Every other week, the office typically receives a stack of criminal complaints from Hennepin County. The majority of those charges include incidents of Driving While Intoxicated.

I think most people in Eden Prairie would be surprised at the number of drunk drivers out on the streets every day. Most of the time, no one is hurt in these incidents and yet, if not for the vigilance of Eden Prairie police, who's to say what could have occurred?

EPPD details one of its most recent "close calls" in its blog. It reads:

Recently had an opportunity to try out some dishes at Campiello in Eden Prairie. The restaurant is tucked away on Shady Oak Road but it’s worth the visit.
You can read my full review on our Savvy (http://www.savvy.mn) website.
Click on the link below to read my full review.

http://www.savvy.mn/savvy-content/savvy-dining/classic-fresh-twist-campi...

Or just enjoy a look at some of the dishes I tried.

Being a native Kansan, I was delighted by the news that Topeka, Kansas unofficially renamed itself "Google, Kansas" in an attempt to curry favor with Google and be named a test city for an ultra-high speed broadband project.
Think of it as magic fairy dust for cities to get super-fast Internet. Topeka is known for jumping through hoops for even less ambitious causes, having temporarily renamed itself "ToPikachu" back in 1998 to recognize the "Pokemon" madness, according to the Topeka Capital Journal.

Also, the city jumped on KFC's offer to fill potholes, for some reason. The photo on the following link pretty much sums that up:

http://cjonline.com/news/local/2009-04-09/kfc_picks_topeka_for_pothole_f...

Duluth is in the hunt as well, as evidenced by the following delightful YouTube clip:

Just the other week, while stopping by Crumb deli, I noticed JJ's Coffee Company and Wine Bar, tucked away in a corner of Lone Oak Center. Dining options for this section of Eden Prairie are relatively scarce, so, I'd be curious to see what people think of this place.

A writer from Heavy Table
recently offered a review...

We dug up some old yearbooks from Eden Prairie High School and found the following gem.

If you love to dance, you've got to love early Michael Jackson. I'm biased toward songs from "Off the Wall" and "Thriller" but if anyone wants to make and argument for songs from "Bad" or later albums, feel free to duke it out in the comments:
Here's my Top 5:

"Thriller"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtyJbIOZjS8
A classic of film and zombie dance. 

Eden Prairie News typically publishes felony-level criminal charges but, we also occasionally receive somewhat quirky tales of mayhem through the list of misdemeanors. What follows is a case of road rage on Flying Cloud Drive:

Got the following press release from Alliant Action. It's a group that, for more than a decade, has been holding demonstrations and vigils every Wednesday at the headquarters of ATK-- an aerospace and defense company. That company recently relocated to Eden Prairie, as did Alliant Action.

This is a pretty laid-back group. They're good about giving a heads-up to local police about their activities.

I recently went to a ribbon-cutting event at Eagle Heights Spanish Immersion School.

One of my photos didn't turn out so well.

Or did it? 

It's....artsy?