Chaska man charged in fatal car crash in Minnetonka
Hennepin County Attorney Amy Klobuchar announced last week that a Chaska man has been charged in connection with a fatal car crash in Minnetonka on Memorial Day. Matthew Robert Weierke, 28, was ...
UPDATE: Tuesday still the goal for Highway 41 reopening; no word on Co. Rd. 101
The Minnesota Department of Transportation hopes to reopen Highway 41 between Shakopee and Chaska around Tuesday evening. Scott County Road 101 between Flying Cloud Drive and downtown Shakopee has an ...
Detour doesn’t deter Victoria’s downtown
Highway 5 from Highway 41 in Chanhassen to Highway 11, just past Victoria, closed to all but local traffic for the next three months. Is Victoria ready for Highway 5 road ...
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 ...
School’s out – but building may be in luck (copy)
Driving around Carver County with nothing but an 1880 map, Lou Longhenry kept to his mission: Find historic one-room schoolhouses. Results? “Not too many,” the San Francisco Township retiree said, ...