Warren said McNew shared that he had replaced the boat’s propellers this summer, and either the packing around the propeller shafts or perhaps the boat’s rudder is what failed.

Using a new ordinance passed in September, Hudson city staff issued daily fines to McNew that started at $100 and then climbed to $1,400. Those remain McNew’s responsibility, said City Administrator Brentt Michalek. Warren, meanwhile, told Michalek this week that he’s the new owner but hasn’t yet sent in paperwork to prove it.

Warren said he’s spent the past week calling local barge companies for help removing Sweet Destiny from its island perch. No one seems to want to do it, he said.

So why not use a boat that’s listed for sale in Alabama, near his current home?

The price in Hudson is better, said Warren.

“That’s a lot of boat for $250.”

“Several property managers have told me they have lost several renters due to the fear they have from these parties,” Lewis’ report read. “Business owners are afraid for their employees, residents are afraid for their children, and multiple people in the area [are] victimized on a regular basis … In 23 years of working in this city I have never witnessed the amount of unsheltered persons in the Western district, mainly up and down Snelling Avenue, but now every morning up and down Snelling there is someone sleeping in almost every business entryway. They are all waiting for the activity to begin at Kimball Court and spend their entire day hovering around it.”

Many voiced similar concerns regarding Kimball Court Thursday, but St. Paul Council President Mitra Jalali countered that many factors affecting crime around the apartments was out of Beacon Interfaith’s control. Expanding their building, she continued, could help.

“We’re having a lot of concurrent challenges in our community. We’re having economic pressures … we’re having the cheapest of fentanyl being dumped into our streets that we’re in a battle against,” Jalali said. “Part of why there’s things happening outside is there aren’t enough rooms here. This renovation and expansion actually helps those people begin to transition from outside to inside.”

Construction for that expansion is expected to start this December, but it’s not the only safety solution in the works.

St. Paul police announced plans to increase patrols and enforcement in the area soon, mirroring a focused enforcement detail that officers used this September. Western District Chief Stacy Murphy said that September detail, which stretched between Western and Snelling avenues along University Avenue, netted 46 arrests and two handguns.

Recent crime data from the area suggest that many crime metrics amid work to improve safety. Arrests for burglary, theft, assault, discharging firearms and stealing vehicles decreased this year compared to 2024 according to a Star Tribune analysis of St. Paul police data.

In his first official appearance since his ticket lost the lection, Gov. Tim Walz during a speech in Minnesota on Friday acknowledged the difficulty of the moment, vowed to keep fighting and said he would seek common ground across different viewpoints.

“It’s hard to lose,” Walz said. “It’s hard to understand how so many of our fellow citizens — people Democrats have long fought to help — wound up choosing the path they did. And it’s hard to reckon with what that path looks like over the next four years.”

Walz didn’t detail his own future political plans, but said that as long as he’s governor, Minnesota will protect a woman’s right to make her own health care decisions, protect unions, welcome immigrants, fight climate change, protect children from being shot at schools, respect democracy and not demonize those who disagree.

Walz, who has two years remaining in his second term as governor, gave the speech to friends, family and partisan supporters in the auditorium at Eagan High School, an event arranged in the past 48 hours. As the running mate to Vice President Kamala Harris, Walz had hoped to be packing for Washington, D.C., not giving a consolation speech.

“If you’re feeling deflated and discouraged today, I want you to know that I get it,” he said.

The governor urged everyone to take some time and take care of themselves, their loved ones and communities. “There are a million ways to make a difference; get back in the fight when you’re ready,” he said.

Despite the loss, Walz said his travels in the past three months left him more inspired than ever about what’s possible in America. He spoke of new friends. “I ate way too much local food,” Walz said with a laugh, then took a swipe at his Republican counterpart. “But I can order donuts, people.”

Everyone he met, Walz said, wants the same basic things. “And when I say basic things, I mean things like meaningful work, safe neighborhoods, good schools, affordable health care,” Walz said, adding that they also want opportunity, security and freedom.