A Shoreview woman is safe after she was rescued from a burning home.The Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office says a triplex went up in flames in the 3500 block of Chatsworth Circle around 8 p.m Wednesday. One of the men who helped in the rescue tells 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS he was grateful that everyone is okay.      we were definitely concerned,” said Mariela Martin “There were firetrucks just coming out of nowhere from everywhere.”Mariela Martin lives a couple of units away from where the fire started.“We actually just moved in on the 15th of this month,” Martin said.As she returned to see some of the damage on Thursday Martin admits she was ready to evacuate with her ten-month-old daughter.“A lot of neighbors were really curious about what was going on,” Martin said.The Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office says a 23-year-old woman with autism was in an upstairs bedroom inside the burning townhouse. That’s when a deputy the woman’s grandfather and his roommate came in to rescue her.“I’m so glad that they were able to get to her because it seemed pretty severe,” Martin said. “I’m so relieved I’m so glad that everybody is safe.”The Lake Johanna fire chief tells 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS the first fire unit arrived on scene four minutes after the call which likely made a big difference in preventing the flames from spreading to nearby homes He adds that no one was hurt and thanks the selfless acts of others.It’s early in this investigation but the chief believes the fire started on the deck and he says preliminary information suggests it was started by a cigarette Any person with disabilities who needs help accessing the content of the FCC Public File may contact KSTP via our online form or call 651-646-5555 A traffic camera captures the aftermath of a crash on Interstate 35W on Tuesday.Courtesy of Minnesota Department of TransportationGo Deeper.CloseCreate an account or log in to save stories We have added it to a list of your favorite stories Highway 10 in Shoreview and Mounds View and County Road I in Arden Hills Tuesday morning A report from the State Patrol says a “merging conflict” led to a chain reaction crash which eventually entangled seven vehicles — including three semi trucks An initial report said eight vehicles were involved The stretch of highway was closed for about four hours following the crash MPR News helps you turn down the noise and build shared understanding Turn up your support for this public resource and keep trusted journalism accessible to all The Lake Johanna Fire Department posted an update to the fire on Sunday describing the blaze as a "brush fire in a large open space in northern Shoreview" that was "rapidly growing" when firefighters arrived at the scene just before 7 p.m the fire threatened many homes," the fire department said noting that residents of townhomes along Shorewood Road were evacuated while the fire was burning Those residents have since been allowed to return home.  Firefighters from 11 agencies worked for "several hours" before containing and eliminating the fire. No structures were damaged nor were there any injuries caused by the fire Pixabay Note: The details provided in this story are based on law enforcement’s latest version of events, and may be subject to change. By Joe Nelson is the head of Minnesota and Western Wisconsin weather and sports coverage for Bring Me The News Bring Me The Sports and Bring Me The Weather saying he'd killed the mother of his child which features a swimming beach and splash pad in the venerable Farmers and and Mechanics Savings Bank building noting conditions will make fires spread rapidly and be difficult to contain approximately 70% of the fire was contained Dykema congratulates Shoreview Industries LLC on its partnership with Go Local Interactive Go Local is a provider of digital marketing services primarily serving clients in the self-storage Go Local is headquartered in Overland Park and serves clients throughout the United States Go Local specializes in helping its clients build and maintain a strong local digital presence through search engine optimization This transaction represents ShoreView’s 10th platform investment in its latest fund ShoreView partnered with Go Local’s founders to support continued growth The Dykema team assisting with this project was led by Members Brendan Cahill the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is hoping to keep it from happening again with new restrictions on fire use even with the recent rainfall,” says Karen Harrison a wildlife prevention specialist with the DNR we responded to one-hundred-eighteen.” Those dry grasses and leaves Authorities say the Shoreview fire broke out around 7 p.m. Saturday and spread quickly “It was like something out of those smokejumper movies you see,” recalled Caleb Koskela while the field in front of me was all burnt up Everyone was back and forth grabbing stuff It took more than 50 firefighters from numerous departments more than four hours to bring the blaze under control Drone video shared with 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS shows acre after acre of blackened earth spread across a dried