Sunday, January 20, 2013
This week's compilation includes a woman's death in a car crash, a catholic school closing, a woman's fight against eviction, an angry bar customer and several new businesses.
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. 13 Maple Grove Boys Hockey Players Reportedly Suspended for Several Games Osseo School District: "The off-campus incident that was reported to school officials this week took place in mid-December." A Resident of Minnetonka, 'Dear Abby' Dies at 94 Famous advice columnist Pauline Esther Phillips, better known as 'Dear Abby,' lived in Minnetonka. UPDATE: Name Released of Otsego Woman who Died in Crash A 26-year-old Otsego woman was killed in a two-vehicle crash when her car …
Friday, January 11, 2013
Rose McGee said that new CitiMortgage and Fannie Mae attorneys want to work with her on a mortgage modification plan.
“Ma’am, are you aware that your house has been sold?” Over the phone. That’s how Golden Valley resident Rose McGee learned that her home was sold at a sheriff’s sale. After losing her job in 2011, and falling behind on her mortgage payments, McGee says that she was working with CitiMortgage to get on a modification plan when she realized that she might lose her home for good, a house that’s full of 20 years of love and memories. In the early 1990s, Rose McGee, and her then-husband Bill, bought a home together in Golden Valley. The couple wanted space for their four children, and a place to make memories together. “It’s spacious and has nice qualities,” McGee said of her house, “but, it’s nothing fancy.” Over the last 20 years, and …
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Golden Valley resident Rose McGee will try to save her home and avoid eviction during a court hearing on Jan. 10.
If you don’t know who Rose McGee is, chances are you will soon know her story. McGee, a long-time Golden Valley resident, is one of many Americans who is facing foreclosure and home eviction. According to Occupy Homes MN--an organization working to stop foreclosures and evictions--in 2011, McGee lost her job and started to fall behind on her mortgage payments. In a YouTube video published last November, McGee explains that after enrolling in a mortgage modification program, Citibank sold her home without notice. “Rose has been a wonderful member of our community for decades and we’d like to keep it that way,” Mayor Shep Harris said in the video, “and we appreciate the community rallying around her and supporting her.” On Saturday, Jan. 5…
Elaine Wynne
4:07 am on Friday, January 11, 2013
I definitely support Rose McGee. So many people get in these situations heading toward foreclosure with the loss of a job or health problems and they begin to blame themselves and feel ashamed it's happening. Rose took the courage to step out in public and ask for help of the community. This act is likely to result in a lot of other people being helped. Thank you Rose and Thank you Mayor Harris, … more ›