Starting Monday, Eagan residents can reserve one or two trees to be picked up May 9 at the Eagan Maintenance Facility. Prices vary by species and the trees must be paid for when they are picked up. Types available include Cathedral elm, Red Sunset maple, Whitespire birch, bicolor oak, crabapple, Black Hills spruce and others.
Eagan's 29th annual Arbor Day celebration will be May 9 at the maintenance facility.
For more information, call 651-675-5300.
BURNSVILLE
Grand Ol' Carnival deadline Monday
Monday is the deadline to register for Burnsville's Grand Ol' Carnival, which will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. Thursday at Nicollet Junior High School, 400 E. 134th St. The carnival will feature games, prizes, open gym, arts and crafts and cookie decorating. Cost is $5 per child. Parents and grandparents are free. Call 952-895-4500.
E-book sessions at Burnhaven Library
A drop-in session about e-books will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Dakota County Burnhaven Library, 1101 W. County Road 42. Attendees can get free help downloading books to their reading devices. No registration is necessary.
K-9 officer receives bullet-proof vest
Another Burnsville Police Department K-9 officer received a bullet-proof vest this year, donated by a Massachusetts-based nonprofit supporting police K-9s. This is the second straight donation to a Burnsville K-9.
The officer, Rex, will be outfitted with a vest that protects against bullet and stab wounds after an individual donor donated $975 to cover the cost of the equipment. Each vest, supplied by Vested Interest in K9s, Inc., costs $950 and has a five-year warranty.
Rosemount
Spring egg hunt set for next weekend
Children ages 10 and younger can participate in Rosemount's annual Spring Egg Hunt starting at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Ames Soccer Complex at Dakota County Technical College, 1300 145th St. W., Rosemount.