landscape Authorities believe the fire was caused by two children playing with matches “There was a significant amount of fire once it got into the trees and very large flames,” explains Assistant Chief Jonathan Rasch with the Lake Johanna Fire Department “The rest of the vegetation on top never had a chance to green up you’re left with all the dead and decaying grasses from the previous year that remain dry.” The response to the Shoreview fire comes just a week after a 42-acre fire broke out in Waconia The DNR is calling for restrictions that put a halt to any brush fire piles more than three feet high and three feet wide in a fifteen-county area around the metro “Decrease the amount of wildfire we’re seeing from debris burning,” Harrison explains “That’s the number one cause of wildfires in Minnesota.” It turns out our snowmelt wasn’t enough to counteract the dry conditions “We had a very persistent drought all through the winter and little to no snowpack across a lot of the state,” Harrison notes below average precipitation across the winter.” “Everything’s so dry that even a little spark can cause stuff to go so fast,” Koskela adds The DNR says it’s unknown how long the restrictions will last although Harrison says there will likely have to be new vegetative growth before conditions change she hopes the new measures will make a difference “Hoping we can help to reduce the number of wildfires because 90% of them are caused by people,” Harrison says Democrat David Gottfried poses for a photo while door knocking ahead of the March 11 special election.Clay Masters | MPR NewsPlayListenShoreview Democrat David Gottfried on tying the Minnesota House working across the aisleGo Deeper.CloseCreate an account or log in to save stories It also prompts a reset at the Capitol and returns the chamber to a bipartisan power sharing agreement reached earlier this year Gottfried joins MPR News host Nina Moini to talk about his plans as a new lawmaker And MPR News senior politics reporter Dana Ferguson breaks down what the election means for state politics and this session’s main priority: passing a budget Use the audio player above to listen to the full conversation We attempt to make transcripts for Minnesota Now available the next business day after a broadcast Transcription services provided by 3Play Media Two children playing with matches caused a 20-acre brush fire Saturday evening according to the Lake Johanna Fire Department Authorities were called to the brush fire north of County Road I off of Alameda Street in Shoreview around 7 p.m Firefighters from 11 agencies were able to extinguish the 20-acre fire after several hours There were no injuries or damage to nearby buildings DNR aircraft were not available to help at the time The company is building a new laboratory and production facility in Shoreview Par Systems’ new $20 million laboratory and production facility in Shoreview has specific needs It needs 42-foot-high ceilings with cranes to work on its supersized machines, including ones used to make rocket boosters for NASA and mechanical claws that removed radioactive waste after the Chernobyl and Fukushima nuclear disasters Yet it also needs clean rooms to develop the tiny machines that coat the thinnest of medical catheters which also owns the Twins — will build the 140,000-square-foot structure on land vacated when Deluxe Corp and will boost Par’s factory capacity by 40% It’s badly needed and will go a long way toward meeting the company’s goal of also boosting revenue by 40% over the next five years “We’re hiring a lot and we’re kind of squeezing people in Even our engineers’ desks are cramped and we’re pretty much all here in person now so we definitely need the space,” she said “It will just be fantastic to have more innovative and versatile space for the team.” Par hopes to add 26 to 30 new workers in each of the next five years 260 of them in the 100,000-square-foot factory that sits just south of where the new facility will be The new facility will include a state-of-the-art clean room and three new process and development laboratories to meet the growing needs of customers in the aerospace It’s also an economic development win for the city of Shoreview Par’s development is one of three buildings going up on the site There also will be two 150,000-square-foot buildings with one becoming a Fairview Health Services pharmaceuticals site “It’s all part of a great employment center that we’re reincarnating since Deluxe vacated Shoreview,” said Tom Simonson Construction of Par’s building will be managed by R.J Ryan Construction and is expected to create 300 construction jobs Pope Design Group and commercial real estate development firm Scannell Properties are other partners in the project “It will be a fun project,” said Nate Ryan vice president of the Mendota Heights construction company “This is a big win for the city of Shoreview.” The company must figure out how to work in the large overhead cranes that will flexibly handle various stages of production for the massive machinery Par makes “We tend to work on projects that a typical automation company wouldn’t take on,” Leis said “So it’s often a first-of-a-kind automation project we take on that others might say is not possible This new