Carver Current

This past winter was in Minnesota’s top five snowiest winters on record, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, which is evidenced by the current Minnesota River water levels.

The Minnesota Valley Community Band presents its 37th annual spring concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 30, at Chanhassen High School.

More than 16 faculty of the District 112 music department will come together for the 2023 Lindquist Concert on May 2 at 7 p.m.

Chaska’s Cub Scout Pack 301 helped clean up Veterans Park on a brisk, grey and gloomy Earth Day.

Each week, area athletes and teams compete on the field, track, court and course. Here are some of the highlights from April 17 to April 22.

The long-awaited Hackamore Brewing Company opened its doors Friday, April 28.

At the beginning of April, the Carver County Board of Commissioners opted in to new settlements with certain opioid manufacturers and three major national pharmacies.

Chaska Parks and Recreation hosted a family-friendly Earth Day Celebration at the Chaska Community Center on April 22.

Food vendors from Chaska and the surrounding communities will be coming together in one big celebration of local eats for the 38th annual Taste of Chaska event on May 10 from 4–8 p.m.

The past two seasons have brought historic program success but also some unwanted endings for the Chanhassen boys lacrosse team.

Local nonprofit The Forgotten Initiative is hosting a “fun run/walk” May 6 in Shakopee.

Four-thirty p.m. came around during a practice early this spring, and Southwest Christian head coach Gary Schmidt told the boys tennis team they could be done practicing for the day.

The Chaska girls basketball program saw an era come to an end.

Heading into the 2023 season, the Chaska baseball team has a chance to do something that the program has not done since 1993: win back-to-back conference championships.

The 2022 baseball season did not go as Holy Family might have wanted it based on wins and losses, but head coach Bryan DeLorenzo is optimistic 2023 could be different.

Next Steps Learning Center, a child care facility serving the southwest metro, has recently started work on expanding to an upcoming Shakopee location.

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Over 200 educators across the state convened at the first-ever Educator Academy hosted by the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community on Tuesday, April 18, at Mystic Lake Center in Prior Lake.

More than 500,000 Minnesotans are paying more than 30% of their net income toward rent, according to the Minnesota Housing Partnership. More than 60% are living paycheck-to-paycheck.

It might have been summer seemingly over night in some parts of the state last week including the southwest metro, but meteorologists predict cooler temperatures will linger until the end of the month, possibly until mid May.