🌱 Patch AM: How Eagan’s Vikings facility figured into the NFL’s Olympic plans

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In today's newsletter:

• How Eagan's Vikings facility figured into the NFL's Olympic plans

Also on today's calendar: 2026 Simley Hall of Fame induction ceremony and 3 more events.

Today's riddle: What gets bigger the more you take away? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Sunday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 87 and low of 71 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Monday: A thunderstorm in spots, temps: high: 88, low: 66.
• Tuesday: Humid with a t-storm in spots, with a high of 86 and low of 67 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• NFL, NFLPA Negotiating Olympic Flag Football Participation (frontofficesports.com) — Eagan briefly enters the Olympic spotlight here, as the Vikings' training facility hosted the 2025 owners' meeting where support for NFL players in Olympic flag football was announced and Justin Jefferson attended. The piece mainly explains ongoing NFL–NFLPA negotiations over safety, scheduling, and insurance rules that would allow interested NFL players to compete in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic flag football tournament.
   

📸 Around Eagan

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Eagan

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday September 3
• 2026 Simley Hall of Fame induction ceremony →
  Simley Senior High School, 2920 80th St E, Inver Grove Heights
  6:00 pm

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Other local events

Tuesday September 1
• Feeding Your Baby
  Wescott Library Wescott Large Meeting Room,
  10:00 am
Wednesday September 2
• 2026 DCR Business Owners Roundtable/In-Person Networking →
  Dakota County Regional Chamber of Commerce *conference room 1895 Plaza Drive Eagan, MN 55122
  11:30 am
• Teacher Meet and Greet
  Pilot Knob Stem Magnet School Pilot Knob
  4:00 pm
Thursday September 3
• Free talk about enjoying landscape photography →
  Eagan Municipal Center
  7:00 pm
Wednesday September 9
• PW PTO Meeting
  Pinewood El. Saint Paul, MN 55123
  6:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday September 1
• Municipal Campus Project Office Hours →
  Mendota Heights, MN Calendar, 1101 Victoria Curve, Mendota Heights
  4:00 pm
• City Council Meeting →
  Mendota Heights, MN Calendar, 1101 Victoria Curve, Mendota Heights
  6:00 pm
Wednesday September 2
• Coffee & Cribbage →
  Mendota Heights, MN Calendar, 1695 Dodd Road, Mendota Heights
  9:00 am
• Back to School Meet and Greet
  Somerset Elementary School Somerset Elementary
  4:00 pm
• Teacher Meet and Greet
  Pilot Knob Stem Magnet School Pilot Knob
  4:00 pm
• Meet & Greet
  Moreland Arts & Health Sciences Magnet School Saint Paul, MN 55118
  4:00 pm
• Mendota Open House
  Mendota Elementary School Mendota Elementary
  4:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Mendota Heights

• Environmental Petition for Mendota Heights Municipal Campus Project (weststpaulreader.com)

Apple Valley

• Kelley Park Grand Opening Festival on Sep 26, 2026 (businessdailynetwork.com)
• Dakota County latest reported home sales for week ending Aug. 22 (dakotatimes.com)
• Apple Valley Seniors for the week of Aug. 31 (hometownsource.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A hole (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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