Minneapolis, MN
Chenue Her to Join KMSP in Minneapolis as Morning Anchor
Chenue Her will join Fox owned station KMSP Fox 9 as weekday morning anchor.
Starting in October, he’ll co-anchor the 4:30 to 6 a.m. hours of Fox 9 Morning alongside Hannah Flood. In addition, Kelly O’Connell will join Tom Butler for the 6 and 7 a.m. hours.
“We’ve been big Chenue fans from afar for years now, ever since he started next door in Iowa,” said vice president and news director, Kelly Bishop-Huffman. “On the air and behind the scenes, he just has this incredible ‘X-factor.’ We couldn’t be happier that he’s coming home to the Twin Cities and joining our family as well as being back with his.”
Her last worked as morning anchor for WOI-DT in Des Moines, Iowa. Before that, he was a news reporter for 11Alive in Atlanta, Georgia. He’s also worked at WVEC in Norfolk, Virginia and before that, KEZI News in Eugene, Oregon. He began his career with intern positions at KSTP and WCCO in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as well as KCRA 3 News in Sacramento.
“Coming home and joining the Fox 9 team is a full circle moment for me. As a proud Minnesota native and a Hmong son of east St. Paul, it’s the greatest honor of my career to join the most iconic morning newscast in Minnesota made up of journalists I’ve looked up to,” said Her. “As refugees, my parents have been loyal to ‘Fox 9 Morning News’ for a long time to keep them informed daily and now Fox 9 becomes a part of their family’s story forever.”
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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