🌱 Patch AM: Which running backs just auditioned for the Vikings in Eagan?

Hey there, Eagan! Let's get started with what's happening in and around town. Read on and stay in the loop. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• Which running backs just auditioned for the Vikings in Eagan?
• How does Eagan's data center pause compare to Plymouth's new ban?

Also on today's calendar: Pop-up: Burnout - Holds, Heavy Lifts + Hip Hop Hits w/ Haley and 8 more events.

Today's riddle: What is the difference between black eyed peas and chick peas? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: A p.m. shower in places, with a high of 73 and low of 59 degrees.
• Thursday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 75, low: 59.
• Friday: Heavy rain and a thunderstorm, with a high of 62 and low of 59 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Vikings on Hunt for RB Help; Bad News Upcoming? (minnesotasportsfan.com) — Vikings workouts in Eagan this week brought in three running backs and a defensive back as the team evaluates depth before facing the Bears. With Jordan Mason's thumb injury under review, Jerome Ford, Kenny McIntosh, and Ulysses Bentley all tried out at TCO Performance Center, giving local fans a clearer picture of possible roster moves.
   

• Plymouth gives green light to one-year data center moratorium (bringmethenews.com) — Eagan is highlighted as one of several Minnesota communities that have already enacted temporary moratoriums on large data centers, a step Plymouth has now joined for one year. As tech firms eye the state for AI and cloud facilities, local leaders are pausing big projects to study impacts on health, safety, and infrastructure before allowing more development.
   

📸 Around Eagan

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Eagan

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday September 17
• FREE OFFICE WORKSPACE DAY →
  860 Blue Gentian Road, Eagan

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Other local events

Thursday September 17
• 2026 Advocacy and Issues Forum - What's Happening Throughtout Dakota County
  Lost Spur Golf and Event Center, 2750 Sibley Memorial Highway, Eagan
  7:30 am
• Pop-up: Burnout - Holds, Heavy Lifts + Hip Hop Hits w/ Haley →
  ONX, 1654 Diffley Road, Eagan
  8:30 am
• Dougherty, Molenda, Solfest, Hills & Bauer P.A. 40th Anniversary Celebration
  Dakota County Regional Chamber of Commerce, 3352 Sherman Ct STE 201, Eagan
  4:30 pm
Friday September 18
• Dakota County Community Development Agency →
  Dakota County Community Development Agency, 1228 Town Centre Drive, Eagan
  8:30 am
Saturday September 19
• Eagan City Lifestyle Fall Boutique Tour →
  VENDELLA euro boutique & coffee haus, 1440 Duckwood Drive, Eagan
Sunday September 20
• Floating Sound Bath →
  Idlewild Spa, 2611 Nordic Way, Eagan
Tuesday September 22
• Fall Kickoff and Constructive Conversation →
  Advent United Methodist Church, 3945 Lexington Avenue South, Eagan
• Pop up: Power Yoga + Sound Bath w/ Kelly →
  ONX, 1654 Diffley Road, Eagan
  6:00 pm
• Pop-up: Candlelight Yoga + Sound Bath (75 min) w/ Kelly →
  ONX, 1654 Diffley Road, Eagan
  7:30 pm
• Alliance Discussion Gathering →
  Fall Kickoff and Constructive Conversation, 3945 Lexington Avenue South, Eagan
  8:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday September 16
• Coffee & Cribbage →
  Par 3 Community Golf Course, 1695 Dodd Road, Mendota Heights
  9:00 am

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🗞 Nearby News

Mendota Heights

• Worth the Wait (mspmag.com)

Inver Grove Heights

• Inver Grove Heights city council exempts data center from one-year moratorium (kare11.com)
• Woman Charged With Felony Drug Possession After Police Respond to Inver Grove Heights Burglary Call (limitless-news.com)

Apple Valley

• Football Week 2: Irish, Panthers offenses break loose (hometownsource.com)
• US Judicial Failure to Uphold the Law Against Genocide (consortiumnews.com)
• Service 10/16/2026 11:00 am (kgloam.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Black eyed peas can sing us a song but chick peas can only hummus one. (Thank you Bev H. for sending it in!)
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