Chaska churches celebrate 150 years
By Mollee Francisco  These are two birthday cakes you don’t want to stand too close to when all the candles are lit. Two of the town’s oldest organized churches celebrate 150 years in ...
Charting Chaska: A closer look at who lives here
Among developing suburbs, Chaska has a lower percentage of homeownership. The Metropolitan Council released its analysis of the three-year survey last month. Chaska was on par with its fellow ...
Preserving a Chaska landmark: Guardian Angels restoring church, looks to public for help
By Mark W. Olson The brick walls of Guardian Angels Catholic Church have protected its parishioners from the elements for 125 years. Now the parishioners hope to protect the walls from the elements.
Walk with a ranger at Chaska unit on Saturday
A press release from the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge: Come walk with a ranger at the Chaska unit of Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge this coming Saturday. The Chaska unit is a ...
Ghost towns of the southwest metro (copy)
It’s interesting how the southwest metropolitan area of the Twin Cities grew into a patchwork of cities, but there might have been more today if a few more places had survived. Today, we consider them ...
What Halloween look like in the southwest metro this year?
After living the better half of a year under a global pandemic, the common Halloween themes of fear, frights and death are no longer the novelty they were in years past. On the other hand, the ...