facility will allow us to scale our operations to meet the evolving needs of our customers while continuing to push the boundaries of what’s possible in automation.” The labs will focus on three key customer needs: robotics; the extra-strong friction-stir welding technology used to make NASA rocket boosters and airplane parts; and the complex cameras used to create “machine vision” in high-speed manufacturing equipment The expansion is a second significant project for Leis since being named president of the company in 2021 and CEO in 2022 Leis’ first task was getting the company ready for the big sprint to growth by boosting employee retention and engagement and creating a culture that could support the expansion. Now, the company needs space and updated technology to help customers “solve riddles” and get their products to market faster, Leis said. Dee DePass is an award-winning business reporter covering Minnesota small businesses for the Minnesota Star Tribune. She previously covered commercial real estate, manufacturing, the economy, workplace issues and banking. Health Care The payment is part of a proposed settlement to litigation dating back more than a decade about alleged economic harms suffered by health care providers Renowned investor Warren Buffett surprised a crowd of thousands Saturday with his plans to retire at the end of the year The company is behind Twin Cities-based businesses like DQ and HomeServices of America A judge is expected to approve an arrangement for Division I colleges to give 22% of athletic department revenue to student-athletes The first Meijer Gym Class Takeover on September 17 The fourth Meijer Gym Class Takeover on December 10 The third Meijer Gym Class Takeover on November 12 The second Meijer Gym Class Takeover on October 15 Playoff Gym Class Takeover presented by Meijer at Mary Bethune Elementary on January 9 Mary Jo Hoffman hopes to resume her STILL practice in 2025 “After 4,660 days, the chain has been broken,” Shoreview photographer Mary Jo Hoffman recently shared with fans of her blog, Still, where she has posted one nature composition each day for 12 years A dramatic photo explained the reason: her family’s home engulfed in flames Hoffman wrote that it’s been difficult to pause her daily practice, which often took place in her home and yard. She’d head out back and fill a basket with maidenhair ferns and bright-red baneberries, orange lilies and cattail stalks. Then go inside and arrange her finds on a white board for a photograph. Hoffman also lost all the dried material she’d squirreled away for future compositions, such as pressed leaves, a nest, and a fish skull. Hoffman hopes to resume Still by Jan. 1, 2025, with her compositions on a black background. Rachel Hutton writes lifestyle and human-interest stories for the Minnesota Star Tribune. Stage & Arts Sally Wingert is by turns gentle and caustic in a show that shows God is the ultimate entertainer Gioachino Rossini’s comic opera plays at the Ordway Music Theater in St Benson Boone’s American Heart Tour will open at Xcel Energy Center on Aug just two years after he played in town at the Fine Line M&A Seminar on Preparing Your Company for Sale Presented by Maslon LLP and Northborne Partners A 150,000-square-foot building for Fairview Health Services is among the projects Scannell has planned for the former Deluxe campus in Shoreview Industrial construction ramps up at former Deluxe campus Efforts to reform Minnesota zoning laws fail again as local opposition blocks a bill limiting parking mandates[...] Performance contracting helps governments and schools cut energy costs Twin Cities housing starts were up across the board in April on the strength of another solid month for single[...] Greco Properties plans a 20-unit memory care facility on a tough-to-develop Edina lot Rice Creek Commons begins redevelopment with Micro Control HQ marking a major step after years of delays at t[...] proposes 43-unit mixed-use building in Excelsior with a renovation of the historic Dock Cinema Sign up for your daily digest of Minnesota News Efforts to reform Minnesota zoning laws fail again as local opposition blocks a bill limiting parkin[...] will break ground this summer on The Dorian a 190-unit apartment complex in Lake Elmo af[...] The University of Minnesota plans to sell 60 acres at UMore Park for $8.1M to North Wind Test for a [...] The Federal Reserve is expected to keep interest rates unchanged despite political pressure from Pre[...] The Trump administration is swiftly remaking housing policy as the U.S Department of Housing and Ur[...] construction job openings dropped by 38,000 in March signaling slowing labor demand amid tarif[...] Trump's trade demands stretch beyond tariffs Performance contracting helps governments and schools cut energy costs is now an official city after a local vote Milwaukee Mitchell Airport will start a $95.2M international terminal project this summer after dela[...] Listen here analysis and commentary on Minnesota business We are the only independent daily newspaper dedicated to business reporting Get our free e-alerts & breaking news notifications Subscribe for access to the latest digital and special editions Scannell Properties has reached an agreement with PaR