Minneapolis, MN
Minneapolis Christmas tradition feeds, cheers homeless group
Mpls Christmas tradition cheers homeless group
Holiday cheer is usually in short supply for people who have nowhere to call home, but an empowering Minneapolis Christmas tradition is putting smiles on faces and making sure bellies are full.
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – Holiday cheer is usually in short supply for people who have nowhere to call home, but an empowering Minneapolis Christmas tradition is putting smiles on faces and making sure bellies are full.
Home is where the heart is, but winter can be heartless for the homeless population.
This holiday season about 8,400 people are unhoused in Minnesota — 3300 in Hennepin County alone.
About 60 of them wake up at the temporary Simpson House shelter each morning, including Christmas.
But on this holiday, they started their day with a little sizzle.
“We’re closed to the public and only feeding folks in Simpson shelter on Christmas morning,” said Our Kitchen and Simpson House volunteer Brian Bozeman.
The tiny East Harriet diner Our Kitchen has become a gift that keeps on giving for the last 11 Christmases.
“He asked me, he’s like, ‘What do the guests do for breakfast?’,” Bozeman said of the diner’s owner Danny Ziegler. “And I said, ‘Well, we usually have cereal.’ And he said, ‘Bring them here.’ And so since then we’ve been doing it every Christmas.
Danny Ziegler and his wife Oksana get behind the counter, working as hard as they do on the other 364 days of the year, serving up breakfast to order.
“I ordered the omelet with onions and peppers with hash browns,” said Simpson Jouse guests Peter Roers.
The Zieglers get to play Santa, offering up a smorgasbord of tasty gifts.
Volunteers deliver folks to the diner in a sleigh resembling a minivan.
And shelter guests get to pull up a stool at the diner and spend Christmas morning sharing a warm meal with their neighbors, the exact gift they requested.
“It feels good,” Roers said. “You know, just pick your own. Don’t have to worry about paying for nothing, you know? It feels great.”
And for this group, for one morning at least, the holidays really are the most wonderful time of the year.
A plan to boost pay for Uber and Lyft drivers in Minnesota that lawmakers believe would prevent the companies from leaving the market advanced in the state Legislature on Sunday before the midnight deadline.
The House passed the compensation bill but the measure was held up in the Senate before winning approval prior to the deadline for lawmakers to pass bills before they adjourned. The bill now moves to Gov. Tim Walz to be signed into law, the Star Tribune reported.
The proposal that initially gained approval in the House was crafted by Democrats to replace a minimum pay measure the Minneapolis City Council passed that prompted Uber and Lyft to threaten to leave the state’s biggest city.
The House agreement announced Saturday after a day of negotiations would set a minimum pay rate at $1.28 per mile and 31 cents per minute. Uber has said it will keep operating in the state under those rates. The bill would take effect next January if passed.
“While the coming price increases may hurt riders and drivers alike, we will be able to continue to operate across the State under the compromise brokered by the Governor,” Uber spokesperson Josh Gold said in an email to the Star Tribune.
Lyft representatives didn’t immediately respond to emailed questions from The Associated Press about the deal.
The measure that raised objections from the companies would have required them to pay drivers at least $1.40 per mile and 51 cents per minute — or $5 per ride, whichever is greater — excluding tips, for the time spent transporting passengers in Minneapolis.
Marianna Brown, vice president of the Minnesota Uber/Lyft Drivers Association, told the Star Tribune that even though the pay rates are lower than drivers sought, they were happy to see the deal come together.
Following passage in the House, the governor said in a post on social media platform X that the deal “gives rideshare drivers a 20% raise and keeps these important services operating in Minnesota. I’m grateful to our partners in the House and Senate DFL for coming together to get this done.”
Anthony Edwards #5 of the Minnesota Timberwolves drives to the basket against Jamal Murray #27 of the Denver Nuggets during the fourth quarter in Game Seven of the Western Conference Second Round Playoffs at Ball Arena on May 19, 2024 in Denver, Colo (C. Morgan Engel / Getty Images)
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – Anthony Edwards’ postgame comments to Charles Barkley after the Timberwolves defeated the Denver Nuggets to get to the Western Conference Finals set the internet on fire.
During a postgame interview, just minutes after the Wolves’ win, Barkley told Edwards he hadn’t been to Minneapolis in about 20 years. Edwards responded quickly and simply: “Bring ya ass.”
It should be noted that Barkley’s memory is a little flaky… he was in Minneapolis for the NCAA Final Four in 2019.
The utterance set the social media world on fire.
“‘Bring ya ass’ goes down with ‘straight cash, homie’ in the pantheon of MN sports sound bites,” said @johnnyasheville.
Other Wolves fans said the Wolves need to make a “bring ya ass” T-shirt.
In the replies, Food Network star Bobby Flay recommended Spoon and Stable, the James Beard award-winning restaurant on 1st Street North, about a half mile from the Target Center. Other people joined in, sending their own recommendations. Governor Walz suggested The Nook in St. Paul and Matt’s in Minneapolis.
The Wolves first Western Conference Finals game against the Mavericks is set for Wednesday at the Target Center. Tipoff is at 7:30 p.m.
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MINNEAPOLIS — Three people were injured in two separate shootings on opposite sides of Minneapolis Saturday night, police said. All three are expected to be OK.
A man and woman were driving west on Interstate 94 just after 10:30 p.m. when someone fired shots from another vehicle, according to the Minneapolis Police Department. They exited the highway at Broadway Street and called 911.
Both people were hospitalized with survivable injuries, police said.
A few minutes later on the other side of town, a man was walking on East Franklin Avenue near Hiawatha Avenue when he “heard gunfire and felt pain,” police said. He was also hospitalized and should survive.
No one has been arrested in connection with either shooting.
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