Teacher Dies, House Fire and Pedestrians Play Frogger: Pick of Our Patches

This week's selections include a racetrack's end, a resident still in danger of losing her home to foreclosure and all-day, everyday kindergarten.

Editor’s Note: Every week we bring you a sampling of stories from Patch sites in the west metro: Eden Prairie, Edina, Fridley, Golden Valley, Hopkins, Lake Minnetonka, Maple Grove, Minnetonka, Plymouth, Richfield, Shakopee, Southwest Minneapolis, St. Louis Park and St. Michael. Memorial Service Scheduled for Eden Prairie Teacher Jodi L. Heyman died March 23 at the age of 45 after a battle with cancer. Multi-Level House Fire on Oxford Road in Shakopee Multiple fire departments were called to the scene of a house fire in the Dean Lakes area. Pedestrians Play Frogger at Moore Lake Beach Bus patrons are clashing with speeding cars. Pedestrians deserve more respect. Yorktown Park Community Garden Gets Council Approval Registration for garden …

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MnDOT Road Projects Coming to Hopkins

The city will feel the effects of some of the 280 projects statewide.

Lamborghini Daredevil, 'Miracle On Ice' Gold Medal and Early School Start: Pick of Our Patches

This week's selections include speeding trains, drunk party guests, a local teen on Jeopardy and a local connection to a Super Bowl ad.

Editor’s Note: Every week we bring you a sampling of stories from Patch sites in the west metro: Eden Prairie, Edina, Fridley, Golden Valley, Hopkins, Lake Minnetonka, Maple Grove, Minnetonka, Plymouth, Richfield, Southwest Minneapolis, St. Louis Park and St. Michael. Charges: Daredevil Tore through Fridley in Loaner Lamborghini, Late for a Date with a Tree Fridley officer and tow truck driver on separate DWI stop saw 2007 Gallardo hurtle down University Avenue 'at a high rate of speed.' David Juntunen got away, but his day was about to get a lot worse. 'Miracle on Ice' Team Member to Auction Olympic Gold Medal  Richfield hockey great Steve Christoff will auction off his 1980 Olympic gold medal at an upcoming auction in New York. Edina …

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Hopkins Council OKs 2011 Street Project

Work on the $1.8 million project begins in June.

The street project that launched with such a clamor from neighbors opposed to accompanying sidewalks advanced past its last stage with minimal comment. Council on Tuesday awarded the bid for a $1.8 million project in the northern part of town and adopted the assessment roll that specifies which properties must pay for benefits they receive from the project. Construction is set to begin in June and be completed in October. (See the map above for detailed construction locations.)  City Engineer John Bradford said Hopkins received just two formal assessment appeals—neither of which cited sidewalks. One was from the company that owns Oak Ridge Apartments. The city used a different method to assess the company because of that property’s unusual…

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