🌱 Patch AM: How is Eagan rallying after a devastating church fire?

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In today's newsletter:

• How is Eagan rallying after a devastating church fire?
• Could your cookie dough from an Eagan maker hide undeclared peanuts?
• How Eagan reinvented empty offices, police leadership, and community spaces in 2025

Also on today's calendar: New Year’s Eve Party at Lebanon Hills Regional Park.

Today's riddle: I used to work in a doughnut shop. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high of 39 and low of 25 degrees.
• Thursday: A bit of freezing drizzle, temps: high: 35, low: 31.
• Friday: Low clouds, with a high of 39 and low of 33 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• After Devastating Fire, Minnesota Church Celebrates Christmas in Borrowed Space (churchleaders.com) — A devastating fire has left Grace Slavic Church in Eagan without its building for Christmas, so the congregation will worship in borrowed space while damage is assessed. No one was injured, and at least 15 other churches and local fire departments have stepped up with support, highlighting how Eagan’s faith community is rallying around this largely Russian- and Ukrainian-speaking congregation.
   

• Gregory's Foods Issues Allergy Alert on Undeclared Peanuts in "Bag Full of Cookies" White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Frozen Cookie Dough (fda.gov) — An Eagan-based company, Gregory’s Foods, has recalled certain “Bag Full of Cookies” White Chocolate Macadamia Nut frozen cookie dough because some bags may actually contain peanut-filled Monster Cookie dough, posing a serious risk to people with peanut allergies. The mislabeled product was sold in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Nebraska, and customers can return affected bags for a full refund or call the company with questions.
   

• 2025 Year in Review: Eagan chooses to adapt and grow (hometownsource.com) — Eagan spent 2025 reshaping vacant corporate campuses, opening a sustainable new Art House, and renovating the Community Center while beginning work on a 2050 Comprehensive Plan. City leadership saw big changes, including a new police chief and the city administrator’s decision to stay, and residents organized a high-profile veterans’ benefits rally that drew state and federal voices.
   

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Sunday December 28

• Patty Peterson
  Aster House, 4265 Nicols Rd, Eagan
  7:00 pm

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Other local events

Wednesday December 31

• New Year’s Eve Party at Lebanon Hills Regional Park
  Lebanon Hills Regional Park , 860 Cliff Rd , Eagan
  5:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 25

• City Hall closed in observance of Christmas Day
  Inver Grove Heights Calendar Inver Grove Heights, MN 55077
• CIM Staff Holiday
  The Center for Irish Music Saint Paul, MN 55104
• CITY HALL CLOSED - Christmas
  City of Rosemount, MN Calendar Rosemount, MN 55068
• Holiday City Offices are Closed
  South St. Paul, MN Calendar South St. Paul, MN 55075

Friday December 26

• City Hall Closed
  Mendota Heights, MN Calendar , 1101 Victoria Curve , Mendota Heights
• Developmental Hockey Ice
  Burnsville Calendar , 251 Civic Center Parkway , Burnsville
  6:00 am
• Public Skating for 18 & older
  Burnsville Calendar , 251 Civic Center Parkway , Burnsville
  9:00 am
• Public Skating
  Burnsville Calendar , 251 Civic Center Parkway , Burnsville
  11:00 am
• Stick and Puck
  Burnsville Calendar , 251 Civic Center Parkway , Burnsville
  11:00 am
• Friday Films: The Hunger Games Series
  Arvonne Fraser Library , 1222 Southeast 4th Street , Minneapolis
  2:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

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🗞 Nearby News

Mendota Heights

• Letters: If we can sue automakers for car theft, whom should we sue for Minnesota fraud? (twincities.com)
• Legislative Update- December 22, 2025 (mn.gov)

Inver Grove Heights

• Wild insider: Judd Brackett on the bittersweet Quinn Hughes trade, plus FanDuel concerns, more (nytimes.com)

Burnsville

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I got tired of the hole business.
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