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Carver’s mayor shows up to everything. Touch a Truck, Steamboat Days, Santa’s fire truck ride to City Hall, and nearly every ribbon cutting in town. So, when Courtney Johnson walked out of my open house in Carver and the two neighbors walking in had no idea who she was, I knew what we needed to…

What would a hyperscale data center actually mean for Chaska? Chaska City Administrator Matt Podhradsky is back for his fourth conversation on the show, and this time we tackle the questions neighbors have been asking on social media. Matt explains why Chaska already hosts four data centers and how its city-owned electric utility makes the…

Season 8 kicks off the way it always does, with former Chaska Mayor Bob Roepke. Bob was one of the first people willing to take a chance on this podcast back in season one, and our annual conversation has become a tradition I look forward to every year. Bob grew up at 204 Ash Street…

Most families don't know David Sherman exists — until they're already in crisis. As the owner of Disability Consulting Solutions, David has spent over 30 years working alongside families navigating disability, chronic illness, cognitive decline, and the decisions that come with aging. His work sits in the gaps — the space between what county case…

Dr. Kamruz Darabi didn’t take the obvious path. Trained in Germany, New York, and Ohio, fluent in four languages, he could have practiced anywhere. He chose Chaska — and then chose to go out on his own. In this conversation, Greg Anderson talks with the founder of Darabi Dermatology about what that journey actually looked…

If you drive Highway 5 between Chanhassen and Victoria — or you own property anywhere near that corridor — this is the episode to listen to before construction season shifts into full gear. Carver County is in the middle of a $116 million Highway 5 overhaul. A 3.5-mile stretch from Highway 41 in Chanhassen to…

What does it actually take to keep a community’s most vulnerable families from falling through the cracks? In this episode, Greg sits down with Molly Koivumaki, the first Executive Director of Beyond New Beginnings — a supportive housing program in Chaska that provides safe, stable homes for young moms and their children as they work…

Chaska City Manager Matt Podhradsky returns to the podcast to talk about the city’s brand-new $48million Public Safety Center, set to open in just weeks. Greg got a privatetour of the facility and sits down with Matt to unpack the full story — fromwhy the old buildings couldn’t keep up, to the historic Chaska elements…

What do you do when your parents have 40 years of stuff in a 4,000 square foot house and they need to move to a 1,200 square foot assisted living apartment? Most families are paralyzed by this question—and Ernise Beckel has spent her career solving it.Ernise is a registered nurse with 20 years of experience…

From social worker to sourdough entrepreneur—Elaine Dubbe turned a friend's encouragement and a 106-year-old sourdough starter into Hello Simple; a business teaching hands-on sourdough classes across Minnesota. Elaine moved to Cologne, Minnesota in December 2023 and started by simply posting in the local Facebook group asking if anyone wanted to learn sourdough. Twenty-five people said…