Inside Wayzata's housing market, the most expensive in the metro

Plus: Longtime Twin Cities radio voice Brian Oake let go by Cities 97.1 ͏ ͏ If you're having trouble viewing this email, you may [see it online](. [Star Tribune]( Talkers TOP STORIES - Inside Wayzata's housing market, the most expensive in the metro: Prices there in 2023 rose 5% through the previous year and were 36% higher than the five-year average. Some say that's a signal of both Wayzata's desirability and a shortage of listings. But it also heralds how upper-bracket buyers with upper-crust budgets are less likely to feel the effects of higher mortgage rates, if they even need a mortgage at all. [Read more.]( - With Kia and Hyundai thefts still soaring, Minneapolis calls for recall: Thefts of easy-to-steal Kia and Hyundai vehicles continued to skyrocket in Minneapolis in 2023, prompting exasperated Minneapolis leaders to join a chorus of governments asking the federal government to issue a national recall. [Read more.]( - Americans reporting nationwide cellular outages from AT&T, Cricket and other providers: Tens of thousands of Americans Americans are dealing with cellular outages on AT&T, Cricket Wireless, Verizon, T-Mobile and other service providers, according to data from Downdetector. AT&T, who was the hardest hit, is actively working to restore service to all of its customers. [Read more.]( - Minneapolis City Council shows us the dysfunction of disrespectful politics: You don't need binoculars for a glimpse at Washington or a primer on Trumpian conspiracies to witness a functioning democracy disrupted. Rude and disrespectful rhetoric has found its way to the political left in our own backyard, writes Laura Yuen. [Read more.]( - Longtime Twin Cities radio voice Brian Oake let go by Cities 97.1: Longtime Twin Cities radio personality Brian Oake was let go Wednesday by Cities 97.1. iHeart Media, which runs the station and several others in the Twin Cities, announced a few personnel changes including Zach Dillon moving from KDWB to Oake's afternoon drive slot on Cities 97.1. [Read more.]( WATCH THIS Camera inside Amazon van shows moment it was split in half by speeding Amtrak train: The incident happened in November 2021, but TMZ has acquired video from inside an Amazon van as the driver made a blind turn across railroad tracks with no warning system in place in Ixonia, Wis. The driver, who said he did not hear the train's horn because he is deaf in one ear, escaped uninjured. It was his 33rd birthday. [See the video.]( *** Talk to us! Send feedback on this newsletter, questions, story tips, ideas or anything else to [talkers@startribune.com](. *** TRENDING Annie's Parlour is back serving malts in Minneapolis after long closure: Two beloved Twin Cities diners are returning after a four-year pandemic closure. [Read more.]( SPORTS BLINK Rough ice season on Lake Mille Lacs at odds with great walleye bite: The DNR explains the paradox of declaring the Lake Mille Lacs' walleye population to be shrinking when catch rates are sky high. [Read more.]( *** Did someone forward this newsletter to you? You can [sign up for Talkers here](. *** WORTH A CLICK Colorado lawyer running naked at Phish concert leads to disciplinary action against another lawyer: "Sarah Schielke, a Northern Colorado lawyer who has achieved prominence for winning millions of dollars for clients who have sued police departments for excessive force and wrongful arrests, has accepted a public censure by the Colorado Supreme Court for her treatment of another attorney who admitted to running naked at a concert by the band Phish in Mexico in 2022," Brian Maass reports for CBS News. [Read more.]( FROM THE ARCHIVES Feb. 22, 2022: Sarah Wincentsen of South St. Paul celebrates after getting the puck past Fergus Falls goalie Annika Jyrkas for a goal to win in double overtime during the Class 1A quarterfinals at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul. (Photo: Carlos Gonzalez/Star Tribune) Connect with Star Tribune [facebook]([twitter]([pinterest]([instagram]( [Manage email preferences]( • [Subscribe to Star Tribune]( • [Privacy Policy]( • [Unsubscribe]( This email was sent by: StarTribune, 650 3rd Ave S, Suite #1300, Minneapolis, MN, 55488 © 2024 StarTribune. All rights reserved. We value your opinion! [Give us your feedback.](