Eden Prairie News

a oeThe holiday season will soon have arrived, and if you have been thinking about remembering a staff member (teacher, bus driver, or paraprofessional, for example) this holiday season, why not consider a Present with a Future? This offering from the Foundation for Eden Prairie Schools will allow you to honor someone special to your child, while at the same time giving a donation that can make an authentic difference in our schools,a according to a news release.

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According to the Eden Prairie School District Web site, the Foundation for Eden Prairie Schools is auctioning off a suite that can be used for a Minnesota home basketball game in November and December.

Santa is scheduled to arrive at 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 20, on a reindeer-drawn sleigh outside Eden Prairie Center between Barnes and Noble Booksellers and Sears.

The Eden Prairie Band Parent Organization will be hosting an all-day book fair at Barnes & Noble in Eden Prairie Center from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, Nov.

The show is dramatized by Joseph Robinette from the story by C.S. Lewis., according to a news release.

Start: 11/14/2009 - 7:00pm End: 11/14/2009 - 8:30pm Timezone: Etc/GMT-6 From 7-8:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov.

A standoff in Edina ended just after 6 p.m. Friday. Police had been on the scene, near Lake Cornelia Park, for nearly four hours.

It's always nice to welcome the holidays with a tangled up mess. Most of you know what I mean when I say this, as it is that time of year that we attempt to untangle our broken holiday lights and hope that they work.

According to prosecutors, a gambling addiction pushed a 71-year-old woman to swindle more than $93,000 from the senior citizens home she was hired to manage.

The free Eden Prairie Family Center Festival is set for 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov.

Eden Prairie police are investigating an armed robbery that occurred Wednesday morning at Green Mill, 8266 Commonwealth Drive.

The Minnesota Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration , have to come to a tentative agreement on how to design a new interchange for Highway 169 and Interstate Highway 494, according to state Rep.

Eden Prairie residents Garrett Blythe, Anna Rask, Nick Van Heest, Michelle Stevens, Spencer Toy and Erica Wipperfurth were among the Southwest Christian High School 2009 graduates receiving more than $2.1 million in academic and athletic scholarship offers for post-secondary educational opportunities, according to a news release from the school.

Eden Prairie resident honors a Remains of Company Da By Karla Wennerstrom After James Carl Nelsona s grandfather died in 1993 at age 101, he began to pursue his story.

The Eden Prairie PROP Shop has scheduled a holiday open house for 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov.

On Saturday November 7, 2009, black-owned barbershops across Los Angeles will participate in a program sponsored by the Diabetic Amputation Prevention Foundation and Dr.

Delores a oeDoriea Nelson, 79, of Eden Prairie, has passed away. Visitation is Sunday, Nov.

Known previously for offering insight into the adolescent brain, David Walsh gave Eden Prairie parents a heads-up on how to stay on top of the ever-quickening pace of the online world - " a world where teenagers are quite at home.

Even though the economy is still suffering and many small businesses won't be hiring for some time, some companies are thinking about taking on more workers.

On Thursday Nov. 5, Gloryland Gospel Band, an Eden Prairie-based band, will be performing for the Forever Friends Club at Wooddale Church in Eden Prairie, in the chapel.