Mathias Stans of Chaska town is very low with the dread disease dropsy. Her many friends however hope for her recovery.
Building a winning tradition: now and later
Southwest Christian won seven games in 2011-2012, its home gym, Guardian Angels in downtown Chaska, rarely found by student fans.
Basketball: Hanson now all-time points leader for Chaska
Myles Hanson became Chaska’s all-time points scorer, passing Spencer Tollackson in a 24-point game Tuesday in an 82-44 win over Bloomington Kennedy.
Villager Tower #323
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The Villager Tower has been written and published since 1983 by Ricki Schultz. She can be contacted at (952) 448-5126 and [email protected].