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Minnesota Now

Minnesota Public Radio

Live, down to earth, unscripted interviews that aim to connect, inform and entertain. Real people share real stories with MPR News host Nina Moini. It’s journalism that doesn’t take itself too seriously and puts people first.

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00:11:45

Duluth foster parent recognized for building...

Minnesota Now ·

2025/12/15

A movement in Minnesota and nine other states calls for an approach to child welfare that maintains connections between foster and birth families, so they can work together to give children love and support. It’s called the Quality Parenting Initiative, or QPI. For Jessica Gunnarson, this strategy was a natural response to her personal experience on different sides of the child welfare system. Gunnarson is a foster parent in Duluth and she’s receiving an award this week from the

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00:55:59

Minnesota Now: Dec. 11, 2025

Minnesota Now ·

2025/12/11

A Somali American U.S. citizen was detained by ICE amid the agency's continued operation in the Twin Cities. We'll hear from the man who was arrested about what he experienced, plus the federal government's response to other incidents like this.Minnesota's economy is struggling on some key indicators like workforce growth. We'll talk to an economist who says immigrants have a critical role to play.Plus parents at the largest elementary school in St. Paul Public Schools are protesting

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00:09:48

Podcast 'Cardiac Cowboys' tells captivating story of...

Minnesota Now ·

2025/12/11

Before the 1950s, heart surgery was widely regarded as a guaranteed instant death for a patient. It just wasn’t done, no matter how badly it was needed. So it took a lot of guts for the pioneering doctors to take on the first lifesaving heart surgeries for pacemakers and heart-lung machines. A screenwriter is telling the winding story of the one of the first open heart surgeries, which took place in Minnesota, and all of the drama, scandal and millions of lives saved that went along with

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00:04:23

Thank You, Stranger: St. Paul's 'snow angels' shovel...

Minnesota Now ·

2025/12/11

During this snowy start to winter, a group of volunteers have been busy shoveling for their neighbors. Nikita Godette is coordinating a large effort in St. Paul, leading the Facebook group “Saintly City Snow Angels.”Godette spoke to Minnesota Now producer Ellen Finn about why she thinks its important for neighbors to come together to help neighbors in the winter.

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00:07:58

A green light shot across Minnesota's sky. An MPR...

Minnesota Now ·

2025/12/11

This past Saturday, people across northern Minnesota and Wisconsin saw a long flash of sparkling white and green light trail across the night sky. People captured it on video and it went viral on social media. But no one was exactly sure what it was. Maybe a meteor? A comet? Santa doing a test run with Rudolph? MPR News Duluth reporter Dan Kraker made it his mission to find out after seeing the spectacle himself. He joined Minnesota Now host Nina Moini to talk about what he learned about

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00:06:36

‘We’ve been made invisible’: Hmong parents call for...

Minnesota Now ·

2025/12/11

Parents at St. Paul Public School’s Hmong language and culture school are preparing to keep their kids at home Monday amid an ongoing dispute with the district over overcrowding concerns. The boycott on Monday takes place ahead of a Tuesday meeting where the school board will vote on next steps. Enrollment at the PreK-8 Txuj Ci school has grown tremendously in recent years. But the district has not been able to find enough space to keep all students under one roof. That’s led to several

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00:11:33

Economist: Immigrants contribute $26 billion to...

Minnesota Now ·

2025/12/11

A recent report from the Minnesota Chamber Foundation found the state’s economy is slipping in national rankings. The state ranks near the bottom in terms of workforce growth and net migration — which means more people are leaving the state than moving here. Much of the growth that is happening in the state’s labor force is made up of foreign-born workers. They’ve driven 60 percent of workforce growth in recent years, according to the Chamber Foundation. These numbers point to a different

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00:55:18

Minnesota Now: Dec. 10, 2025

Minnesota Now ·

2025/12/10

Minneapolis leaders are sharing reports of racial profiling and arrests of U.S. citizens by ICE. City Council Member Jamal Osman talked with Minnesota Now about what he witnessed in a chaotic confrontation with ICE agents in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood.Minnesota's survey of students shows their mental health is getting better. But for the first time the results include a look at the impact of social media use.Plus, a local researcher may have found a new way to kill emerald ash borers

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00:06:30

Eyewitness to the Metrodome collapse looks back 15...

Minnesota Now ·

2025/12/10

Much of Minnesota woke up Wednesday buried in a fresh layer of snow. It’s a fitting scene, since this week is 15 years since one of the state’s most infamous snow events. Early in the morning on Dec. 12, 2010, the roof fell in at what was then the Minnesota Vikings’ stadium, the Metrodome. Minnesota Now looked back at MPR News coverage of the collapse and talked with the only person who was in the arena when it happened. Peter Eisenschenk, former building operations manager of the

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00:10:05

Scientists testing fungi to protect Minnesota's one...

Minnesota Now ·

2025/12/10

A shiny green beetle has transformed city streets and forests in parts of the United States. The emerald ash borer has been found in 59 counties of Minnesota and it has especially affected the southeast corner of the state. The beetle depends on ash trees to survive and reproduce. It lays eggs into their bark. Then those eggs hatch into larvae that feed on the living tissue of the trees, eventually killing them. The larvae become beetles and fly off to other trees. Scientists at the

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00:07:21

Minnesota students report better mental health, but...

