🌱 Patch AM: Which Mendota Heights garlic-dip maker is up for top honors?

Good morning Mendota Heights! We're back again in your inbox, keeping you updated with what's happening in and around town. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• Which Mendota Heights garlic-dip maker is up for top honors?

Also on today's calendar: 2026 Simley Hall of Fame induction ceremony and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: What is the longest word in the dictionary? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Sunny and beautiful, with a high of 80 and low of 58 degrees.
• Sunday: Sunny and beautiful, temps: high: 78, low: 59.
• Monday: Partly sunny and beautiful, with a high of 78 and low of 65 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• 2026 Entrepreneur Of The Year Finalists (tcbmag.com) — One of this year's Entrepreneur of the Year finalists leads Toom, a Mendota Heights–based company focused on getting its garlic dip into grocery and convenience stores nationwide. The list also highlights several other Minnesota CEOs whose companies span cybersecurity, health tech, construction, and real estate development.
   

📸 Around Mendota Heights

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Mendota Heights

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Monday August 24
• Mah Jongg Group →
  Mendota Heights, MN Calendar, 1101 Victoria Curve, Mendota Heights
  2:00 pm
• School Board Meeting
  West St. Paul-Mendota Hts.-Eagan District Office
  5:00 pm
Tuesday August 25
• 2026 Coffee Break - Dakota Woodlands
  Dakota County Regional Chamber of Commerce 3430 Wescott Woodlands, Eagan, MN 55123
  8:00 am
• Canceled- Planning Commission Meeting →
  Mendota Heights, MN Calendar, 1101 Victoria Curve, Mendota Heights
  7:00 pm
• Planning Commission Meeting →
  Mendota Heights, MN Calendar, 1101 Victoria Curve, Mendota Heights
  7:00 pm
Wednesday August 26
• Coffee & Cribbage →
  Mendota Heights, MN Calendar, 1695 Dodd Road, Mendota Heights
  8:00 am
• 2026 Meet The Chamber
  Dakota County Regional Chamber of Commerce Think Bank 4245 Johnny Cake Ridge Road Eagan, MN 55122 *upstairs Community Room
  8:45 am
• DCR Chamber Member Connect Virtual Networking Meeting
  Dakota County Regional Chamber of Commerce 3352 Sherman Ct STE 201, Eagan, MN 55121
  12:00 pm
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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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday August 22
• All-Officer Retreat
  House of Hope Presbyterian Church House of Hope Church, 797 Summit Ave, St. Paul, MN, 55105, United States
  9:00 am
• STEAM Saturday
  Saint Anthony Park Branch Library 2245 Como Avenue, Saint Paul, MN 55108
  1:30 pm
• Rolling Stoners: Bald Man Brewing • 10th Anniversary Bash w/ Heartless →
  Bald Man Brewing, 2020 Silver Bell Rd #28, Eagan
  7:00 pm
Sunday August 23
• Drop-in Tech Help
  Rice Street Branch Library 1011 Rice Street, Saint Paul, MN 55117
  2:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• YMCA Twin Cities posted a job opening for Site Coordinator - Flag Football in Minneapolis. Apply here.
• Planet Fitness, Inc. posted a job opening for Front Desk Opener in Minneapolis. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Mendota Heights here.

🗞 Nearby News

West St. Paul

• West St. Paul City Council Preview: Aug. 24, 2026 (weststpaulreader.com)

Eagan

• Wings Credit Union Foundation invests $250,000 in 360 Communities (hometownsource.com)
• MN Vikings Hold More Tryouts (minnesotasportsfan.com)
• Five-Vehicle Chain-Reaction Crash on Highway 77 in Apple Valley (limitless-news.com)

St. Paul

• Officials Say Two Gangs Planned a MN State Fair Showdown — A Judge Just Shut It Down (patch.com)

Ok Mendota Heights! 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

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Smiles, because it has a mile between "s". (Thank you Sharon M. for sending it in!)
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