Minnesota FoodShare is once again holding its annual March food collection campaign. This campaign is designed to raise awareness and donations to local food shelves throughout Minnesota.

Gov. Tim Pawlenty recently announced the appointment five individuals to four-year terms on the Board of Medical Practice, including Chaska resident Debbie Boe.

Boe, of Chaska, is a paralegal with the Gislason and Hunter law firm in Minneapolis, a position she has held since 2001.

She also owns and operates Debbie’s Legal and Genealogical Services. She has additional experience as an indexer, contract administrator, and a data management paralegal.

By Forrest Adams

For the second consecutive year, more than 2,000 common carp have been removed from Lake Riley in Chanhassen/Eden Prairie by University of Minnesota researchers and commercial fishermen.

The researchers are developing a carp management plan by researching carp populations in several area lakes. Commercial fishermen working with the university try to sell the carp for a profit.

By Forrest Adams

Known to some as a death trap, the intersection of Highway 5 and Minnewashta Parkway in western Chanhassen is slated to receive $1.9 million of safety upgrades in 2012.

On Feb. 17, the Metropolitan Council Transportation Advisory Board awarded two federal transportation grants to the city of Chanhassen. The first is worth $1 million, the second $900,000. Both are in the area where Minnewashta Parkway intersects with Highway 5 on the border between Victoria and Chanhassen.

Peter CarlsonWriter: The Rev. Peter Carlson (or Pehr Carlsson)

Year: Between 1858 and 1880

The Chaska girls basketball team led Edina for very little of Friday's Section 2-4A championship game at Chanhassen High School.

But the Hawks picked the right time to lead.

Chaska senior Brooke Brown hit a shot with 15 seconds remaining in the game and senior Ellen Degler sank a free throw with 3 seconds left to lift the Hawks to a 45-43 victory.

Brown finished with 20 points in the game as the Hawks will enter the state Class 4A tournament for the second time in three seasons.

H1N1 Novel Influenza is still circulating, is still dangerous, and there’s still time to protect yourself and your family from contracting the disease by getting vaccinated, say local health officials who are planning additional H1N1 immunization clinics.

A partnership of The Beacon Council of Eastern Carver County Schools, Carver County Library, Chaska Human Rights Commission and Shepherd of the Hill Dialogues announces a series of March and April events

The activities are “designed to kick off a year-long journey of celebrating the gifts people of differing abilities bring to our lives and exploring how we can create opportunities for people with disabilities to participate more fully in the communities of Eastern Carver County,” states a press release.

Jim Keeler will officially announce his bid to be elected as Carver County Attorney on Wednesday, March 17, according to a campaign press release.

Keeler will gather with family, friends and supporters for breakfast from 7-9 a.m. at the Chanhassen American Legion, 290 Lake Drive East.

Keeler currently holds the position of Carver County Attorney. He was appointed to be County Attorney in 2007 by a unanimous vote of the Carver County Board of Commissioners when the previous county attorney, Mike Fahey, was appointed to the bench.

Both Carver County and the City of Chaska issused their latest flood updates this morning:

On the Minnesota River at Chaska the reading this morning was 22.47ft with a flood stage of 18ft. The Chaska location indicates an approximate 2.15 ft rise in the last 24 hours.

Each week we publish a detail of a local building. The next week we indentify the building, along with a detail of a different building. Do you know where the heck this is? Post your answer; e-mail [email protected]; or call (952) 345-6574.

By Cliff Johnson & Mark W. Olson

For years, casual conversation in Carver has included speculation about where the future city hall will reside: downtown in a new or remodeled building; in the soon-to-be-abandoned water-treatment plant; or “up on the hill,” near the County Road 11 and Highway 212 intersection.

Suddenly, those casual conversations have become urgent, thanks to a proposed Carver County Community Development Agency development on County Road 11 and Ironwood Drive.

Editor's Note: In a series of "Downtown Turnaround" editorials, the Herald is offering ideas to improve downtown Chaska. Join the discussion by posting your own comments or e-mailing [email protected]. This editorial was first published in the March 11 print edition of the Chaska Herald. Read the first editorial in the series here.

When it comes to getting their Chaska home sold, the Teskey family is pulling out all the stops.

They’ve interviewed numerous realtors to find the one best suited to sell their Schoolmaster Drive home. They’ve brought in a stager to make sure the house looks top notch. They’re working on a video montage to give buyers scouring the Internet a good reason to schedule a viewing. And they’re even planning to employ a new kind of “For Sale” sign that includes photos of the interior of their home.

Ralph Lindemeier, 77, known to many of those who loved him as “Papa Ralph,” passed away at his home in Bozeman, MT, on Monday, March 8, 2010.

A memorial service, with lunch to follow, will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 20, at Zion Lutheran Church, 14735 County Road 153, Cologne.

Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service.

Are you interested in reading the public notices published in the March 11, 2010 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 .pdf’s that can be opened with Adobe Acrobat.

After a wintry traffic accident left its 25-year-old fire engine out of service, the city of Carver is now on the hunt for a new truck. But it won’t come cheap. A new rescue fire engine could cost taxpayers up to a half million dollars.

On March 1, the Carver City Council moved to solicit bids for a replacement fire truck. Whether they buy new or buy used, will depend on what kind of bids they get back, Mayor Jim Weygand said. A new truck, ranging from $450,000 to $500,000 would raise the taxes on a $250,000 home by $22.

By Chuck Friedbauer

In late October, the District 112 school board released funds to pay for approximately four-and-a-half additional teachers to reduce class sizes at local secondary schools. Officials at each school were able to put the money to use, but had to rely on different means to accomplish that goal.