Fatal crash on 212 near Carver

The Minnesota State Patrol is investigating a fatal crash that occurred this morning on Highway 212 at Mount Hope Road near Carver.

Few details about the crash have been made available yet, but it occurred just before 7 a.m. when an SUV driver reportedly hit and killed a pedestrian.

Boundary task force develops another high school proposal

The District 112 Boundaries Task Force has developed a second high school boundary proposal.

Under the first proposal, students in Chaska city limits would attend Chaska High School. Everyone else in District 112 would attend Chanhassen High School, when it opens.

 Here is one of the letters that will appear in this week's print edition regarding the District 112 high school boundaries proposal. Feel free to add your views on the issue. 

Dear Superintendent Jennings, School Board Members, and Boundary Task Force, 

This spring the city was awarded a $21,000 grant from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency to implement a water conservation program for city residents.

Chanhassen's WaterWise, similar to programs that have been implemented from Pennsylvania to Arizona, is an amalgamation of rebates to consumers and contests that encourage conservation and classes for education. The program's goal is to reduce residential water usage by 5 percent this year.

The annual Children’s Defense Fund recently released its annual Kids Count data book.

The statistics are a compelling look at poverty, and other issues, that children face

For instance, in Carver County:

* 965 children (4 percent of the county’s children) lived in poverty in 2005

* 7 children poisoned by lead under age 6 in 2006

* 11 children born to teen mothers in 2006

* 110 children abused and neglected in 2006

After a long discussion, during which residents voiced their complaints and city councilors said they empathized, the city council on May 12 approved a resolution accepting a bid and awarding a contract in the amount of $2,442,134.20 for Laredo Drive area street improvements.

The city's pavement management program recommends that streets in the Laredo Drive area be reconstructed. The area for improvements includes: Laredo Drive, Laredo Lane, Longview Circle, Cimarron Circle and Highland Drive west of Laredo Drive.