🌱 How a 3 a.m. crash forced a Brooklyn Park care home evacuation
Good morning Brooklyn Park! We're back in your inbox this morning to keep you in the loop with what's happening in and around town. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How a 3 a.m. crash forced a Brooklyn Park care home evacuation
- How would doubling the mayor’s salary affect Brooklyn Park’s future leadership?
- How Brooklyn Park residents can host and support LGBTQI+ youth in need
Also on today's calendar: Cops and Teens Basketball Tournament and 5 more events.
Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: A gusty t-storm in the p.m., with a high of 65 and low of 28 degrees.
- Saturday: Cloudy, windy and chilly, temps: high: 44, low: 31.
- Sunday: Mostly sunny and chilly, with a high of 49 and low of 31 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Car crashes into Brooklyn Park care facility, forcing evacuation (kstp.com) — Residents at a Brooklyn Park congregate care facility were evacuated early Wednesday after a car crashed into a bedroom near 76th and Regent Avenues, causing a gas leak. Fire crews and CenterPoint Energy shut off the gas, one resident and the driver suffered minor injuries, and the driver was arrested as officials assess damage and repairs. 
• Brooklyn Park Council Considers More Than Doubling Mayor's Salary (ccxmedia.org) — Brooklyn Park leaders are weighing a big jump in the mayor’s pay, from about $22,000 to $50,000 a year, with no change for council members until at least 2027. Supporters say the role demands far more than part-time hours and better compensation could attract more diverse future candidates, while the proposal still needs a second council vote.
• ConneQt offers youth solidarity not charity (longfellownokomismessenger.com) — Brooklyn Park residents are served by Avenues for Youth’s ConneQt program, which pairs LGBTQI+ young people with volunteer host families and support services. The long-running initiative, based in Minneapolis and Brooklyn Park, helps 16- to 24-year-olds find stable housing, access education and employment resources, and receive affirming care. Organizers say they urgently need more local host families to meet growing demand.
📸 Around Brooklyn Park
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Upcoming Events in
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★ Featured events ★
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Next Stop Comedy at Heavy Rotation Brewing Co.! - Brooklyn Park, MN
Heavy Rotation Brewing Co., 9801 Xenia Ave N Suite 105, Brooklyn Park
8:00 pm
Saturday April 18
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Other local events
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Connect and Play
Brooklyn Park Library , 8600 Zane Avenue North , Brooklyn Park
10:00 am -
Family Storytime With ECFE
Brooklyn Park Library , 8600 Zane Avenue North , Brooklyn Park
9:30 am -
Youth Maker Club
Brooklyn Park Library , 8600 Zane Avenue North , Brooklyn Park
4:00 pm -
STEAM Activity
Brooklyn Park Library , 8600 Zane Avenue North , Brooklyn Park
4:15 pm -
Coloring for Grown Ups!
Brooklyn Park Library , 8600 Zane Avenue North , Brooklyn Park
2:00 pm -
Cops and Teens Basketball Tournament
Teen Zone - Zanewood Recreation Center , 7100 Zane Ave N , Brooklyn Park
5:00 pm -
Movies for Grown-Ups
Brooklyn Park Library , 8600 Zane Avenue North , Brooklyn Park
11:00 am
Saturday April 18
Monday April 20
Tuesday April 21
Thursday April 23
Friday April 24
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Fridley vs Brooklyn Center
Brooklyn Center High School , 6500 N Humboldt Ave , Brooklyn Center
9:30 am -
Grand Rapids vs Coon Rapids
Coon Rapids High School - Center for Biomedical Sciences and Engineering , 2340 Northdale Blvd NW , Coon Rapids
9:30 am -
Marie and Rosetta
Yellow Tree Theatre , 320 5th Ave SE , Osseo
12:30 pm -
Friends and Fun Respite and The Chat
Anoka County, MN Calendar , Constance Free Church 16150 Crosstown Blvd NW , Andover
6:00 pm
Friday April 17
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Who can do brakes and rotors on a 2017 Tiguan?
Name your price (I will have the parts) and whether I come to you or you come to me please. Located in BP near Champlin. (Nextdoor Orchard Trail) - I am looking for someone to haul leaves in my yard to the yard waste disposal.
If you interested with this job let me know and mention your price. (Nextdoor Hartkopf)
🗞 Nearby News
Osseo
- Obituaries 04/16/26 (thedrummer.com)
Brooklyn Center
- Final 2 men sentenced in last April Osseo robbery case (hometownsource.com)
- As Food Giant Sysco Tightens Its Hold, We Asked Local Chefs and Restaurateurs How Much to Worry (racketmn.com)
Champlin
- MN transgender athletes: Federal appeals court denies challenge to state's inclusive policy (fox9.com)
- Hoffman family sues Vance Boelter; lawsuit reveal more about attack and its aftermath (kstp.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
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