A nominating committee has forwarded the names of four finalists to Gov. Tim Walz and Lt. Gov. Penny Flanagan to fill the open Metropolitan Council District 3 seat.  The four finalists are Dr....

The Hennepin County Board is recruiting volunteers for two vacancies on the Nine Mile Creek Watershed District Board.  Members serve three-year terms. A member may not be a public officer of the...

Three candidates running in the Aug. 9 primary to be the next Hennepin County sheriff took part in a League of Women Voters forum on June 29 at St. Louis Park City Hall. Those vying to replace Sheriff...

The recent U.S. Supreme Court’s abortion ruling, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, has shaken the country – and Eden Prairie – like no other in recent history. What was the...

The last couple of years have not been kind to the law in Hennepin County. Live and in a viral video, Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd before all the world, and generally,...

Believing that Eden Prairie will continue to be a thriving community if it has a wide range of housing – including homes affordable for our children or grandchildren, our starting-wage police officers...

Micah Olson, a Republican consultant, small business owner and non-profit representative, launched a campaign for Eden Prairie City Council this week. Micah Olson "I'm running for city council...

The Moms Demand Action chapter for the west metro region organized an hour-long meeting at the Edina Library on June 1 to engage communities and take concerted action to help prevent gun violence. As...

One subject loomed large over U.S. Rep. Dean Phillips’ town hall meeting at Hennepin Technical College in Eden Prairie on June 1: the nation’s epidemic of gun violence. While many topics were...

WASHINGTON – The brutal slaughter of 19 children and two teachers in a Texas elementary school has not moved the needle when it comes to the approval of gun legislation in Congress, with the GOP continuing...

Tom Weiler was endorsed Saturday, April 23, by the Republican Party’s Third Congressional District delegates to take on U.S. Rep. Dean Phillips in the Nov. 2 election. Tom Weiler The U.S. Navy...

(From left) Laurie Pryor, Carlie Kotyza-Witthuhn, Steve Cwodzinski, and Dean Phillips during the April 9 DFL 49 Convention. Submitted photo by Sarah Morrow U.S. Rep. Dean Phillips, Minnesota State...