Thief Steals Wildflowers From Minnetonka Park

From the city of Minnetonka:

A thief has recently dug up and taken a large quantity of rare wildflowers from Minnetonka’s Big Willow Park. This incident has been reported to the Minnetonka Police Department.

If you are a park user, here’s how you can help:

• If you see unusual activity in the park, like a person or people digging up plants, you could approach that person and ask them to identify themselves as a city employee or volunteer. If you aren’t comfortable with approaching the person, feel free to contact 9-1-1 to report the activity.

This is a reminder that the city’s parks are the property of all of its residents and maintained for the enjoyment of everyone. Taking wildflowers, plantings or other property from any of the city parks is considered theft.