Minneapolis, MN
Demolition starts on Nicollet Avenue re-connection project in Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – After practically 1 / 4 century of speak, motion got here Wednesday within the type of demolition. The long-discussed re-connection of Nicollet Avenue at Lake Road took its first step.
The previous SuperValu connected to the west finish of the previous Kmart got here tumbling down. The Kmart is subsequent, however not for not less than a yr.
However the long-planned Nicollet Redevelopment challenge is underway.
“Excited… very excited!” stated Tsuy Lai, on the Bambu retailer just a few blocks to the north, on the stretch of Nicollet referred to as Eat Road.
“If that can assist our enterprise carry extra site visitors in… the site visitors shall be a lot simpler for patrons… for everybody.”
The Kmart opened at Lake Road and Nicollet in 1978, successfully constructing a wall on Nicollet that turned a barrier for the following 4 many years. Minneapolis metropolis planners had been working to revitalize the intersection within the Seventies, however had no builders.
Demolition begins at retailer subsequent to Lake Road Kmart
After a protracted wait, work to open Nicollet Avenue started this week as crews demolished the grocery retailer subsequent to the Lake Road Kmart in Minneapolis. Drone video exhibits crews at work on the former retailer.
When Kmart stated they needed two metropolis blocks and that would come with constructing over Nicollet, chopping it off, the town wasn’t enthusiastic about it, however let it occur anyway. Town quickly regretted it.
Discuss of reconnecting Nicollet started within the late Nineteen Nineties, but it surely wasn’t till 2017 that the town purchased the property again. In 2020, after the town didn’t renew the lease, Kmart closed. Plans to tear it down had been placed on maintain when the U.S. Postal Service moved in after their very own buildings had been broken within the 2020 riots.
The Postal Service gained’t transfer out for one more yr, however Minneapolis didn’t wish to wait to tear down the SuperValu portion of the constructing, approving a $500,000 contract this previous summer season.
Minneapolis has begun gathering public enter on the location’s redevelopment, which can make Nicollet a linked avenue as soon as once more. An internet survey is already up and can accumulate enter by means of November.
Town additionally plans different outreach to the neighborhood to plan how the streets will look, what kind of public areas there ought to be and the way a lot and how much housing ought to be constructed.
That work will proceed all through 2023 with the demolition of the Kmart coming maybe as late as 2024. The brand new intersection is years away, however after many years of speaking about it, it’s nearer to actuality than ever.
“Yeah, I’d wait!” stated Tsuy Lai, reflecting the passion for the event that a lot of the world has expressed. “Higher than nothing. Higher than them not doing something!”
Minneapolis, MN
Court filings from Minneapolis man accused of shooting neighbor show pattern of harassment
MINNEAPOLIS — Newly uncovered court documents accuse John Sawchak of a long history of violence.
The documents accuse Sawchak of striking a neighbor with a wooden stick, slashing the tires of a police car and threatening to kill other neighbors.
Last week, Davis Moturi said he was doing yard work outside his south Minneapolis home when Sawchak shot him.
Sawchak is charged with attempted murder for the shooting Moturi. His bail is set at $1 million.
Court documents show Sawchak’s issues with neighbors spans nearly a decade.
A request for a restraining order in 2015 is from a mother of three, who lived in the same home where Moturi lives now.
According to one of the documents, the mother wrote “Kids are afraid of sleeping in their rooms or using the restroom by themselves” and “I’m really afraid that something terrible might happen before something is done.”
In the same restraining order, she said, “police told us to keep calling” but “whenever they do come, John is already in his house and they can’t get him.”
In 2016, Carole Megarry filed for a restraining order after she said Sawchak would yell at her and record her.
The now-77-year-old writing at the time, “she was thinking [of] leaving the neighborhood and moving someplace where I do not have to worry about this man.”
“It was definitely intimidating, certainly state of vigilance always looking and listening,” Megarry said.
Instead of leaving, she adapted.
In 2022, things took a violent turn when she let her dog out.
“He came after me with a piece of lumbar about 4 inches long. He was yelling at me and chasing,” Megarry recalled. “I was afraid I could have been killed.”
Since that time, Megarry said she’s avoided Sawchak, going as far as not even walking in the alley of her home.
Neighbors said they are upset with how police handled the situation and how they let this situation with Sawchak go unnoticed.
Megarry said many neighbors knew not to engage with him and just ignore him.
While Sawchak’s home remains boarded up, neighbors like Megarry say they feel safer knowing he’s in custody, but at the same time, uneasy.
On Friday, the Minneapolis NAACP said dereliction of duty led to the shooting and wants a sincere apology from Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara and Mayor Jacob Frey. Minneapolis public information officers say O’Hara already did that during a press conference this week.
MINNEAPOLIS — A project to improve the Nicollet Avenue Bridge is getting $34.2 million in federal funding.
The funding is part of a $635 million grant for 22 small and medium-sized bridge projects around the U.S., according to the Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration.
The bridge, which stands over Minnehaha Creek in Minneapolis’ Tangletown neighborhood, was built in 1923 and underwent repairs in 1973, according to the city.
Federal officials say over 10,000 vehicles cross the bridge every day.
The city is planning to replace the bridge’s sidewalks, drainage and lighting systems and create protected bike lanes.
The money for the grant is part of the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, which was signed into law in 2021.
During construction, the bridge will be closed to all cars, bikes and pedestrians. Timing on construction is undecided, according to the city.
Dinkytown shooting injures 3 people
Authorities are investigating a Dinkytown shooting that left three people injured. FOX 9 reporter Se Kwon has the latest details.
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – Authorities are investigating a Dinkytown shooting that left three people injured early Friday morning.
What we know
A SAFE-U Emergency Alert states that three people were shot at the intersection of 4th Street Southeast and 13th Avenue Southeast around 2:15 a.m.
This area is in the heart of Dinkytown, just over half a mile west of Mariucci Arena and Huntington Bank Stadium in Minneapolis.
The shooting happened off of the University of Minnesota campus.
What we don’t know
Police have not released information on whether any U of M students were involved.
No suspect information is currently available.
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