Carver Current

Are you interested in reading the public notices published in the May 11, 2023 print edition of the Chaska Herald newspaper? The page or pages on which those notices were printed are attached to this item, in the form of…

The Southwest Christian golf teams are in full swing, with the section 2AA tournament approaching at the end of the month. Here is a look at where both the girls and boys teams are at heading into the final weeks…

Each week, area athletes and teams compete on the field, track, court or course. Here are some of the highlights from May 8-13.

Southwest Transit will have a new leader starting June first after Erik Hansen was recently named its new chief executive officer.

In honor of May being Mental Health Awareness Month, Dr. Lori Aleknavicius, a local clinical psychologist, is hosting a Mental Health Open Forum at the Chaska Community Center on May 18 from 7–8 p.m.

After a push in recent years to become a sanctioned varsity sport by the Minnesota State High School League, people involved in the sport of boys volleyball in Minnesota achieved that goal.

The Carver County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday responded to a threat made by a female student at Chanhassen High School.

In recent months, the Carver Scott Humane Society has joined other humane societies and animal shelters in finding ways to provide services while combating the canine influenza outbreak in the Twin Cities region.

With championship season approaching, the Chanhassen boys golf team hopes to build on the success it found at the end of last season.

Nearly two years after America Thayer was killed, her body thrown out of a vehicle onto a street in downtown Shakopee, Alexis Saborit was found guilty of her murder.

In a letter published May 4, “Emmer’s hypocrisy is showing,” the author states, “It’s too bad we lost Dean Phillips to Republican gerrymandering the last time the Republicans were in control of the state Capitol.”

Addiction seems to permeate our culture. It comes in many forms and varieties — some are very personal, and some are more societal.

As the end of the legislative session is swiftly approaching, committees formed with House and Senate members will work together to produce a single, joint bill for a number of issues. Three of those issues are addressed below.

With the House and Senate both passing their respective transportation bills, Carver County, along with Anoka, Dakota, Scott and Washington counties, is hoping the Legislature will consider more equitable transportation funding options.

Efforts toward the long-anticipated “Prince Rogers Nelson Memorial Highway” have finally come to fruition. On Tuesday, May 9, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz signed into law the bill to designate a section of Highway 5 as such.

In recent years, the end of the Minnesota legislative session has come with disappointment. Partisan divide has kept the Legislature from getting its job done. Lawmakers have consistently failed to address many of the problems and issues that face the…

Chaska-based nonprofit Bountiful Basket Food Shelf is now SuperShelf certified and invites the public to attend the SuperShelf Open House Celebration on May 21 from 1–3 p.m.

The Community Foundation for Carver County is seeking nominations for the inaugural Award in Philanthropy to be presented at the organization’s gala in September.