Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dozens of light poles were stripped of their copper wiring in St. Paul’s St. Anthony Park neighborhood, though there have been ...

St. Paul Public Works Director Sean Kershaw confirmed his department spent about $1 million more on street light repairs due to copper wire theft in 2024 than in 2023. There were also a few hundred ...

Replacing copper wire stolen from light poles in Minneapolis has cost the city $200,000 this year. Data on the city’s website shows more than 300 reports of street light outages are currently “open” ...

Dozens of light poles were stripped of their copper wiring in St. Paul’s St. Anthony Park neighborhood, though there have been fewer reports of such thefts in the city this year. The darkening of city ...