Minneapolis, MN
Paul Rogers – Minneapolis
Nov. 13, 1942 – Feb. 1, 2024
Paul Rogers was born on Nov. 13, 1942, and died of pancreatic cancer, on Feb. 1, 2024, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
He grew up mostly in Rapid City, SD. He attended college at Augustana College, and seminary at Luther Northwestern.
Paul served congregations in Heilbronn, Germany, and in South Dakota at Valley Springs, Salem, Spencer, and Brookings, at Ascension Lutheran, and in Minnesota in Rock County and at Trinity Lutheran Congregation in Minneapolis, as well as a number of interim positions across the Twin Cities before retiring in 2006. He also worked in Geneva, Switzerland for the Lutheran World Federation, traveling across the world to help mission projects.
He helped start and nurture a close relationship between the Lutheran synods of Minneapolis and Leipzig, Germany.
Paul is survived by his wife Camille and their three children: their son, Anthony, Anthony’s wife Amanda and their two grandchildren, their other son Christopher, and their daughter Elisabeth, whose vulnerability and developmental disability was a source of deep love and grace for Paul. He is also survived by an older brother David, and a number of nieces and nephews. He is survived again by a whole passel of Camille’s siblings and cousins, who generously afforded Paul honorary membership in that side of the family.
A memorial service will be held at Christ Lutheran Church in Minneapolis, on Feb. 17, with a visitation beginning at 3 p.m.
The family requests memorial gifts be made out to Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church Foundation and to Mt. Olivet Rolling Acres.
Minneapolis, MN
Minneapolis closes three beaches ahead of 4th of July weekend due to high e. coli levels
A stretch of Interstate 94 in Minneapolis has reopened after a fatal crash closed it for hours Wednesday morning.
The Minnesota State Patrol said the crash occurred on westbound I-94 near Interstate 35W around 2:30 a.m. The patrol said the crash was fatal, but did not say how many people or vehicles were involved.
The Minnesota Department of Transportation said the road was cleared just before 6:15 a.m., and a WCCO crew at the scene saw traffic moving through.
This story will be updated.
Minneapolis, MN
North Minneapolis Heritage Park tenants swelter as $500K grant sits locked for furnaces
Apartment complex A/C problem
Scorching heat is making life miserable for some at Heritage Park apartments in north Minneapolis. FOX 9’s Mike Manzoni explains the situation.
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – Tenants at a north Minneapolis apartment complex are struggling to stay cool as broken air conditioning and other problems remain unresolved during another day of high temperatures.
Tenants at Heritage Park turn to fans as heat rises
What we know:
Several tenants at Heritage Park are relying on fans to keep cool, but temperatures inside the apartments are still reaching the 80s.
“How I’m trying to keep cool is with this fan. I have another fan in that room,” Eddie Robinson, a tenant, told FOX 9 on Monday. “It’s an oven.”
Beyond the lack of air conditioning, tenants are facing other challenges inside and outside the building.
Some apartments have mold and dirty floors, while the exterior shows broken staircases and boarded-up windows.
Repairs and funding struggles at Heritage Park
The backstory:
The court-appointed receiver, Minnetonka-based Certus Financial, said it is waiting for a $5.1 million grant to help with repairs. There is $500,000 in city grant money available, but it can only be used for furnaces, which does not help tenants during the summer heat.
The property receives $85,000 each month from the federal government to help maintain the 200 public housing apartments.
Despite this, the complex is still losing $250,000 every month, according to the firm’s manager, Will Haase.
The property has 440 units, with nearly half set aside for public housing. More than half of the units are vacant, worsening the property’s financial situation.
Haase said his firm is working on patching 30 roofs to address leaks and has already replaced 168 furnaces. While there are still a couple of hundred open work orders, that number is down from more than 2,000 when the receivership began six months ago.
When asked if razing the complex could be an option, he said that is “never not in play.”
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