🌱 Patch AM: How did a Minnetonka football game become a scene of gunfire?

Cheers Minnetonka! We're back, helping you stay up to date with what's happening. Let's take on the day together! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• How did a Minnetonka football game become a scene of gunfire?
• Which Minnetonka writer just earned a major regional tennis honor?

Also on today's calendar: Body Techs Grand Opening: Ribbon Cutting, Tours and $3,000 Giveaway and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: How do billboards talk? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Becoming windier and warmer, with a high of 88 and low of 63 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Sunday: Sunshine and very warm, temps: high: 85, low: 58.
• Monday: Cooler with a shower or two, with a high of 70 and low of 48 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Researcher: Today's gangs look different, but why kids join hasn't changed (newsbreak.com) — Minnetonka families should know that two teens were shot outside Eden Prairie High School's homecoming football game against Minnetonka, forcing the stadium to be cleared, in what police believe is gang-related violence. Officials say newer, social-media-driven gangs are fueling recent Twin Cities shootings, and experts urge more mentoring, jobs, and coordinated law enforcement-community efforts to steer youth away from these groups.
   

• Five Minnesotans Among USTA Northern's 2026 Award Recipients, Four Selected for Hall of Fame (limitless-news.com) — Minnetonka residents can cheer on local author and journalist Sheri Brenden, who just earned USTA Northern's Bob Larson Media Excellence Award for her work highlighting girls' access to sports. She's one of five Minnesotans honored this year for advancing tennis through sportsmanship, community service, officiating, development, and storytelling across the region.
   

📸 Around Minnetonka

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Minnetonka

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★ Featured events ★

Sunday October 11
• Rescue Puppy Yoga →
  Unmapped Brewing Co., 14625 Excelsior Boulevard, Minnetonka
  9:00 am

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Other local events

Sunday October 11
• Stewardship Gratitude Events →
  Minnetonka MN
  10:30 am
• Food Truck: Split Rack Ribs →
  Boom Island Brewing, 5959 Baker Rd, Suite 320, Minnetonka
  12:00 pm
• Vikings Game Pitcher Deal! →
  Boom Island Brewing, 5959 Baker Rd, Suite 320, Minnetonka
  12:00 pm
Monday October 12
• Powerful Tools for Caregivers: Adults with Chronic Illness →
  Minnetonka Community Center, 14600 Minnetonka Blvd, Minnetonka
  10:00 am
• Mahjong Workshop →
  Boom Island Brewing, 5959 Baker Road, Minnetonka
  6:00 pm
Tuesday October 13
• Slice of the West Metro at Minnetonka OffiCenter →
  Minnetonka OffiCenter, Whitewater Drive, Minnetonka
  12:00 pm
• Sourdough 101 Class →
  Boom Island Brewing, 5959 Baker Rd, Suite 320, Minnetonka
  6:00 pm
Wednesday October 14
• Minnetonka Wednesday Weekly Protest →
  RSVP for details, Minnetonka
  4:15 pm
• Initials Game Live →
  Boom Island Brewing, 5959 Baker Rd, Suite 320, Minnetonka
  6:30 pm
Thursday October 22
• Body Techs Grand Opening: Ribbon Cutting, Tours and $3,000 Giveaway →
  Body Techs Wellness & Esthetics, 11353 MN-7, Minnetonka, MN 55305
  9:00 am
Saturday October 24
• 2nd Annual MN STEM Book Festival →
  The Bakken Museum, 3537 Zenith Ave S, Minneapolis
  10:00 am

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🗞 Nearby News

Hopkins

• Rising diesel prices strain Minnesota school bus budgets (axios.com)
• VOTERS GUIDE: Incumbent Latz faces GOP challenger Wright in Senate District 46 (hometownsource.com)
• All-electric homes concept in Hopkins moves ahead following community feedback (hometownsource.com)

Wayzata

• Location: Wayzata, MN (cognizant.com)
• VOTERS GUIDE: Burkett, Carroll running for House District 42A seat (hometownsource.com)
• Glenn Darden's Baby Doll Wins Long-Awaited J/22 World Championship in New Orleans (sail-world.com)

St. Louis Park

• Ditched Phone, Brother's Car: Charges Reveal How Police Tracked Eden Prairie Homecoming Shooting Suspect (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "How do billboards talk?" — Sign language (Thank you Ellen S. for sending it in!)
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