Eden Prairie Local News

6 days ago | eplocalnews.org | Mike Wilkinson

Just one-third of people have 20/20 vision. They see "perfectly" without the aid of glasses, contact lenses or any surgical procedure such as LASIK. "Low vision," according to Sue Bohnsack, "is a reference to anyone who does not have 20/20 vision."Bohnsack is the recreation supervisor for the Eden Prairie Senior Center. For the past three years, the center has offered its Low Vision Support Group - a resource that, technically, applies to the other two-thirds of the population.

1 week ago | eplocalnews.org | Matthew Blake

The Minnesota Legislature is nine days late and several dollars short in completing a budget that will fund the state government over the next two years. But lawmakers and Gov. Tim Walz say they have hit upon a deal to fund the Department of Human Services (DHS), which pays for the health care of nearly a quarter of Minnesotans. Assuming that deal holds, it's a huge step in getting the budget done because it accounts for over 40% of state spending, once federal Medicaid money is included. Sen.

2 weeks ago | eplocalnews.org | Deanna Pistono

For Courteney Ross, there's a distinction between the man she still loves and the movement that bears his name. "I kind of have to separate Floyd from George Floyd," said Ross. Ross met Floyd, who she called by his last name - "unless I was getting mad at him and call(ing) him George Perry Floyd" - in 2017. Floyd was working security at the Salvation Army's Harbor Light Center, where Ross was waiting to visit someone. Floyd noticed that Ross was becoming upset and offered to pray with her.

2 weeks ago | eplocalnews.org | Matthew Blake

Addressing a boisterous crowd at the Capitol rotunda from her wheelchair, Jillian Nelson, policy director for the Autism Society of Minnesota, laid out the case for Minnesota not cutting disability services in its biennial budget. "We cannot and will not allow this state to balance its budget on the backs of disabled people," Nelson said. "You are cutting into our life.

2 weeks ago | eplocalnews.org | Mike Wilkinson

Have soccer team. Will travel. This summer, a group of 15- and 16-year-old girls from Eden Prairie will travel not to Owatonna or Osseo, but to Oslo, Norway. The team - the Eden Prairie Soccer Club 09 Girls Red NPL squad - has earned a spot in the 2025 Norway Cup, the world's largest international youth soccer tournament. Held annually in Oslo, the tournament hosts teams from 50 to 60 countries. In 2024, more than 2,100 teams participated.