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Christmas in May Chaska, a local nonprofit, spent Saturday, May 6, sprucing up the homes of those in the community that need it most.

The Eastern Carver County School Board meeting on April 24 kicked off with the recognition of Integrated Arts Academy: ProStart students, presented by Culinary Arts Instructor Remy Roper.

A peculiar pheasant inspired the Chaska Fire Department with his visits through the worst of COVID times, and now his story is immortalized in the form of a children’s book.

For over 40 years, Excelsior Art on the Lake has brought in several art fanatics into the community, and it will do so again this summer.

The JazzMN Orchestra will kick off its three-show run at the Chanhassen Dinner Theatres with a tribute to one of history’s most influential jazz musicians – Louis Armstrong.

The morning routines of many Chaska residents will look different from now after Chaska Dunn Brothers, a downtown caffeine hotspot owned by Mike Webb, closed its doors for good on May 5 after 15 years.

“Mirrors and Windows,” a book fair event promoting stories by authors of color and independent, minority owned book sellers, will be held at Family of Christ Lutheran Church on Saturday, May 13, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Are you interested in reading the public notices published in the May 4, 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…

Each week, area athletes and teams compete on the field, track, court or course. Here are some of the highlights from May 1 to May 6.

The long-anticipated move to designate a section of Highway 5 as the “Prince Rogers Nelson Memorial Highway” has passed its final legislative hurdle.

Spring has officially sprung, meaning the Chaska golf teams are teeing it up, hitting approach shots and lining up putts.

The Southwest Christian/Jordan girls lacrosse team has taken quite the leap in four years.

Partners in Policymaking is accepting applications for its advocacy training course for Minnesotans with disabilities and parents of children with disabilities.

Local organization Mi C.A.S.A. held multiple children’s day events throughout the southwest metro in recent weeks, bringing communities together for activities, games, food and music.

After a long winter of being cooped up indoors, excitedly watching all the snow melt, and then watching it snow several more times, few things feel better than moving off the couch and into the sun.

Carol and Lissa Strait share more in common than their mutual love of nephew and husband Montana Strait. Both women share a passion for art and creativity, and their work is making the rounds.

When is a duck not a duck? The answer is … when it is a merganser. So, what is a merganser? The mergansers are fish-eating ducks with many different adaptations that make them very different from ducks, yet they are…

SouthWest Transit opened up the Chaska City Council’s May 1 meeting with information on its new partnership with the rideshare app Lyft.

In 1850, Anders Petersson immigrated to the United States from Sweden. He first settled in Iowa and then in Scandia, Minnesota, which is now Waconia. Anders Americanized his name to Andrew Peterson. His farm is just west of Parley Lake…

Editor’s note: This story discusses suicide. If you or people you know are at risk of self-harm, call or text 988 for the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.