Eden Prairie adds more security at football games

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Additional police and security measures will be in place for the rest of the high school football season and continue into the upcoming basketball season. There’s also a ban on large bags and backpacks.

Eden Prairie school officials say additional security measures will be in place for the rest of the high school football season, following the shooting outside the stadium earlier this month that injured two people.

That extra security begins with Wednesday night’s football game against Eastview.

“We have been and will continue working to restore the collective sense of safety taken from us by the violent actions of a few. We are taking immediate, decisive action to ensure our schools and events remain safe spaces,” Eden Prairie Superintendent Josh Swanson said in a message to the school community.

Swanson said more police and security will be on hand, and there will be only two stadium e...