The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is reporting that abnormally dry conditions are causing concern in much of Minnesota.

"Wildfire suppression officials are concerned about potential fire danger since much of Minnesota has been unusually dry since mid-June," according to a DNR news release.

The release said:

The Eden Prairie High School girls tennis team's waltz through the Classic Lake Confernece continued Thursday with a 4-3 victory over Wayzata.

Monday, Eden Prairie opened its season with a 6-1 victory over Hopkins.

Tuesday, the Eagles lost 6-1 to Edina.

Thursday, the No. 2 ranked Eden Prairie boys and girls cross-country teams opened thier respective seasons with victories at the Matterhorn Invitational.

The Eden Prairie boys team finished first with 47 points. Eastview placed second with 122 points.

the Eden Praiire girls team finished first with 55 points, 13 points in front of second place Winona.

Thursday was a coming out party of sorts for the Eden Prairie High School football team. With new faces under at least half the Eagles’ 100-plus helmets, nobody, including Head Coach Mike Grant, knew what to expect. Eden Prairie looked a little inexperienced at times, giving up too many big plays, but still rolled to a 38-14 victory over a Moses Alipate-led Bloomington Jefferson squad.

Are you interested in reading the public notices published in the August 28, 2008 print edition of the Eden Prairie News newspaper? The page or pages on which those notices were printed are attached to this item, in the form of .pdf’s that can be opened with Adobe Acrobat.

The following is the "Board Meeting Highlights" written by the Eden Prairie School District Communications Department from the Aug. 26 School Board meeting:

Board Meeting Highlights 8-26-08
[Board Meeting Highlights are created by the district Communications Department to provide stakeholders with a timely overview of the Board’s business meetings. These are not official minutes. Board-approved minutes are posted online after they’re approved at the following Board meeting.]
I. District Could Reduce Anticipated Deficit by $3 Million!

The Eden Prairie City Council recently rejected the lease offer of the Dunn Bros. franchisee in the Smith-Douglas-More house in Eden Prairie, to investigate whether another tenant might pay more. What do you think of the decision?

The League of Women Voters Minnesota has planned a “Fair Favorites Ballot” – an election to promote its State of Democracy Project on Friday, Aug. 29. Ballot counters will provide results at 5 p.m. The Fair polling station will be at LWV Minnesota's table in Minnesota Public Radio’s booth at Carousel Park by the Grandstand.

What’s more amazing? The fact that the Eden Prairie High School boys soccer team won the Minnesota Cup Soccer Tournament, yet scored only one goal; or, that Eden Prairie pitched shutouts against Stillwater and St. Paul Central while employing a whole new defense (defenders and keeper).

Wayne Harrison, head coach of the Eden Prairie High School girls soccer team, doesn’t like conceding goals, any goals, ever.

This, in turn, is reflected in his coaching philosophy: “We’ll have a defensive start position rather than an offensive start position,” he said.

It’s five days before the season opener and Eden Prairie Head Coach Mike Grant still doesn’t know who his starting quarterback will be.

“It depends,” he said.

Funds will help pay to make new portion of the play area barrier free

By Leah Shaffer

Twelve Eden Prairie Police Officers will be assigned to assist with Republican National Convention duties in St. Paul. According to Police Chief Rob Reynolds, the officers will be providing assistance starting Saturday through the following Sunday. Reynolds gave the update during last Tuesday’s City Council meeting.