Speeches, supper, camp songs, memories of the past and plans for the future were part of the celebration.
Author: Joanna Werch Takes
Joanna Werch Takes
Joanna Werch Takes began her professional journalism career at a weekly community newspaper in Iowa. After moving to Minnesota, she spent several years as an editor at a magazine aimed at hobbyist woodworkers. Joanna and her family have lived in Eden Prairie for over 20 years. She is a former member and officer of the Eden Prairie Women of Today service group and a former Girl Scout leader in Eden Prairie. Contact Joanna at: joanna.takes@eplocalnews.org
Panelists shared the traditions and meanings of their religions’ holidays as part of this year’s PeopleFest.
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The $20,000 grant from the Minnesota-based foundation will support the organization’s operations during a time of transition.
Feel like going fishing? A pair of Eden Prairie brothers want to make it easy. Vick Tan, who is entering his junior year at Eden Prairie High School, and his brother William, an incoming freshman, started out repairing old fishing rods for friends and family in their garage a couple of years ago. Subsequently, Vick said, “I thought to myself, whenever I was going fishing, ‘Why aren’t there more kids who are doing this activity as well?’ And from there, that was the moment where the idea behind Fish Hut was born, which was to give access to fishing to…
EPLN placed first in State Politics/Government Reporting and received second-place awards in Local Politics/Government and Best Interview categories from the Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists.
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Craig Amundson, son-in-law Jeff Mischke, and their 1973 BMW will need to follow navigational markers — without a map or GPS — and meet ideal times across the 9-day route.
The Eden Prairie Chamber of Commerce will host the event, offering a variety of foods from local restaurants, at Fat Pants Brewing Co.’s parking lot from 4 – 8 p.m. June 12.
Currently the principal at Eden Lake, Beekmann began his career as a teacher at Prairie View Elementary.