Grace Church in Eden Prairie announces the start of a new Celebrate Recovery program for individuals struggling with addictions, compulsions or codependencies. The ongoing program will meet weekly from 7-9 p.m. Thursdays beginning Jan. 15. 

According to a staff report in this week’s City Council agenda, Elaine Sampson and family have donated $35,000 to the new Eden Prairie Art Center. The bulk of the funds will be used to make the necessary interior renovations to allow public access to the Art Center facility. The Sampson family donated the building, located at 7650 Equitable Drive, last year. The building had been the art studio for Roger Sampson, who passed away in 2006.

Hennepin County Commissioners Jan Callison from the Sixth District (which includes a portion of Eden Prairie), and Jeff Johnson from the Seventh District along with Randy Johnson, representing the Fifth District (which includes the majority of Eden Prairie) – will be sworn in on Tuesday, Jan. 6, at 1:30 p.m. in the 24th Floor Board Room of the Hennepin County Government Center, 300 S. Sixth St. in downtown Minneapolis.

Third District Congressman Jim Ramstad looks back on career

By Leah Shaffer

A new fee and fine policy starts Jan. 2 at all Hennepin County Libraries.

“Hennepin County Library strives to make limited resources available to all. The fee and fine policy is an incentive to encourage customers to return library materials on time so they are available to others,” according to a news release. “The new fee and fine policy is a result of close examination of policies at libraries in the Twin Cities metro area and several major public library systems in North America.”

Q&A with local officials

We asked local officials to share highlights and challenges from 2008 as well as resolutions and expectations for 2009 – and their favorite free or inexpensive place to visit in Eden Prairie. The responses we received are below.

Q&A with local officials

We asked local officials to share highlights and challenges from 2008 as well as resolutions and expectations for 2009 – and their favorite free or inexpensive place to visit in Eden Prairie. The responses we received are below.

It’s been a whirl-wind year for Congressman-elect Erik Paulsen, who emerged as victor in a tightly-fought race in the Third Congressional District. He’s pretty much hit the ground running since election night, having gone through three orientation sessions with his fellow freshman legislators since then:

Affordable housing opportunities are opening up in Eden Prairie through the Homes Within Reach program, which, little by little over the years has secured more properties within Eden Prairie.