To further promote physical distancing, play equipment in all Eden Prairie city parks have been closed.

CANVIVA, a Minnetonka-based CBD company, pivots to sell much-needed hand sanitizer

Picture this: A family gathers at the kitchen table for an online worship service, praying and singing songs together. 

Last week, Eden Prairie Liquor management announced changes in operations, with modified hours from 10 a.m.–8 p.m., Monday-Saturday, and 11 a.m.–6 p.m., Sunday, in the following locations:

With the statewide stay-at-home order going into effect [and continuing] through April 10, we’ve entered a new phase of the COVID-19 pandemic in our community when Minnesotans are asked to limit movements outside of your home beyond essential needs. 

With breaking news about COVID-19 constantly developing, the city of Eden Prairie's goal has been to maintain the best possible customer service at all liquor operations, while protecting the health of our associates and the community.

Rapid-response grants could be approved within next few weeks

Students in Eden Prairie Schools will not begin distance learning until after spring break.

Eden Prairie’s Emergency Management Team is working closely with public safety officials in neighboring cities and schools, along with our EMS, county and state partners to protect our community.

City cancels a number of events and closes community center

Community center open, but classes and programs canceled

Due to the rapidly evolving situation surrounding COVID-19, the Nine Mile Creek Watershed District continues to assess and monitor the outbreak in order to protect the health and safety of the community, our visitors, volunteers and employees. 

In response to public health concerns around COVID-19, the Minnesota Humanities Center (MHC) is postponing the Celebration of Somali Youth Voices event scheduled for Sunday, March 15, at Eden Prairie High School.

The Eden Prairie Police Department was recently visited by students in the Eden Prairie School District’s Teaching All Students Skills for Employment and Life Transition Program who sold coffee and greeting cards to department staff. 

Presented by the Eden Prairie Figure Skating Club, “Mary Poppins Comes to Town” will be the theme for this year’s annual Ice Show hosted March 20-22, at the Community Center, 16700 Valley View Road.

Book launch event March 15 in Eden Prairie

Biden wins big

The presidential primary election results reported on the Secretary of State website is parsed by congressional district, Minnesota House District and county. Here are the unofficial vote counts for state House districts in Minnetonka, Excelsior and Eden Prairie.

The polls are open for Super Tuesday. Minnesota voters are joining 13 other states this year in casting votes for the 2020 presidential primary election.

The Scouts in Eden Prairie’s Troop 342 are practicing their pancake-flipping skills and preparing for the annual pancake breakfast to be held 7:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Sunday, March 8, at the Eden Prairie High School, 17185 Valley View Road.

Over the past two weeks, Eden Prairie police have been made aware of two cases in which residents are being targeted by a telephone scam. 

During the afternoons and evenings, you can find Eden Prairie Police Officer Jordan Koras walking the beat as a retail crime officer inside Eden Prairie Center, responding to medical emergencies, shoplifters and lost children.

The Eden Prairie Community Foundation will host the “State of the Foundation, City & Schools” program, 5-7 p.m. Thursday, March 5, in the Atrium and Heritage Rooms of the Eden Prairie City Center, 8080 Mitchell Road.

The Metropolitan Council Environmental Services will conduct sewer pipe inspections for the next several weeks in Eden Prairie.

Eden Prairie Police Department Reserve Officer Brett McMahon worked his last shift Feb. 12, after 20 years of volunteering his time at the department.

The La Danse Fatale ballet company will be performing “The Snow Queen” 7 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 29, and at 2 p.m., Sunday, March 1, at the Eden Prairie High School Performing Arts Center, 17165 Valley View Road, Eden Prairie. 

Starkey Hearing Technologies, 6700 Washington Ave. S., Eden Prairie, has added a new role for the hearing industry to its team––a chief health officer.