Carver Current

It is almost spring, and the season of projects is right around the corner. If your project involves new construction, or remodeling of a structure, you will likely need a building permit.

As crime has been pushed further into the virtual realm with new and evolving technologies, detectives have had to reassess the way they investigate crime scenes — or, perhaps more accurately, “crime screens.”

The Minnesota Departments of Agriculture and Health are partnering to offer free suicide prevention training for faith leaders in rural communities. This April and May, training will be offered to rural congregation leaders of all faiths and denominations.

Here’s a look at positions taken by local lawmakers on some proposals at the Legislature.

As an insurance agent, I interact with dozens of folks looking for health care coverage. Rather than listing out the numerous services and benefits that I am all too familiar with, I prefer to let numbers and statistics speak for…

In a recent letter, “Oh, the ills of socialism,” in the March 2 issue of The Herald, Sheri Meyers defended her appreciation for “socialism” and presented a defense that was built on a wrong premise. I could address each item…

When someone mentions a “doubleheader,” we usually think of two baseball games played back-to-back by the same pair of teams. To railroad employees, the word refers to a train pulled by two locomotives. This month, skywatchers will be able to…

Chaska Police Department officers responded to the following calls. This is not a complete list of incidents.

A small fire started on a ceiling light fixture at Chaska High School the early morning of Wednesday, March 29, while the district was on spring break.

People often ask me about my favorite animal to photograph. They want me to answer with one distinct and definitive favorite critter. Time after time, I disappoint them by saying my favorite wildlife to photograph tends to be whatever I…

When Khai Tran, the executive director of the Community Foundation of Carver County, began working for the organization, he didn’t even know what a community foundation was.

Twin Cities residents far and wide were hit with the worst kind of April Fools joke — snow in April.

Swerving cars typically mean one of two things: distracted driving or dodging potholes and other ominous road damage. This year, more than others, there’s a good chance much of that erratic driving is a means to avoid large craters in…

A new drive-through coffee shop and coworking space, We Work, could be on Chanhassen’s horizon.

Chaska High School will be holding its 15th annual Chaska Bash fundraiser May 12 at the Chaska Event Center.

Two area curling teams will be competing on the national stage throughout the week.

From minimal use to a large boom in recent memory, social media like Twitter has become a mainstay throughout society.

The Chaska softball program sees 2023 as an opportunity to prove people wrong.

With his collegiate career coming to an end, the circle that is Jack Dahlgren’s swimming career was completed.

Are you interested in reading the public notices published in the March 30, 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…