According to the Koochiching County Sheriff’s Office, a Chaska man was injured in a hunting accident in northern Minnesota.

Shawn M. Nahan, 41, was taken to the Rainy Lake Medical Center hospital campus by private vehicle Wednesday after he shot himself in the foot with a 12-gauge shotgun while hunting south of Littlefork near the intersection of Highway 65 and Co. Rd. 31.

Minnesota traffic safety officials are addressing concerns over a jump in the preliminary number of 2010 road deaths.

At 10:31 a.m., Oct. 10, the Carver County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a canoe tipped over, with two individuals in the Minnesota River, near Carver County Road 11 in San Francisco Township.

Upon arriving deputies learned that Jacob Reit, 23, and Krystle Phillipsen, 23, both of Chaska, were duck hunting in their canoe on the Minnesota River when it overturned in heavy current, according to a Sheriff’s Office press release.

Jim Olson -- candidate for Carver County Sheriff

Age: 51

Family: Wife of 27 years Sue, three adult children, Melissa, Jen and Brian

Residence: Waconia

Employment: Lieutenant Carver County Sheriff’s Office

Education (please list degree(s) received): B.S. Metropolitan State, Northwestern School Police Staff and Command.

Derek Lee -- candidate for Carver County Sheriff

Age: 51

Family: Beth and three boys, James, 15, Daniel, 12 and Clayton, 10

Residence: Waconia Township, 19 years

The Chaska Fire Department Open House is 1-3 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 9.

This year’s activities include the safety trailer, Patches and Pumper robot, fire truck rides, live burn demonstration, face painting, a helicopter landing (weather permitting), ambulances, area law enforcement, food and beverages.

The Chaska Fire Station is at 285 Engler Boulevard.

Some time between Aug. 25 and Sept. 1 there were numerous headstones overturned and other damage caused during a vandal spree and rampage through St. John’s cemetery in Norwood Young America, according to a Carver County Sheriff’s Office report.

The Department of Public Safety (DPS) Office of Traffic Safety is urging motorists to “see yellow” and be ready to respond to school buses and student pedestrians as school resumes in Minnesota.

The Minnesota State Patrol has arrested 163 motorists for DWI during a statewide impaired driving enforcement campaign that started Aug. 20 and runs through Labor Day.

The State Patrol arrested 60 motorists during the first weekend of enforcement and another 64 this past weekend, Aug. 27-29, according to a State Patrol press release.

Arrest results from around 400 participating agencies will be available in mid-September. A similar statewide DWI enforcement effort in 2009 resulted in 1,873 DWI arrests.

Carver County Attorney Jim Keeler announced today that a Carver County jury found Daniel Reid Farrington, 25,of Chaska, guilty of fleeing police in a high speed chase that occurred on Highway 212 in Chanhassen and into Eden Prairie on April 3.

According to a press release, the Carver County Attorney’s Office charged Farrington with two counts of Fleeing a Peace Officer, Obstructing Legal Process, Reckless Driving, Speeding and Driving with Expired Registration in Chanhassen.