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Coming up on the Maple Grove Patch calendar: Bring the Family & Ring in 2026 EARLY at D&B

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In today's newsletter:

  • How Maple Grove kids shopped with cops and community partners
  • How a Maple Grove house showing led to a life sentence
  • Why Maple Grove’s state rep is blasting Minnesota’s biggest newspaper

Also on today's calendar: Bring the Family & Ring in 2026 EARLY at D&B.

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Today's riddle: What did one magnet say to the other magnet? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: Some sun returning; colder, with a high of 31 and low of 20 degrees.
  • Wednesday: Mostly cloudy, temps: high: 39, low: 23.
  • Thursday: Drizzle; freezing early, with a high of 36 and low of 32 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Maple Grove Police Spread Holiday Joy with 'Shop with a Cop' Event, Bolstered by Community Partnerships (hoodline.com) — Maple Grove families in need recently got a big boost from the police department’s annual Shop with a Cop event, held December 17. Twenty-three children shopped with officers thanks to donations from local partners, while an embedded social worker and church volunteers helped deepen connections, wrap gifts, and provide holiday meal vouchers to ease financial strain.
   

• Life without parole for mastermind in murder of Minneapolis realtor Monique Baugh (bringmethenews.com) — A Maple Grove home showing was used to lure Minneapolis realtor Monique Baugh into a kidnapping that ended in her killing, and the mastermind has now received life in prison without parole. Prosecutors say the 2019 crime targeted Baugh’s boyfriend, but emphasized the lasting trauma for the couple’s children and Maple Grove–area community. The sentencing concludes years of trials and appeals.
   

• ‘One of the worst in the country': Star Tribune ripped for fraud coverage (alphanews.org) — Maple Grove residents may notice their state representative, Kristin Robbins, prominently criticizing the Star Tribune’s handling of alleged large-scale fraud in Minnesota state programs. The article details how Republican officials and commentators accuse the paper of downplaying billions in suspected losses and being too close to Gov. Tim Walz’s administration. Star Tribune leaders defend their reporting as aggressive and independent.
   

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    Sunday December 28
  • Drop-in Tech Help
    Maple Grove Library , 8001 Main Street , Maple Grove
    12:30 pm
    • Wednesday December 31
  • Bring the Family & Ring in 2026 EARLY at D&B
    Dave and Buster's - Maple Grove (map) 11780 Fountains Way Maple Grove MN 55369
    4:00 pm
    • Thursday January 1
  • New Year's Holiday
    Maple Grove, MN Calendar , 12800 Arbor Lakes Parkway N , Maple Grove
    7:00 am

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What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Burger King posted a job opening for Team Member in Maple Grove. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

Osseo

  • Multiple Fire Departments Quell Overnight Blaze at York Ave Residence, No Injuries Reported (hoodline.com)

Brooklyn Park

  • Hopkins Girls Basketball Nets Big Second Half to Score Win (ccxmedia.org)
  • Anoka-Hennepin Educators 'Overwhelmingly' Vote to Strike (ccxmedia.org)
  • Heartbreaking Read: Melissa Hortman Died in a Shocking Act of Political Violence… (balloon-juice.com)

Minneapolis

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