Where to watch 2022 FIFA World Cup games in the Twin Cities
November 22, 2022
Here are the bars, restaurants and venues that are airing World Cup games and hosting watch parties for soccer fans.
- FIFA World Cup U.S. and Wales tie 1-1 in crucial opening match
- Related Soccer fans gather in the cold to cheer on U.S. men's team in World Cup
- World Cup stunner Saudi Arabia beats Messi's Argentina 2-1
Temps warm during quiet weather week; dry pattern returns
November 21, 2022
After an active couple of weeks this week will be quiet. A clipper will bring light snow to northern Minnesota late Monday night into early Tuesday and a system on Thanksgiving stays mainly south. Temperatures will be warming to above normal this week also.
More on the forecast via Updraft
The Splendid Table Turkey Confidential 2022
November 17, 2022
It’s time to start thinking about Thanksgiving and The Splendid Table’s annual show Turkey Confidential! Listen to MPR News on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 24, 2022 to hear guests Claire Saffitz, author of Dessert Person, Rick Martinez author of Mi Cocina: Recipes and Rapture from My Kitchen in Mexico, Chef, and Chopped judge Maneet Chauhan, and our very own Jesse Sparks, host of The One Recipe podcast, and of course host Francis Lam!
Turkey Confidential 2022
Recipes for Thanksgiving
Hometown hero and 2020 Olympic champ Sunisa Lee to make a run at Paris 2024
November 16, 2022
The 2020 women’s all-around gymnastics champion announced Tuesday that she will return to training at the elite level following the end of her sophomore season at Auburn next spring.
- August Olympic champion Suni Lee surprises students at St. Paul elementary school
- Timeline Olympian Sunisa Lee's path from St. Paul to stardom
- 2021 'A historic moment for our community': Hmong Minnesotans revel in Sunisa Lee's Olympic journey
Published Vote now in Round 4 of YourClassical's Carol Countdown
November 15, 2022
It’s down to the Final 4 in YourClassical’s Carol Countdown, a tournament-style voting bracket in which our listeners pick their favorite Christmas songs.
Will the winner be “Sussex Carol,” “Silent Night,” “Coventry Carol” or “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel”? Only you can help decide. Vote now!
Record flock of sandhill cranes at Sherburne refuge
November 14, 2022
The graceful, vocal birds stop by the Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge before heading to warmer climes for the winter. This has proved a record year, although many have moved on due to the weekend cold weather.
Teens hired to work overnight as slaughterhouse cleaners, regulators allege
November 14, 2022
Federal regulators say a Wisconsin cleaning contractor has illegally hired minors to work at slaughterhouses, including at the Turkey Valley Farms plant in Marshall, Minn. and the JBS pork processing facility in Worthington, Minn.
Remembering the life and music of Mimi Parker
November 14, 2022
The Current featured special programming on The Local Show and SHEROES Radio dedicated to Low vocalist and drummer Mimi Parker, who died recently from ovarian cancer. Staff also compiled features to remember her:
- In Memoriam Low cofounder Mimi Parker has died
- Remembrance Low's Mimi Parker had a voice that let the light in
- Coverage Low's Mimi Parker remembered by family and friends in Duluth
- Interview (2021) Low's Alan Sparhawk and Mimi Parker on 'Hey What'
- Concert (2018) Low, live at the Fitzgerald Theater, St. Paul
A variety of modern classical music for a fall night
November 13, 2022
As the nights grow longer and cooler, Extra Eclectic host Steve Seel takes the opportunity to sample from the wealth of modern classical works that perfectly complement the mood of an autumnal evening.
Why Lake Superior's legendary gales blow especially hard in November
November 12, 2022
Gale-force winds and 20-foot tall waves whipped across Lake Superior on the anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
There are specific reasons why the wind and waves tend to whip up the same time of year around the Great Lakes.