Chaska News

A small group of Minnesota Boy Scout families gathered on Friday to protest a proposed policy change by the Boy Scouts of America.

Taylors Falls officials are thrilled by a prospect of new senior housing within the city limits.

In order to get off oil as our main energy source, renewable energy needs to be cost-competitive with natural gas and coal.

Eagan police wrote about one speeding ticket for every 100 residents in 2011, one of the lowest rates of any metro city, according to a report on WCCO-TV . That year, Eagan police wrote 660 tickets for excessive speed.

Listed by Ken Haasken, Chestnut Realty Inc., 952-448-3344. Built in 1878, this six-bedroom, two-bathroom house has 3,476 square feet and features four bedrooms on one level, wood-burning fireplace, hardwood floors, sunroom, partial basement, deck and two-car attached garage.

Master gardener Paul James, better known as HGTV's "Gardener Guy," will be at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum this week for "An Evening With Paul James." James, who launched the TV program "Gardening by the Yard" in 1995 and is a spokesman for National Public Gardens Day, will answer audience members' garden-related questions.

QualiTech's Food Ingredients division, a Chaska, Minn.-based supplier of innovative particulates, inclusions and ingredients to the global food industry, has presented its 2012 Partner of the Year award to Brisan Ingredients, Park Ridge, Ill.

Obstructing the legal process. A 32-year-old Blue Earth man was arrested for giving false information to police, driving with a revoked license, having no proof of insurance and possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia near the intersection of Shoreline Boulevard SW.

Let the snow fall. One gym in Prior Lake has found a winter weather work-around, as the winner of the 11th Annual Indoor Triathlon can amply attest to.