Crews rewire 700 Minneapolis streetlights in effort to stop copper theft

Minneapolis is shining brighter this spring. Crews have spent the last year fixing more than 700 broken streetlights.

For years, the sight of a dark streetlight was all too common in the city. Thieves stole the copper wire inside them for scrap metal money.

“It’s crazy. It just blows my mind,” Minneapolis resident Amanda Olson said…

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