It's MPR Day at the Minnesota State Fair!
September 3, 2021
Join us today, Friday, Sept. 3rd for MPR Day at the Fair!
Find us at Dan Patch Park (by the Grandstand) all day with live, in person events:
10:00 a.m. Radio Heartland presents Turn Turn Turn
11:00 a.m. YourClassical MPR presents Bring the Sing with Cantus
1:00 p.m. The Current presents David Huckfelt
2:00 p.m. The Current presents Annie Mack
3:30 p.m. Beer Choir Twin Cities
Schedule subject to change | Learn more about the changes we’ve made at our booth for 2021
As Line 3 nears completion, pipeline battles are far from over
September 2, 2021
Opponents don't plan to give up trying to stop the pipeline, even as their legal options dwindle. They plan to continue contesting Line 3 through protests and in court even after oil begins flowing from Alberta, Canada.
- Protest outside Governor's Residence Nearly 70 arrested
- DNR water permit White Earth argues it violates wild rice rights
MPR at the Minnesota State Fair
September 2, 2021
Join us at the Minnesota State Fair on MPR Day, Friday, Sept. 3rd! We'll be at Dan Patch Park (by the Grandstand) all day with these live, in person events:
10:00 a.m. Radio Heartland presents Turn Turn Turn
11:00 a.m. YourClassical MPR presents Bring the Sing with Cantus
1:00 p.m. The Current presents David Huckfelt
2:00 p.m. The Current presents Annie Mack
3:30 p.m. Beer Choir Twin Cities
Schedule subject to change | Learn more about the changes we’ve made at our booth for 2021
With kids in school, demand for COVID-19 testing jumps
September 1, 2021
Kids across Minnesota are heading back to school in the midst of rising COVID-19 cases. Demand for testing is increasing, too, causing the state and health care providers to expand testing options just months after they started to wind them down.
- Lax oversight, no-bid contracts and mysterious pricing Inside the black box of COVID testing
- Delta variant COVID-19 spread causes some school districts to change policies
How climate change is fueling hurricanes like Ida
August 31, 2021
Hurricane Ida rapidly gained strength right before it hit Louisiana this weekend. Abnormally hot water in the Gulf of Mexico acted as fuel for the storm.
- Experts More deadly storms coming so prepare better
Hospitals hit with COVID spike just as staff and beds grow scarce
August 30, 2021
Coinciding with a spike in COVID-19 cases due to the delta variant, Minnesota hospitals are seeing the number of beds used by patients tick up. Another problem: not enough health care workers on hand.
- COVID in Minnesota Summer wave edges higher; cases, hospital needs climb
- Sign up Analysis of COVID-19 data in Minnesota
MN state test scores reveal deep impact to child learning during pandemic
August 29, 2021
The number of Minnesota students meeting grade-level standards in math, science and reading is down significantly compared to the last time students took tests in 2019.
How a doctor talks to people who are hesitant about the COVID-19 vaccines
August 28, 2021
Dr. Zeke McKinney has been fighting COVID-19 vaccine misinformation in the community by talking to people face-to-face. He showed host Tom Crann how he approaches conversations with people who are vaccine hesitant.
Hit or miss: Greenwood Fire levels some cabins, spares others
August 27, 2021
The Greenwood Fire has now torched more than 40 square miles of forest in northeastern Minnesota, including 12 homes or cabins caught in the path of the swift-moving fire earlier this week.
- Wednesday Feds extend BWCA closures
COVID-19 spread causes some school districts to change policies
August 26, 2021
Some districts worry that with the spread of the delta variant new policies may soon be outdated.
- Poll School mask, vaccine mandates supported in U.S.
- Guide Here's where masks and vaccines are required in Minnesota
- Delta and back to school 5 things to know
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