Carver Current

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has announced that some key customer service improvements are coming to Minnesota state parks and recreation areas this summer.

One Community (A Coalition of Community Partnerships) invites you to an Open Forum about homelessness in Carver and Scott Counties.  See the flyer for more details.

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Minnesota’s growth in health care spending during 2013 remained at historically low levels, according to a report released Thursday from the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH).

Taylor Koenen of Shakopee was named Minnesota’s Gatorade State Girls Basketball Player of the Year.

Chaska High School senior Taylor Zerull said she’s been drawing for as long as she can remember.

As the final remnants of winter ice disappear from Firemen’s Clayhole, a new piece of the $26 million Firemen’s Park redevelopment is beginning to take shape over the lake. On Monday, a crew from Atla

This year, Daylight Saving Time begins on Sunday, March 13, 2016.

The time change officially takes place at 2 a. (Read more…)m., but you don’t have to spring out of bed and move the big hand on your clock ahead an hour. The change is automatic for most smartphones, computers, tablets and other digital devices.

AMC Theatres is planning a $6.5 million overhaul of its Eden Prairie location that would include reclining seats and the sale of alcoholic beverages.

A man fell through the ice on Oak Lake in Watertown Township while fishing Tuesday afternoon.

As of the beginning of the year, Jennifer Romero had 90 households on a list.

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? (Read more…) Send us your guess.

The celebration was minimal. Sure a few photos for moms and dads with the sub-section championship plaque.

On this date in history, the Herald reported:

After less than a year of operation, Victoria’s Market has announced that it will close.

Carver County Commissioners recently accepted a $900,000 donation for Coney Island cleanup efforts from the Norman and Ann Hoffman Foundation, according to a county news release.

Police believe that someone purposely shot at a Metro Mobility bus in Shakopee Monday.

Each year, the Saturday before Easter, hundreds of kids wait with breathless anticipation, sometimes stacked six deep, along the sidewalks of Chaska’s City Square Park for its annual Easter Egg Hunt.

No way!

Chaska’s long-time Ward 4 Councilor Jay Rohe has announced his intent to run for reelection this fall. 

On March 17, Hanadi Chehabeddine will speak in Chaska on the topic “What you always wanted to know about Islam and Muslims."