Sunday, March 3, 2013
Union aproves contract over the weekend.
According to the Star Tribune, union members at several local grocery stores vote to approve a new contract over the weekend. The vote averts the posibility of a strike, which could have happened if union members rejected the deal. Negotiators from the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 653 and several local grocery store chains had been trying to hammer out a deal for a month. The deal represents a one-year extension of the current union contract, which was agreed upon three years ago. The Star Tribune quotes a former union president saying both sides agreed on an extension, rather than a new contract, to see how President Barack Obama's health care overhaul would impact supermarkets' health care costs. The union represents workers …
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
A roundup of crimes and incidents reported to the Minneapolis Police Department Feb. 4 and 5.
Feb. 4 A resident of the 3300 block of Blaisdell Ave South had a fairly unfortunate morning, but an excellent excuse for being late to work. Around 6:30 a.m., they started their car, but realized they had left their wallet inside. They ran back into their home to grab the missing item, but when they emerged minutes later, the car had vanished. The thief barely made it 10 minutes away before smashing into another car and fleeing on foot. The police report grimly noted "the car was not driveable" after the crash. Two 20-year old men were arrested on the 6100 block of Lyndale Ave South and booked into the Hennepin County Jail on narcotics charges just before 8 p.m. The police report reads a bit like a mad lib. It notes that police seized an …
Friday, January 25, 2013
South Lyndale Ave greeted Friday morning with a depressing tableau.
The reek of smoke still hung in the air of South Lyndale Avenue Friday afternoon as rush hour traffic crept past the destroyed home of Beeks King of Pizza and Diamond Lake Rental. Thursday evening's fire had savaged the structure. The three billboards on top of the single-story building leaned inwards, while pipes and bits of collapsed ceiling hung n a tangled mess from the remaining walls, visible through the exploded windows. The rear part of the building, including the Beek's kitchen space, had collapsed in a pile of rubble. An oversized boxing glove lay on a window sill. When reached by phone, staff at Beek's St. Louis Park location said the businesses owners were not yet ready to speak to the public.
Thursday, January 24, 2013
Beeks, Diamond Lake Rental the victims.
Thrusday night, Beeks King of Pizza and Diamond Lake Rental met a sad end at the hands of a three-alarm fire. Southwest Minneapolis residents captured the event—including some fantastic pictures—on Twitter. Star Tribune: Firefighter suffers minor injuries Fox 9: Building expected to be a total loss Update 10:15 p.m. 1/24/13: According to a written statement issued by Minneapolis Fire Marshal Perry Ebner, the Beeks fire started shortly before 6 p.m. The cause is still unknown. When fire crews arrived, the Beeks' customers and employees had already evacuated. Ebner's statement explains the course of events: Crews first conducted an interior attack from the rear of the building. Fire grew rapidly and forced firefighters out of the structure…
Monday, January 7, 2013
Bachman's will play host to two farmers markets this winter.
Southwest Minneapolis may be firmly in the grip of Old Man Winter, when most self-respecting plants lie dormant under a blanket of snow, but that's not stopping the organizers of the Kingfield and Fulton Farmers Markets from organizing two Winter Farmers Markets. Follow us on Facebook | Sign up for our free, daily newsletter On Saturday, January 26 and Saturday, February 23rd from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., locals are invited to converge on the greenhouses of Bachman's, on South Lyndale Avenue for a pair of events dubbed "Fresh From the Freeze." There, market-goers will find locally-produced food from some of their favorite purveyors from the traditional summer markets. Other vendors will be on hand selling meats, prepared foods, coffee, preserved…
Friday, January 4, 2013
Police say Devontay Deshaun Hines argued with another man on a Minneapolis bus, then pulled out a gun and shot the victim in the leg.
A local teenager has been charged with shooting a man in the leg on a Minneapolis city bus. Devontay Deshaun Hines, 19, who lives in the 5700 block of Nicollet Avenue South, is charged with second-degree assault, a felony with a maximum penalty of seven years in prison and a $14,000 fine. The Metro Transit Police were called to investigate a shooting on an Metro Transit bus on Dec. 13, according to the criminal complaint, signed by Metro Transit police Officer Jason Lindner. The victim told police that he was riding a bus when he got into a dispute with a man he knew as “Tae Hines.” He said the argument escalated, and Hines pulled out a gun and shot him in the leg. Surveillance video from the bus showed Hines shooting the victim, then …
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Owners are proposing to tear down the eyesore.
A Windom eyesore may soon vanish, if all goes well for prospective developers the former Perkins building on the 6000 block of Nicollet when they come before Minneapolis' City Planning Commission on Jan. 7. The Minneapolis Perkins closed in 2011 when its parent company filed for bankruptcy. Goodwill Easter Seals is proposing to build a Goodwill store on the site of the restaurant and its two adjacent parking lots. The two-story building will entirely replace the ex-eatery, according to documents posted with the commision's agenda. A donations-processing facility will be located in the rear of the proposed building. Final plans aren't yet available, but a report by city planning staff states the entire Goodwill facility will be just …
Friday, December 14, 2012
b. Resale routinely dresses the greats of local hip-hop.
When Windom shopkeeper Allison Bross-White grabbed a copy of the latest edition of CityPages, hip-hop great P.O.S. stared back at her—dressed in several items from her store. 54th and Nicollet—or Southwest Minneapolis, for that matter—might not seem the most likely place to find a store that clothes the stars of local hip-hop. But don't let that fool you. Over the last two years, Bross-White has turned her store, b. Resale, into a magnet for the local music scene. "I've had to do a lot of pulling to get the Uptown kids down here," she told Patch. "A lot of folks (in Windom) will sell us great streetwear, but they won't necessarily be the ones to buy from us." From sneakers and inventive graphic t-shirts to dresses and jackets, the store's …
Thursday, December 6, 2012
Better Than Ever changed ownership in September.
Kingfield locavores can now go even shorter distances to match their eating habits to their shopping habits at Better Than Ever, a resale boutique on the 4200 block of Nicollet Avenue South. The store joins Windom's B. Resale and CARAG's June in sharing both recycled fashion and the works of local fashion designers with their customers. Owner Arnetta Simpson-Dill, who bought the store from its previous owners in September after over a decade as an accountant, told Patch she decided to seek out new local items as a way to help Twin Cities designers. "It's a win-win," she said. "Designers with a large following will bring new customers to a store where their work is being sold, and we help them sell their pieces without carrying all the …
A roundup of crimes and incidents reported to and by the Minneapolis Police Department on Dec. 5 and 6.
Wednesday morning, an unfortunate 12-year old woke up an hour late for school, according to a report filed by officers with the Minneapolis Police Department. Bravely, he started out for Anthony Middle School. By the time he reached the intersection of 48th and Nicollet, though, it was already 10:30 a.m.—an hour passed Anthony's start time. That's when officers patrolling Tangletown spotted him. Police pulled over to question the boy, as he "appeared to be a juvenile," according to the police report's legalese. On finding out that he was late for school, they gave him a ride to Anthony and released the boy to school staff. To top it all off, the boy seems to have escaped being cited for truancy. Other incidents Around 3 a.m. on Dec. 6, …
James Sanna
9:30 pm on Saturday, January 26, 2013
Cynthia and Andy are right, John - MFD confirmed that all the animals there are ok, and spent the night in other shelters and clinics. (Good going to BCAH staff for managing that!) more ›