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Bike collecting dust in your garage? Consider donating
On Saturday, Oct. 5, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., the nonprofit Free Bikes 4 Kidz Minnesota invites the community to donate at Hy-Vee stores.
Wondering what to do with the old bikes collecting dust in your garage? This weekend, consider cleaning out your clutter while helping a kid in need.
On Saturday, Oct. 5, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., the nonprofit Free Bikes 4 Kidz Minnesota invites the community to visit one of the 13 metro Hy-Vee stores and donate their bikes to those most in need. Hy-Vee is planning on pulling out all the stops with coffee and donuts for all the donors who stop by and drop off their gently used bikes.
Executive Director Jay Zemke says their team expects to acquire thousands of bikes that will then be fixed up and given away to kids in the community for free. The nonprofit also takes monetary donations to help fulfill those needs.
For more information about Free Bikez 4 Kids and Saturday’s donation event, visit the organization’s website.
Staff at Temple Israel in Minneapolis told police they received several phone calls from the individual on Sept. 11.
MINNEAPOLIS — On Friday a man was arrested for terroristic threats nearly a month after Minneapolis police received several phone calls threatening a local synagogue.
On Saturday, Oct. 5, Minneapolis police announced in a press release that a 21-year-old man was arrested and booked into the Hennepin County Jail for terroristic threats.
Police said this arrest was related to several phone calls on Sept. 11. Staff members told officers they got the calls from a person who threatened to “shoot up” Temple Israel. An investigation began immediately, officials said.
An officer providing a special security detail around the Temple was notified on Oct. 3 that a man was seen outside with a firearm. Officers said the man fled the area before police could arrest him.
Officials said the man spotted at the temple was the same man who made the threatening phone calls.
Members of the Southside REACT team found the man and arrested him for terroristic threats, police said.
“Everyone in Minneapolis has the right to feel safe in their communities, and we will ensure our Jewish neighbors are protected as they celebrate the holy days,” Chief O’Hara said in a statement. “We take all threats made against our religious institutions seriously, and will continue to hold the individuals accountable who threaten any of our city’s houses of worship. I am incredibly grateful for the work of investigators in this case for quickly responding to the threats and likely preventing a tragedy from occurring.”
At the beginning of September Chief O’Hara announced Minneapolis police would provide more security near Jewish synagogues for both the Jewish holy days and the anniversary of the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks.
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The Jewish High Holidays include Rosh Hashanah, beginning before sundown on Wednesday, Oct. 2, and ending after nightfall on Friday, Oct. 4 and Yom Kippur, beginning before sundown on Friday, Oct. 11 and ending after nightfall on Shabbat, Oct. 12.
October is Apple Month and if you can’t get out to an orchard, farmer’s markets are a great place to pick up a bag or a bushel.
Owner Darren Winfield joined KARE 11 Saturday to talk apples.
Fireside Orchards, located in Northfield, has 27 varieties of apples.
Winfield shows us apples that are best for:
Dr. Marti Erickson, co-host of the Mom Enough podcast, joined KARE 11 Saturday to share valuable information on how to become effective partners in parenting.
GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. — Parenting children with special needs can be stressful and affect not only your own mental well-being but can also damage relationships with your spouse or co-parent.
Navigating those unique challenges is the topic of a three-part series on the Mom Enough podcast right now.
Developmental psychologist Dr. Marti Erickson offers these steps parents can take to address challenges and strengthen their relationship with each other, for the sake of their child and themselves:
- Increase communication with each other
- Commit to being the calm in the storm for your child and each other
- Remember and nurture who you were before children
- Seek and accept help and support
For more information tune into “When Your Child Is Struggling” featured now on momenough.com.
