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Yahoo
25-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Fire damage closes Groundswell cafe in St. Paul
The Groundswell cafe in St. Paul's Midway neighborhood had a "surreal and pretty awful night" this week when the business caught fire on May 21. The cafe, sitting on the first floor of a building at Thomas and Hamilne avenues, caught fire late on Wednesday night, causing damage to the restaurant and the apartments above. "Everyone is safe, and that is what matters most," the cafe wrote on Facebook after the fire. The St. Paul Fire Department, which was dispatched to the scene just after 10 p.m. on Wednesday, was able to extinguish the fire and save a cat from one of the apartments, per the Pioneer Press. Smoke damage has also forced the closure of neighboring shops We Are the Starborn and Liminal Lounge. "The smoke damage forced us to close our doors until further notice, and as small, independent businesses, the amount [of] property damage and inability to be open to the public is both overwhelming and devastating to our livelihoods," We Are the Starborn wrote on Instagram. Due to the fire, Groundswell, which opened in 2009, has temporarily closed its doors with no reopening date lined up. In response, a GoFundMe campaign has been launched to support the cafe and its employees. "This fund will go towards securing a financial safety net for the staff to aid them during this troubling time," the fundraiser says. The campaign aims to raise $25,000 and had collected more than $7,600 in donations from the community by Sunday. Additionally, We Are the Starborn is having an online sale to support its recovery. It says in a social media post that 10% of all sales and donations will be given to Groundswell.
Yahoo
03-05-2025
- Yahoo
Man arrested in domestic violence homicide in St. Paul home
St. Paul Police said Saturday they've arrested a man on suspicion of murder. Officers found a woman, who her friends said was in a relationship with the suspect, dead in the couple's Frogtown home early Friday. Her 2-year-old daughter was also in the home and not harmed. Police said they located the suspect in Minneapolis. The 34-year-old is being held in the Ramsey County jail. Officers responded to a request to check a person's well-being about 5:15 a.m. Friday at a house on Edmund Avenue between Virginia and Farrington streets. A caller reported a woman might have been injured and that a toddler might have been left alone, said Sgt. Toy Vixayvong, a St. Paul police spokesman, said Friday afternoon. St. Paul Fire Department medics pronounced the 33-year-old woman dead at the scene. Police did not say Friday how she was killed. The woman and the suspect were the parents of the 2-year-old girl, she told police who responded to a domestic assault in 2023 at the Edmund Avenue house, which they owned together, according to court and property records. The suspect was twice convicted of domestic assault against the woman, and once convicted of assault against a woman he was previously in a relationship with, Minnesota court records show. Help for domestic violence in Minnesota is available 24/7 through the Day One hotline by calling 866-223-1111 or texting 612-399-9995. Charges filed in Minneapolis shooting that killed 4, including St. Paul man Weinstein accuser breaks down in tears as she's questioned about alleged sexual assault Man sentenced to 53 years in prison for hate crime that left 6-year-old Palestinian American boy dead Woman killed in St. Paul home, her 2-year-old found unharmed Luigi Mangione case: Defense seeks to drop terrorism charge, suppress evidence
Yahoo
21-04-2025
- Yahoo
Pedestrian dies after she's struck by teen driver in St. Paul
A 76-year-old woman died after she was struck by a teen driver in St. Paul on Sunday. The crash happened about 3:40 p.m. at Third and Flandrau streets in the Eastview neighborhood of the East Side. St. Paul Fire Department medics took the woman to Regions Hospital, where she died soon after, said Sgt. Toy Vixayvong, a St. Paul police spokesman. The 17-year-old driver stayed at the scene and was cooperative with the investigation, which is ongoing. Foul play not suspected in deaths of 2 in vehicle at St. Paul shopping center Authorities asking for help finding woman believed held against her will Four-alarm fire destroys multiple buildings on Renaissance Festival grounds Ramsey County to pay $3.6M to family of hemophiliac who died after 2022 arrest, jailing After fire at St. Paul church, owner wants to secure steeple, return to ministering
Yahoo
21-04-2025
- Yahoo
Foul play not suspected in deaths of 2 in vehicle at St. Paul shopping center
Police are investigating the deaths of a man and a woman found in a vehicle in St. Paul's Highwood neighborhood on Sunday, which they said do not appear suspicious. Officers responded to the Shamrock Plaza shopping center at McKnight and Lower Afton roads about 5:25 p.m. on a report of two people who were in a vehicle and possibly deceased, said St. Paul police Sgt. Toy Vixayvong. St. Paul Fire Department medics pronounced both people dead at the scene. 'Officers on scene did not see any signs of foul play,' Vixayvong said in a statement. The Ramsey County Medical Examiner's Office is assessing the situation, according to Vixayvong. Authorities asking for help finding woman believed held against her will Four-alarm fire destroys multiple buildings on Renaissance Festival grounds Ramsey County to pay $3.6M to family of hemophiliac who died after 2022 arrest, jailing After fire at St. Paul church, owner wants to secure steeple, return to ministering Steeple fire at historic St. Paul church likely sparked by lightning
Yahoo
06-04-2025
- Yahoo
Injured teenager fell 20 feet through grate at abandoned Ford plant
A teenager fell through a grate at the abandoned Ford plant Saturday night, plunging 20 feet down into a basement, according to St. Paul fire officials. At about 8 p.m. Saturday, the St. Paul Fire Department dispatched its Technical Rescue Team to the former Ford plant at 965 Mississippi River Boulevard south after a caller reported the teen had fallen into the basement and was unable to walk, according to St. Paul Fire Deputy Chief and public information officer Jamie E. Smith, Sr. The crews arrived, they found the teen by accessing the ground level door. The teen was conscious and alert with 'multiple non-life threatening injuries' and was taken to a local hospital, Smith said. No technical rescue was required, he said. Increasingly dangerous scam targets kids through sextortion South St. Paul man killed in solo vehicle crash in St. Paul Park Saturday U.S. Bank executive confirmed as pilot in fatal Brooklyn Park plane crash Unsolved violent crimes in Native American areas to get attention with FBI surge, including Minnesota push High school hockey coach, Lakeville officer returns home 2 months after injury
