Chanhassen News

UPDATE SUNDAY 3:20 P.M.: Dakota and Rice counties are among those counties in southern Minnesota that are under a tornado watch until 9 p.m. ____________________________ ORIGINAL STORY: The Twin Cities metro and most of southeastern Minnesota are under a flash flood watch and hazardous weather outlook.

At their cores, Edina resident John Montague and longtime friend Jesse Parker are a couple of hockey dads looking to keep local athletes healthy.

Both the Twin Cities and the state topped historical high temperatures today. Minneapolis beat the record of 95 degrees set in 1932 by topping out at 98, according to Shawn DeVinny, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service Office in Chanhassen.

Winter's barely over, but temperatures in Dakota County are expected to reach into the 90s on Tuesday, and the National Weather Service has issued a fire weather watch.

Paul Douglas is a nationally respected meteorologist with 33 years of television and radio experience.

The provisions, orchestrated by DFL senators, would raise gas tax by 5 cents a gallon and metro transit sales tax by a half-cent. Despite opposition from the governor, the Minnesota Senate Friday approved increasing gasoline and sales taxes for state highways and metro transit.

Chanhassen Dinner Theatres has announced that FIDDLER ON THE ROOF will return to the Main Stage for the first time in 20 years.

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The wholesome biblical story of Joseph, Jacob's favorite son, has reunited with Chanhassen Dinner Theatres for another enthusiastic summertime production.

Hundreds of students and faculty members from an elementary school are walking in memory of a special little boy named Mitch.

CHANHASSEN, Minn. - Attention, tree-huggers. The Minnesota Landscape Arboretum wants you.

Police are releasing new details in their search for a missing 24-year-old Eden Prairie woman whose ex-boyfriend committed suicide outside of the Eden Prairie police station.

So Eden Prairie Police did an extensive search of that area all day and then shut down Eden Prairie Road to search some more.

Bloomington Theatre and Art Center welcomes veteran Twin Cities theatre artist Wendy Lehr to Bloomington Center for the Arts for a special 1-day acting workshop for theater performers called Body and Voice: The Actor's Instrument on Saturday, May 25 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. This physical theater workshop is specifically designed to promote ... (more)

Happy May Day. Now that we've taken care of that, there's a new Winter Storm Warning from the National Weather Service for the Lake Minnetonka area promising "heavy snow"-like as many as 9 inches.

Northfield's forecast for the next few days would be more fitting of the middle of March, not the first few days of May.

Demolition of the Metrodome isn't expected to begin until early 2014, but fans are already requesting scrap materials from the stadium.

Sen. Julianne Ortman, R-Chanhassen talks to a colleague before debate on the Senate tax bill at the state Capitol on Monday, April 29, 2013, in St.

Every Thursday MPR meteorologist Paul Huttner joins Kerri Miller on The Daily Circuit for " Climate Cast " on MPR News Stations to talk about the latest research on our changing climate and the consequences that we're seeing here in Minnesota and worldwide.

Motorists near Chanhassen will encounter a full closure and detour both directions of Highway 101 at 6 a.m. Monday, May 6. Both directions of Highway 101 will close between Pioneer Trail and Lyman Boulevard as crews reconstruct the roadway.