Obituary: Marie Giese

She was a nurse for Bloomington Public Schools and for the Hennepin County Home School.

  Editor’s Note: The following obituary comes from Gearty-Delmore Funeral Chapels.   ( Aug 21, 1929 - Feb 05, 2013 ) Hopkins Marie died February 5, 2013 at Sunrise of Minnetonka. Marie was born in Pottsville, Pennsylvania; was a graduate of Minneapolis West High School and the University of Minnesota with a Bachelor of Science degree in Public Health Nursing.  She was a nurse for Bloomington Public Schools and for the Hennepin County Home School. Preceded in death by husband, Milt; parents, Frank and Mary Hill; brother, Frank. Marie was a loving and compassionate wife and mother who will be deeply missed by her children, Mark, Mary (Tom) Walker, and David; sister, Annie Crow.   Interment Fort Snelling National Cemetery. Memorials may be …

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Hockey Boys Behaving Badly, a Local Lennay and Bye-Bye Beeks: Pick of Our Patches

The Maple Grove hockey team stayed in the news this week. Other looks around the metro include a pot bust in Otsego, a Vikings surprise, and Richfield mourns a baby lost too soon.

Editor’s Note: Every week we bring you a sampling of stories from Patch sites in the west metro: Eden Prairie, Edina, Fridley, Golden Valley, Hopkins, Lake Minnetonka, Maple Grove, Minnetonka, Plymouth, Richfield, Southwest Minneapolis, St. Louis Park and St. Michael. Services Held for Tabitha Rose Markle Tabitha, 9 months, passed away Monday morning from injuries she sustained in an accident on Lake Minnetonka. Her mother, Amanda, works for Richfield Public Schools. Maple Grove Senior High Shares Action Plan Following Boys Hockey Team Incident School officials: “Following the recent situation involving some members of the hockey team, we know there is additional work to do.” Hundreds of Teachers Rally Against Standards Based Grading …

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Obituary: Jerry Stiele

Stiele co-owned and operated Hopkins Auto Body for over 50 years.

  Editor's Note: The following Obituary comes from Gearty-Delmore Funeral Chapels.   ( Nov 12, 1946 - Dec 26, 2012 ) Plymouth Preceded in death by father, Floyd; brother, Larry; and 1st wife, Charlene. Survived by wife, Cindy; children, Julie Belisle (Charlie), Jerald (Lisa), Kevin Hokr, Linda Hokr and Kyle Hokr; grandchildren, Abby, Aidan, Vanessa, Cameron, Ainsley and Lily; mother, Donna Stiele; brothers, Ed and Dale; sisters, Sandy, Sue and Sally; nieces, nephews other relatives and many friends.  Jerry co-owned and operated Hopkins Auto Body for over 50 years. He was an avid softball player and was very involved with Sr. Softball. He enjoyed spending time with his family, especially the time at the cabin. Memorials preferred to the …

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Winds of Change and Two Controversial Trains: Pick of Our Patches

This week's roundup also includes news on a new bar in Southwest Minneapolis, Edina's top students and business changes in St. Michael-Albertville.

Editor’s Note: Every week we will bring you a sampling of stories from Patch sites in the west metro: Eden Prairie, Edina, Fridley, Golden Valley, Hopkins, Lake Minnetonka, Maple Grove, Plymouth, Richfield, Southwest Minneapolis, St. Louis Park, and St. Michael. Southwest LRT Typo Underestimates Co-location Costs by $100M Engineering consultants have identified a $100 million typo in a Southwest Light Rail Transit report that understates the cost of putting the Twin Cities & Western freight line in the same corridor as the light rail—an option known as “co-location.” The correction narrows the gap between the co-location option and the so-called “locally preferred alternative” that would reroute freight rail to a spur line in St. Louis …

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The Fifth District Report

VIDEO: Colbert Report Profiles MN 5th Congressional District

U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison suffered gamely through an interview by host Stephen Colbert.

Minnesota's Fifth Congressional District was the subject of a "Better Know A District" segment on Comedy Central's "Colbert Report" Thursday. Host Stephen Colbert highlighted New Hope, the Hennepin Avenue Bridge and Prince in his intro, then "sat down ... in a room" with U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison (DFL-MN) for a wide-ranging, even scattershot interview that managed to touch on both Mohammed and Mary Tyler Moore. The "Fighting Fifth" is the second Minnesota district to be profiled on the "Colbert Report" and the 67th overall.

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(Obituary) Ilene Pearl (Bartz) Martineau

Martineau was a Hopkins resident for almost 50 years.

  (The following obituary was submitted by Mary Helmbrecht.)   Martineau, Ilene Pearl (nee Bartz) Age 89, of Hopkins, passed away peacefully on May 25, 2012. Survived by daughter, Shelley; son, Michael; and sister, Dorine Neumann. Special thanks to Mary Helmbrecht. Preceded in death by her husband of 64 years, René "Ray". Ilene loved to bake, play cards and go shopping for bargains. She was a lifetime member of the Hopkins VFW Women's Auxiliary where she often baked food for special events. Those fortunate to know and love her will forever treasure the gift of her strength and unconditional love. She was a devoted wife and mother. Her family and home were her world. A personal thank you to Sholom Home West and their hospice team. Memorials…

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(UPDATED) Ron Paul's MN Convention Speech Drawing 5th District Interest

Local Republicans readying for Paul's appearance Friday.

See updates below. Ron Paul is set to speak at the Minnesota Republican convention Friday, and party activists in the Fifth District are preparing for a possible Paul win—with one local activist saying "I get the feeling I'm witnessing history." Paul is poised to make a strong showing in Minnesota after congressional-district conventions gave him 20 of 24 available national delegates. The Texas congressman was denied a speaking slot at the 2008 state convention, but has proven a popular candidate and speaker here since—turning fans away, for example, from an over-capacity speech in Arden Hills shortly before Minnesota's 2012 caucus night. On Monday, Paul announced his campaign would stop spending money in states that haven't yet held …

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Obituary: LaVonne S. Nygren

The Hopkins High School graduate and her late husband, Carlton, co-owned Nygren’s Ladies Apparel with his parents.

  (The following obituary was submitted by Guilford Funeral Home in Guilford, CT.) LaVonne S. Nygren, 88, passed away on 27 March in the Health Center of Evergreen Woods Residential Community in North Branford, Connecticut. She had resided there the past ten years.  A Hopkins native, she and her late husband, Carlton, co-owned Nygren’s Ladies Apparel with his parents. A graduate of Hopkins High School, she was the daughter of Rose Lukas and Thorvald Skottegard, who operated a Danish bakery in Hopkins. She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Douglas Nygren and Susan Nichols, of Guilford, Connecticut; grandchildren: Rebecca of San Diego; Victoria of Brooklyn, New York; and Laura of Utrecht, Holland; as well as cousins Gig Ginkel of …

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