Systems to build a 110,000-square-foot building on a portion of the 50-acre former Deluxe campus at 3660 and 3680 Victoria St The Cleveland Browns hosted a Gym Class Takeover in partnership with Meijer at Shoreview Elementary School on Tuesday to celebrate students' strong commitment to school attendance. The takeover included activities ranging from football skills stations to contests and non-contact games for the top students with good or improved school attendance. Wide receiver Cedric Tillman was present and engaged in different activities with the students, bringing awareness to the importance of attending school. "Just trying to be a good example for the kids and just trying to... explain to them how important school is, why it's important to attend and ultimately just trying your hardest in school," Tillman said. According to the Browns, Meijer, the presenting partner for the takeover, donated $2,500 to the Euclid City School District —a SITG! Attendance Network school district— to support increased attendance. The Browns Flag-In Schools has expanded to 161 elementary schools across Northeast and Central Ohio. The program works closely with the Stay in the Game! Attendance Network by providing school-based activities to engage students further and increase attendance in school. The exhibition “From Origins to Horizons: The American Glass Studio Movement” at the Cafesjian Art Trust museum in Shoreview Courtesy of Cafesjian Art TrustGo Deeper.CloseCreate an account or log in to save stories from rabbit men (think “Donnie Darko”) and baskets made of intricate glass daisies to abstract optical illusions and an impossible fern-filled glass pillow The art space currently has two exhibitions on view, From Origins to Horizons: The American Glass Studio Movement and Midwest Voices in Contemporary Glass “The main gallery show is about the history of the American studio glass movement told through our collection,” said director Andy Schlauch “I thought it would be interesting to show our guests not just what’s happening around the country but also what’s happening here in the Midwest which has such a rich history from having the first glassblowing programs at any universities — the first one was in Madison which specializes in modern and contemporary art has become a Midwest hub for studio glass art announced to visitors with one of Dale Chihuly’s massive red and orange glass explosions hanging in the lobby The museums’ namesake, the late Minnesota publishing executive and art collector Gerard Cafesjian, was in fact a friend of Chihuly, perhaps the only household name from the glass art world Cafesjian’s family opened the Shoreview museum in 2022 to showcase Gerard’s 3,000-piece collection of contemporary art “From Origins to Horizons: The American Glass Studio Movement,” features 43 works including those of Harvey Littleton who is often deemed the “father of the studio glass movement,” as well as contemporary glass artists Debora Moore and Therman Statom “Willy the Mouse with Tractor and Train” by Amber Cowan is one of dozens of glass art pieces on view at the Cafesjian Art Trust museum in Shoreview Cipolle | MPR NewsOne of Schlauch’s favorites is a recent acquisition a bubblegum pink maximalist wall altar titled “Willy the Mouse with Tractor and Train” by Amber Cowan At the center is an antique glass mouse and tractor toy “All of that is surrounded by petals and leaves and in floral motifs that she torch-worked or flameworked out of waste glass from factories,” Schlauch said Glass factories organize waste glass — pieces that break off — by color and collects it and upcycles it to create the tableau to surround the vintage found objects that she gets excited about.” The museum’s first juried show, “Midwest Voices in Contemporary Glass,” is in the smaller gallery. Along with Schlauch, jurors — Alejandra Peña, director of the University of Minnesota Weisman Art Museum, and Anna Lehner, director of the Foci Minnesota Center for Glass Arts in Minneapolis — chose pieces by 10 artists These include Minnesota-based artists Emma Wood Uffelman’s interactive piece “Everyday” won the show’s honorable mention Uffelman’s artist statement describes the piece:  “Growing up as a transracial Asian adoptee in a white family has impacted my life in a profound way My work is a comment on situations my family and I have faced in American society from personal reflection into adoption records to racial microaggressions.” The piece “Everyday“ by Minneapolis artist Abegael Uffelman is about microaggressions she’s experienced as a “transracial Asian adoptee in a white family.“Courtesy of Cafesjian Art TrustSchlauch demonstrated this by sliding the artwork’s bubbly glass disc across a pedestal “There are glass spheres that are adhered together in a large circle that act as lenses very fine print on the paper underneath it,” Schlauch said “You are allowed and encouraged to move the glass piece around You’ll see it will magnify microaggressions she’s received throughout her life like ‘Isn’t it weird that you don't know your parents?’” “I hope that people come away with hopefully a fascination about the sheer variety of voices that exist in the studio glass movement.” The museum is free but reservations are required.