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Beeks King Of Pizza

Sunday, January 27, 2013

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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7:46 pm on Sunday, January 27, 2013

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Friday, January 25, 2013

Richfield Firefighters Help With Beeks Fire

The pizza restaurant near 54th and Lyndale burned Thursday night, as did Diamond Lake Rental.

Thrusday night, Beeks King of Pizza and Diamond Lake Rental met a sad end at the hands of a three-alarm fire. The businesses are located at 54th Street and Lyndale Avenue South in Minneapolis. Southwest Minneapolis residents captured the event—including some fantastic pictures—on Twitter. Star Tribune: Firefighter suffers minor injuries Fox 9: Building expected to be a total loss Update 10:15 p.m. 1/24/13: According to a written statement issued by Minneapolis Fire Marshal Perry Ebner, the Beeks fire started shortly before 6 p.m. The cause is still unknown. When fire crews arrived, the Beeks' customers and employees had already evacuated. Ebner's statement explains the course of events: Crews first conducted an interior attack from the …

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