Minneapolis, MN
Northern Minnesota outfitters donate gear to help Minneapolis’ unhoused community
MINNEAPOLIS — Hikers in northern Minnesota are hoping some of their supplies can help unsheltered people in the Twin Cities.
Jeff Bauer cold-called some outfitters along the Gunflint Trail asking for help then drove north to collect the supplies.
The outfitters, he explained, use the equipment for one or two seasons and then retire it. Usually they sell it, but in this case, they’ve decided to donate it to help unsheltered people.
“Some people have the feeling that this is a nuisance, that this is something that needs to be cleared out just like the trash or something like that but these are human beings,” Bauer said. “They have a community here, just like anywhere else “
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There are no porta pottys or trash bins, and churches and other organizations drop off food. While many people pitch in to help, others who lives close by are frustrating, saying that living near an encampment is not safe for them or the people who live there.
“People can find the humanity and just come talk to the people who are out here makes it hard to every see them as a nuisance again,” Bauer said.
The City of Minneapolis said in a statement that “The City’s Homeless Response Team continues to connect our unsheltered community members with available services from Hennepin County and other community partners. We continue to prioritize the health and safety of those living in encampments and surrounding neighborhoods.”
Bauer says this is a humanitarian issue and he and many others will continue to do what they can to help their neighbors.
“Remember how when you were a kid when you are outside your feet are getting cold your hands are getting cold you go back in the house and you can warm up?” he said. “Well, people out here, they don’t ever get to feel that feeling like their hands are cold, their feet are cold. They got nowhere to go inside. They have no way to feel that warmth. So for me it just kind of gets me right in the heart.”
Neigbhors have complained of trash, open air drug dealing, and drug usage in the area. People who live in this encampment say they’ve been told they have to leave by next Tuesday.
MINNEAPOLIS (WJON News) — A popular Broadway show will be hitting a Minnesota stage this fall. Mamma Mia! will jump-start the Broadway on Hennepin series at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis from September 15th to the 20th.
Mamma Mia! has been seen in 50 productions in 16 different languages.
The 25th Anniversary production of Mamma Mia! made its return to Broadway last year for a limited run at the Winter Garden Theatre, where it got its start. The show also had a record-setting 14-year run on Broadway and toured from 2000 to 2017 with four different touring companies.
Mamma Mia! has grossed over $7 billion at the box office.
It inspired the blockbuster smash starring Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, and Amanda Seyfried as well. The 2018 follow-up, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again is the most successful live musical movie sequel of all time.
Mamma Mia! is written by Catherine Johnson and directed by Phyllida Lloyd with choreography by Anthony Van Laast. Tickets for the show go on sale at 10:00 a.m. on Friday.
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A child was seriously injured after a car hit them in an alley in Minneapolis on Saturday morning.
Minneapolis police say a child was playing in an alley near 29th Avenue North and Lyndale Avenue North around 11:30 a.m. when a car hit them. The child was brought to the hospital with potentially-life-threatening injuries, police added.
The child’s age was not released by law enforcement.
The driver of the car stayed at the scene and is cooperating with law enforcement, Minneapolis police said.
There have been no arrests at this time.
A Minneapolis man is behind bars after stabbing a woman early Saturday morning.
According to the Minneapolis Police Department, officers responded to a stabbing around 12:30 a.m. near the intersection of W 24th St. and Pillsbury Avenue. Officers found an adult woman with a non-life-threatening injury consistent with an edged blade.
Authorities said a man known to the woman stabbed her after a verbal argument escalated.
Police arrested a 49-year-old man and is currently at the Hennepin County Jail, pending a second-degree domestic assault charge.
Police said no one else was hurt. The case remains under investigation.
If you or someone you know is experiencing abuse, several resources are available to offer help. For immediate help, contact:
More than 12 million people just in the U.S. are affected by domestic violence every year, according to the National Domestic Violence Hotline.
The organizations listed above can help connect victims to resources like safe shelter, advocacy, legal help and support groups.
The National Domestic Violence Hotline also offers tips for identifying abuse and supporting victims of abuse. CLICK HERE to see those.
Other organizations that can help include:
Minnesota also has a list of many other resources for victims of crimes that can be found HERE.
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