Eagan News

First name: QJ Age: 5 Interests: He enjoys playing with trucks, sledding, skating, biking, swimming, fishing, coloring and painting, playing games andA watching movies.

EAGAN, Minn., Feb. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Continuing its initiative to meet the growing need for managed services support, solutions integration expert NACR has enhanced the NACR Customer Center website to empower businesses in their efforts to more effectively manage their voice communications networks.

Editor's Note: On Wednesday, Eagan Patch published part one of How Lily Reitsma Beat the Odds , a profile of Eagan residents Sarah and Mike Reitsma, whose daughter, Lily, was born with Turner Syndrome.

According to this article in the Passadena Star-News , the Passadena Police Department has made the move to a digitally encrypted radio signal for all of their radio traffic.

Christie Koester is a Marketing and Communi- cations Manager and a Graphic/Web Designer in Eagan, Minn.

CSM Equities LLC, owner of the Lockheed Martin site in downtown Eagan, has scrapped its plans to develop a multi-story office space on the 47-acre property, deciding instead to pursue additional retail development at the site.

The Jan. 9 edition of the Dakota County Tribune Business Weekly carried profiles of the 11 Dakota County Exceptional Businesswomen for 2012.

Supporters of Jimmy the cat renewed their charge for the city to find alternatives to its animal-impound policy during Wednesday night's Woodbury City Council meeting.

A gay rights activist, not pictured, throws a cup of glitter on Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov.

Business owners in Mendota Heights may soon be subjected to specific standards for property maintenance.

Editor's Note: This is the first in a two-part series on Mike and Sarah Reitsma, and their daughter, Lily, who was diagnosed with Turner Syndrome.

Receiving a shower of sparkles from gay rights activists has become something of a rite of passage for Republican candidates this year.

With some entries from residents Patch is asking readers to vote for their favorite Inver Grove Heights love story.

A 31-year-old Eagan man went to great lengths to ditch a gun during a police pursuit, but his efforts were ultimately foiled by a dog with a good nose, according to police.

An Eagan man "stormed" into an occupied residence on Jan. 30, brandished a handgun, demanded money and threatened to kill three victims inside the home, according to police.

Eagan High School will give a free performance of its one-act play, "Of Mice and Men," Thursday, Feb.

The national burger chain Smashburger is looking to open a new location in Apple Valley, according to a company spokesman.

Posted under Apple Valley Sports , Eagan Sports , Lakeville Sports , Rosemount Sports on Tuesday 7 February 2012 at 11:03 pm Eagan's Sonja Heblom skis the pursuit at the Section 1 Nordic meet on Tuesday at Trollhaugen in Dresser, Wis.

Republican Presidential candidate Rick Santorum swept Senate District 38 in a presidential straw poll conducted Tuesday night at two separate Republican caucuses held in Eagan.

P.J. O'Riley, 15, spends a great deal of his free time creating music and playing video games and using his iPhone, at his home in Eagan, Minnesota.