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Clark County is placing stickers on street light poles that read “Notice: Aluminum Wire Only” as part of a ...

ROSEVILLE, Minn. — Over the weekend, more than 18,000 feet of copper wire were stolen from dozens of outdoor light poles in Roseville's Central Park. The City of Roseville said in a news release that ...

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 ...

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 ...

Theft of earthing copper wires of trident lamps in the city claimed the life of an elderly resident on Monday evening when he accidentally touched one of the lamp posts while wading through knee deep ...

From silent alarms, welding, retail screws to even duct tape, Twin Cities officials have tried more than a dozen solutions to prevent copper wire thefts this year. Some fixes have shut down criminal ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. — St. Paul leaders say it's a constant problem: Thieves targeting green street lamps, prying open the access panel and stealing the copper wire inside. "People are selling because a ...

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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” ...