Author: EPLN Staff Reports

Eden Prairie students named to their college or university Dean’s List or President’s List for the fall term are listed below, alphabetically by school. EPLN receives this information directly from the schools. If you don’t see your student listed, contact the school and ask them to include EPLN on its mailing list: editor@eplocalnews.org Belmont University, Nashville, TN Dean’s List Carlos Chavez Allie Pemantell Paola Reyes-Torres Bradley University, Peoria, IL Dean’s List Kendall Minta, Political Science University of Iowa, Iowa City Dean’s List Margaret Belongie, Nursing Matthew Deavan, Screenwriting Arts Laura Devine, Human Physiology John Enck, Business Analytics and Information Systems John…

Eden Prairie has declared a snow emergency effective Jan. 19-20. According to the city’s officials, the snow emergency will be activated as soon as the snow accumulation reaches 2 inches. Residents of the city are advised not to park on city streets until noon on Friday, Jan. 20. This will allow the crews to maintain safe and passable roadways and perform a full curb-to-curb cleanup that will begin at 3 a.m. on Friday. The city has also issued some important reminders for residents to follow during the snow emergency. These include placing trash containers behind the curb line, not in…

PROP Food Shelf’s annual “Empty Bowls” event is set to return in person on Tuesday, Feb. 21, at St. Andrew Lutheran Church, 13600 Technology Drive, Eden Prairie.  The event will take place during lunch from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and dinner from 4 to 7 p.m. The theme of this year’s 11th annual Empty Bowls is “Everybody Eats,” which aims to raise awareness and funding to combat hunger, housing, and employment insecurity in Eden Prairie and Chanhassen. Attendees will have the opportunity to enjoy a free bowl of soup as a reminder of local food needs, take home a…

Robert (Bob) John Hamilton of Savage, formerly of Eden Prairie, passed away suddenly on Jan. 15, 2023, at age 65 from a ruptured aortic aneurysm.  He was preceded in death by his parents, John Richard and Joan Clara (Streng) Hamilton. Bob grew up and went to high school in Epworth, Iowa, before attending the University of Northern Iowa (a school he titled the “Harvard of the Midwest”). It was during his time at UNI that he met his future wife, Carmen Blake. They married on Sept. 20, 1980, in Mason City, Iowa. They first met in tax class, and their…

A panel discussion, including three DFL state legislators representing Eden Prairie, is scheduled for January 21 in Hopkins. The Minnetonka-Eden Prairie-Hopkins (MEPH) Chapter of the League of Women Voters is sponsoring the meeting with five state legislators who will discuss and answer questions about the 2023 legislative session. The event is from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 21 in the third floor classroom of the Hopkins Fire Department, 101 – 17th Ave. S., Hopkins Attending are Sen. Steve Cwodzinski, Rep. Carlie Kotyza-Witthuhn, and Rep. Laurie Pryor, all of whom represent Eden Prairie in the state legislature. Also attending are Rep. Patty Acomb…

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is Monday, Jan. 16. The day is a federal holiday, so schools and libraries will be closed, as will most federal and state offices. There will be no regular mail delivery. In addition most court buildings and banks will be closed. ATMs will still be open. The Eden Prairie City Center is also closed Monday. Hours for other city facilities are available at edenprairie.org/Calendar.

Eden Prairie residents are being sought to apply for several city commissions. New members are encouraged to apply for the following commissions: Learn more and apply at edenprairie.org/Commissions

Fred Chung-man Ho, 74, of Eden Prairie died Jan. 7, 2023 after a brief illness with pancreatic cancer. Born and raised in Hong Kong, Fred came to the U.S. in 1970 to attend the University of Hawaii, receiving a B.S. in Biology. He proceeded to Iowa State University where he earned a Master’s & Doctorate in Statistics and Industrial Engineering. He met Martha Cox at ISU and they have been happily married since 1983. After teaching statistics at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, he joined GE Nuclear/Keane Consulting in San Jose, CA before settling in Eden Prairie in 1995. …

Final approval of ordinances that increase street-maintenance fees is expected at the Tuesday, Jan. 17 meeting of the Eden Prairie City Council. The city fees appear on monthly utility bills that go to customers of Xcel Energy and CenterPoint Energy, and a small number of EP customers that are served by Minnesota Valley Electric Cooperative. The so-called “franchise fees” have been charged since 2012 as a way to finance the maintenance of city streets, rather than relying on the city’s general fund or large special assessments levied against benefiting properties. Tuesday’s action would increase the monthly fees charged to residents…

The Eden Prairie Police Department (EPPD) has received the FBI-LEEDA (Law Enforcement Executive Development Association) Trilogy Award given to law enforcement agencies whose command staff have completed training in supervision, command, and executive leadership. Eight EPPD supervisors have completed the series and others are in process, according to a press release. “Sending supervisors to the FBI-LEEDA courses is a way to invest in our staff and provide them with the tools they need to perform at the highest possible level,” the release said. The award was presented to the department Jan. 10 by Anne Kirkpatrick, an LEEDA instructor.