The neofascist Proud Boys group showed up to protest a much-publicized drag queen event at a Chaska children's store on Saturday — but so did the store's supporters, who outnumbered the protesters by a wide margin.  Little Roo's gained community-wide support this month after sharing a TikTok video of a woman ranting at the store's employees over the drag event. The video went viral and racked up millions of views.  Though protesters arrived as expected, the store's allies came out in force, turning the parking lot into a festival-like scene: One supporter told a store employee ..read more

The incident made headlines last month. Lab tests have confirmed that the man who fell asleep in the drive-thru of a Twin Cities Arby's last month was, indeed, "extremely drunk" —  as authorities described him at the time of his arrest. In a Sunday tweet, Chaska police said the driver's blood-alcohol concentration was .35 percent, per the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension's test results.  That's more than four times Minnesota's legal limit of .08 percent. The incident happened Feb. 24 at the Arby's on 805 Yellow Brick Road, when an "observant patron" noticed the suspe ..read more

Hours of operation at a third location are also being shifted earlier. Google Street View Ridgeview announced it is reducing hours at two of its urgent care locations in Minnesota, citing both the COVID-19 pandemic and continued population growth in those areas. The regional health care system revealed the changes Thursday, saying the new hours will go into effect Nov. 1. The impacted urgent care locations and their soon-to-be new hours are: Arlington Urgent Care: 9 a.m.-7 p.m. (had been 6 a.m.-9 p.m.) Chaska (Two Twelve Medical Center) Urgent Care: 8 a.m.-8 p.m. (had been 24/7) Le Sueur Urg ..read more

The top level isn't often used, so the entities teamed up to meet a growing need for pickleball courts. The City of Chaska has added three new pickleball courts on top of the parking ramp at the SouthWest Transit Station.  The roof of the parking ramp often sits empty, especially as people continue to work from home due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But now pickleballers will have the option to play on the new courts between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m.  "The popularity of pickleball has exploded, and Chaska like many communities had a need for additional courts," Len Simich, the CEO of SouthWest ..read more

It happened last month at an Eastern Carver County Schools hearing. The suspect, seated at right, was charged Thursday with both assault and disorderly conduct.  Eastern Carver County Schools, Vimeo Charges have been filed against one of the men who was caught on camera fighting at a Minnesota school board hearing last month. It happened Monday, September 27, at an Eastern Carver County Schools meeting, where parents packed the room to discuss the district's controversial new mask policy — which required all students, regardless of vaccination status, to wear masks for several weeks ..read more

The district on Monday updated its mask policy to require them for all students. Eastern Carver County Schools' decision to require masks for all students, regardless of vaccination status, for the next few weeks led to a heated school board meeting Monday night, including a physical scuffle between attendees.  The district, which includes the communities of Chaska, Chanhassen, Victoria and Carver, announced the update to the Safe Learning Plan on Monday due to rising COVID-19 cases over the past several weeks.  The new masking policy requires those in Pre-K through sixth-grade to we ..read more

The closure is "due to a lack of employees and applicants across the company," the manager wrote. Pixabay The Chaska Papa Murphy's location will be closed for the foreseeable future due to a dearth of workers and job applicants. Carrie Paulsen, manager of the 1006 Gateway Drive location, made the announcement Monday in the Chaska MN Bulletin Board Facebook group. As of 8 p.m. that night, she wrote, the Chaska location would be closed.  Paulsen confirmed this plan to Bring Me The News over the phone, but said she could not provide any additional details. Bring Me The News reached out ..read more

The crash happened Sunday morning. Pixabay Police are investigating a fatal crash that happened in Chaska Sunday morning.  According to Chaska Police Department, the crash happened at about 10:19 a.m. on Engler Boulevard near the ramp to eastbound Highway 212. Officers arrived and found two passenger vehicles involved in the collision.  A 32-year-old man from one of the vehicles died from injuries sustained during the crash, Chaska PD said. No one else was injured.  The crash wound up shutting down westbound Engler Boulevard and the eastbound ramp to Highway 212 until just ..read more

The child was found unresponsive in the Brickyard Clayhole. Brickyard Clayhole. A five-year-old child died in Chaska Saturday after being found in a lake shortly after going missing. The Chaska Police Department says it was called at 4:30 p.m. after the child went missing from the 800 block of Walnut Place, having walked away from home on foot. It sparked a major response including numerous law enforcement departments, with a drone, helicopter, search-and-rescue dogs, and a foot search employed. During the course of the search, the child was found unconscious in the water of Brickyard Clayhole ..read more

Police are warning motorists about long delays. A crash involving a semi-truck on Highway 212 in Chaska is causing lengthy delays. The wreck happened just before 6:30 a.m. Friday on eastbound Highway 212 east of Highway 41. MnDOT shows traffic that direction is being reduced to one lane as vehicles pass by on the shoulder. The Chaska Police Department is warning motorists that "drive times will increase dramatically" due to the "large crash," and suggests finding an alternate route if possible. The exact circumstances of the wreck aren't known at this point ..read more