Installation has begun on Eden Prairie’s first citywide, high-speed fiber internet system. Intrepid Fiber Networks, based in Broomfield, Colorado, has started the two- to three-year project. When complete, the system will serve 25,000 homes and businesses, according to the company. In a Nov. 7 press release announcing its expansion into Eden Prairie, Intrepid promised “reliable, ultra-fast, and symmetrical multi-gigabit Internet access.” “We are enthusiastic about the profound positive impact that our fiber will have on Eden Prairie and eagerly anticipate further expansions as we invest in communities across Minnesota and the nation,” said Jack Waters, Intrepid Fiber’s CEO. Installation is…
Author: Jim Bayer
Jim Bayer
Jim is a retired teacher currently keeping busy as a reserve teacher, tutor, and Eden Prairie High School softball coach. Jim’s career began as a journalist, photojournalist, and editor before working in healthcare public relations and later earning a master’s degree in special education. Jim and his wife, Sue, a registered nurse, have lived in Eden Prairie for more than 25 years. Their two children, Jen and Matt, graduated from EPHS and live in Eden Prairie. Jim and Sue have four grandchildren.
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A 48-year-old Eden Prairie man has been charged in Hennepin County District Court with 41 gross misdemeanor counts of allegedly stalking, harassment and interfering with privacy in a series of offenses that began in February 2021 and continued until August of that year. Charges also include two misdemeanor domestic assault counts. The man is accused of installing a keylogging and device-monitoring software service on his ex-girlfriend’s computer and placing a photographic recording device in her bedroom. According to the charges: The victim, an Eden Prairie resident, went to the Eden Prairie Police Department (EPPD) on Nov. 9, 2021, to report…
Jason Mutzenberger, executive director of business services for the past nine-plus years at Eden Prairie Schools (EPS), is leaving the district to join the Center for Effective School Operations (CESO), a Minneapolis-based consulting firm that provides operational support services to more than 230 school districts in the U.S. and Canada. CESO announced on Nov. 1 that Mutzenberger will join the company early in 2024 as vice president of finance and operations. “As we continue to grow, Jason will be a key additional leader partnering with our current finance vice president, Lauren Syrup, to provide powerhouse finance support for K-12 districts…
A 22-year-old Eden Prairie man has been charged with the theft of more than $48,000 worth of jewelry from a husband and wife, both residents of Flagstone Terrace Housing in Eden Prairie. Walker Oliver Johnson is accused of stealing the jewelry during his twice-per-week visits to the couple’s residence. Johnson was employed by a private home health agency contracted by the residents for home care services. According to the complaint: The female resident reported the thefts to a staff member, who encouraged her to call the police. The resident identified Johnson as the aide who came to their residence twice…
A former bookkeeper for the Eden Prairie Bobby and Steve’s Auto World has been charged with swindling more than $87,000 from the business over a two-year period. Kim Marie Harris, 53, of Waverly, Minnesota, has been summoned to appear in Hennepin County District Court. She remains free without bail. If convicted of the felony theft by swindle charge, she could face up to 20 years in prison and/or a $100,000 fine. According to the complaint: The owner of Bobby and Steve’s, located at 8100 Flying Cloud Drive, reported the thefts to Eden Prairie police in 2022, claiming that Harris had…
Nancy Wagner talks about her family’s efforts over four months to help her son, Jonas, starting from when they first found out he was thinking of harming himself.
Beginning today, EPLN presents an 8-part series on the important issues surrounding mental health and suicidal ideation.
Dick Rawlings’ mission is to help people. He does that by keeping his little sliver of the world clean. Rawlings, 84, patrols the roadways and byways around Presbyterian Homes’ Flagstone complex, pushing a walker and picking up trash. Every day. It’s likely that hundreds, if not thousands, of Eden Prairie residents have seen Rawlings. He wears a yellow safety vest with gray stripes, matching work gloves, and an Air Force ball cap while slowly pushing his walker up Columbine Road just west of Flagstone, always carrying his trash picker and a bag. He started his daily walks about five years…
Financial fraud scammers have racked up nearly $12 million in thefts in four highly visible Eden Prairie cases in 2023. And that doesn’t take into account scammers who are working their computers and phones every day in search of money from businesses to senior citizens, according to Detective John Andrews, the Eden Prairie Police Department’s (EPPD’s) financial crimes investigator. Search warrant affidavits filed by Andrews in Hennepin County District Court provide details about the most recent Eden Prairie cases: The search warrants are typically aimed at banks and other financial institutions in an attempt to track money that has been…
We walked onto the rock breakwater that formed the south wall of the Lahaina boat harbor. The sun was setting as local surfers worked the last few waves before darkness fell, their silhouettes stark against the waters of the ‘Au’au Channel separating Maui from Lanai. To our right was the harbor, and behind it was a walkway with waves lapping against the concrete and rock sea wall. To our left, modest homes lined the shore under large trees all the way to Kamehameha Iki Park and beyond. Three teenage girls who had been lying in the late afternoon sun were…