Minnesota Now ·

2025/12/10

The state released new health data Wednesday about students across Minnesota. The 2025 Minnesota Student Survey shows that students are generally reporting better mental and physical health than they did when they took the survey last, back in 2022. But they were asked about a new topic this time around: social media and screens. That was where students reported a bigger struggle. University of Minnesota professor Jodi Dworkin studies how technology shapes child development and she helps

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00:12:32

Federal agents use chemical irritant on crowd in...

Minnesota Now ·

2025/12/10

Minneapolis' Somali community continues to be on edge, following a confrontation between ICE agents and community members. It happened Tuesday afternoon in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood of Minneapolis where a large Somali community lives. Federal agents used chemical irritants to push through a crowd that blocked their vehicles as they checked identifications of people in the area. ICE officials say they did not make any arrests Tuesday. Minneapolis City Council member Jamal Osman, who

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00:53:43

Minnesota Now: Dec. 9, 2025

Minnesota Now ·

2025/12/09

The lawyers of several people detained by federal immigration authorities in the Twin Cities are suing for their release. We talked to one attorney about the case he's making on behalf of his clients. A metro area county is using AI to answer non-emergency calls to its police line. We found out why. We learned about a new substance use disorder treatment program designed for people who are on the autism spectrum. As the self-driving taxi company Waymo runs tests in Minneapolis, we found out

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00:08:05

Local program tackles substance use disorder...

Minnesota Now ·

2025/12/09

Those who have faced it know it well: substance use disorder does not discriminate. But addiction treatment can look different for everyone. That's why Fraser, a Minnesota-based autism services program, has launched a new substance use disorder treatment program specifically for Minnesotans on the autism spectrum. To get a better picture of how their services look different from a traditional addiction treatment program, Aric Jensen, the vice president of the outpatient and community-based

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00:11:39

Immigration Lawyer: No 'rhyme or reason' to who ICE...

Minnesota Now ·

2025/12/09

Since an immigration operation launched in the Twin Cities on Dec. 1, federal officials have not said exactly how many people they have detained, have in custody for deportation proceedings or who has been released after questioning. Of those detained by ICE in the last week, several lawsuits have been filed on their behalf in an effort to secure release.Attorney David Wilson represents several of those individuals. He joined MPR News host Nina Moini to talk about his clients.

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00:10:08

Colossal fossil: Winona State team discovers rare...

Minnesota Now ·

2025/12/09

Digging for dinosaurs is a dream job for young children around the world. For a Winona State University professor, that is his job, and he’s just made one of the rarest dinosaur discoveries in the world. The fossils discovered in the Badlands of North Dakota is 66 million years old and may be what’s called a “dinosaur mummy.” That means skin and tissue from the dinosaur could still be intact. Joining Minnesota Now host Nina Moini to talk about his discovery is Winona State geoscience

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00:08:59

Dakota County turning to AI to answer non-emergency...

Minnesota Now ·

2025/12/09

When someone in Dakota County calls the police non-emergency line it isn’t a dispatcher that answers the phone, but rather an AI assistant. The change is so that the dispatch center, which is already understaffed, can focus on emergency calls in the county. Dakota County is one of the first in the Twin Cities metro to establish an AI assistant for non-emergency calls. Joining Minnesota Now to explain how this works is the executive director of Dakota 911, Heidi Hieserich.

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00:54:17

Minnesota Now: Dec. 8, 2025

Minnesota Now ·

2025/12/08

It has been one week since an ICE operation began in the Twin Cities. Augsburg University was at the center of an immigration arrest over the weekend. We’ll talk to the university’s president about what unfolded between students and agents on campus.We’ll learn more about the tools ICE agents use to get data about who to arrest — and where to find them. Plus, the federal government announced it will no longer recommend newborn babies immediately receive a hepatitis B vaccine. We’ll talk to

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00:09:00

MDH recommends hepatitis B vaccine at birth, despite...

Minnesota Now ·

2025/12/08

A federal vaccine advisory committee has voted to end the longstanding recommendation that all babies get the hepatitis B vaccine on the day they’re born. The committee decided to recommend the birth dose only for babies whose mothers test positive for hep B, and in cases where the mom wasn’t tested. Otherwise, parents can wait until their baby is two months old. Public health leaders have criticized the action, pointing to evidence that the vaccine has successfully prevented thousands of

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00:09:32

Do the Vikings have a chance at the playoffs?...

Minnesota Now ·

2025/12/08

Vikings fans have a reason to rejoice after a rough few weeks. Some of the spectators at U.S. Bank Stadium Sunday had snagged tickets for a bargain – there were seats available for about $35. Then they saw the Vikings shut out the Washington Commanders, with a final score of 31-0.Still, the Vikings would need to win all of their remaining games and there needs to be some pretty specific outcomes for the rest of the league. Minnesota Now sports contributors Wally Langfellow and Eric Nelson

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