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🌱 Patch AM: How a burning car rescue led to Edina’s latest citizen heroes

And check out Pet Mondays – Photos with Santa on the Edina Patch calendar

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Coffee in hand, Edina? We've got the latest town updates for you. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How a burning car rescue led to Edina’s latest citizen heroes
  • Why protesters brought a late-night “noise demo” to an Edina hotel

Also on today's calendar: Pet Mondays – Photos with Santa and 6 more events.

Find out what's happening in Edinafor free with the latest updates from Patch.

Today's riddle: What did the balloon say to the doctor? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

Find out what's happening in Edinafor free with the latest updates from Patch.

  • Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high of 32 and low of 29 degrees.
  • Monday: Times of clouds and sun, temps: high: 39, low: 27.
  • Tuesday: Colder with variable clouds, with a high of 31 and low of 22 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Edina Police honor couple for heroic, life-saving rescue (hometownsource.com) — A Bloomington couple is being honored in Edina after pulling a driver from a burning car following a crash on icy Highway 100 near Benton Avenue. Recognized with a Citizens Award at the Dec. 16 Edina City Council meeting, Jim and Susan Bizal described the tense minutes before flames engulfed the vehicle and urged others to stop and help when they see serious accidents.
   

• Amid surging ICE raids, Twin Cities protesters mobilize to document arrests (star-telegram.com) — Twin Cities activists are rapidly mobilizing to film and document ICE arrests, and that effort recently reached Edina, where more than 100 people held a loud nighttime protest outside the Homewood Suites hotel where agents were reportedly staying. The story details escalating confrontations, legal observer trainings, and federal pushback as Operation Metro Surge intensifies immigration enforcement across Minnesota.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

    Sunday December 21
  • Open Today — The Works Museum
    The Works Museum , 9740 Grand Ave S , Bloomington
    10:00 am
  • Elf The Musical JR
    Stages Theatre Company , 1111 Mainstreet , Hopkins
    1:00 pm
  • Plaid Tidings
    Bloomington Center for the Arts , 1800 W Old Shakopee Rd , Bloomington
    2:00 pm
  • Read With an Animal
    Saint Louis Park Library , 3240 Library Lane , St. Louis Park
    2:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Meet this cute Calico kitty who is looking for a warm new home.
    She was abandoned by her owner this Fall it looked like and drastically lost weight since then. My friend brought her in to help nourish her back to… (Nextdoor Parklawn)
  • Report of police activity in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
    4:33PM on Dec 19: A large law enforcement presence is reported outside a Metro Transit bus in north Minneapolis. (Nextdoor )

🗞 Nearby News

Bloomington

  • David Hann, ex-Minnesota GOP Party chair, enters US Senate race (cbsnews.com)
  • Board of the Pension Protection Fund Trims Stock Position in C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. $CHRW (marketbeat.com)
  • Basketball Recap: Eden Prairie Takes a Loss (maxpreps.com)

Eden Prairie

  • UnitedHealth Group commits to improvements after independent audit, patient backlash (rocketnews.com)

Ok Edina! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

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