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U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota wins primary election amid 'Squad' losses
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- U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota wins primary election amid 'Squad' losses
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- 1:46
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- 2 years ago
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- U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar survived a DFL primary match from former Minneapolis City Council member Don Samuels on Tuesday, Aug. 13.
Omar is the latest member of the "Squad," a group of progressive House members, to face reelection in the primaries. Reps. Cori Bush of Missouri and Jamaal Bowman of New York both lost their primaries this summer and their opponents were backed by the American Israel Public Affair Committee’s super PAC, the United Democracy Project.
The AIPAC gave Bush’s opponent more than $8 million and Bowman’s opponent more than $14 million.
While the AIPAC did not contribute to Samuels’ campaign this year, they previously spent $350,000 on his campaign against Omar in 2022.
Omar now faces Republican challenger Dalia Al-Aqidi in November. However, Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District is one of the most reliable Democratic strongholds in the country. #election2024 #ilhanomar #squad #reverbmpr
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- Report for America: Greater Minnesota partnership panel
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- 47:30
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- In an era of cutbacks and decline, how can journalists themselves reinvent the way they do their jobs? MPR News host Angela Davis recently moderated two panels about the state of local news in Minnesota. This is part two in a wide-ranging discussion about the state of local news in Minnesota from an event MPR News hosted with Report for America.
These were recorded the evening of July 18 at the Weisman Art Museum. The panels were presented through a partnership with Report for America.
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- This Minnesota medical cannabis patient started growing his own
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- 3:03
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- 2 years ago
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- On Aug. 1, 2023, Minnesota legalized recreational marijuana, and with it came the ability for adults 21 and older to grow their own cannabis. For the past year, Minnesotans have been able to grow up to eight plants in their homes, four of which can be flowering at a time.
Tim Heisel of Roseville waited until this March to start growing his own cannabis. He has been a medical patient since last year and uses cannabis to treat his PTSD and anxiety, and also help with sleep management.
Heisel’s first attempt at growing one cannabis plant yielded 92 grams of dried flower. He said the initial $700 investment for the first grow, including seeds and equipment, will be paid off with his second grow.
Story by Nicole Ki, video by Anne Guttridge
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- Report for America: Statewide support for local journalism
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- 1:02:23
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Newspapers across Minnesota are closing. Trust in the media is at an all-time low. But quality journalism is necessary for democracy to thrive.
MPR News host Angela Davis recently moderated two panels about the state of local news in Minnesota. The first is with funders who are pushing for new models to reinvigorate newsrooms across the state and the country.
These were recorded the evening of July 18 at the Weisman Art Museum. The panels were presented through a partnership with Report for America.
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- Crowds welcome Olympic gold medalist Suni Lee home to Minnesota
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- 0:30
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Gymnast Sunisa Lee, who won one gold medal and two bronze medals at the 2024 Olympic Games, was met with a crowd of fans when she arrived to Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport on Sunday night after she flew home from Paris.
Greeting her with flowers were U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, state Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan and St. Paul mayor Melvin Carter.
#sunilee #Olympics2024 #paris2024
Video captured by Nicole Ki and edited by Anne Guttridge
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- This Minnesotan just ran for Team Liberia at the Paris Olympics
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- 1:26
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Jabez Reeves grew up in Woodbridge, Virginia, but transferred to Minnesota State University, Mankato after Emmanuel Matadi recruited him. Matadi, a runner for Team Liberia, ran at Johnson High School in St. Paul, Minnesota.
In 1991, the U.S., and specifically Minnesota, began resettling refugees from Liberia, who were fleeing civil war. Today, Minnesota is home to one of the largest Liberian populations in the U.S., estimated at around 30,000 people.
Together, Reeves and Matadi competed with teammates Joseph Fahnbulleh, who ran for Hopkins High School in Minnetonka, Minnesota and John Sherman of Middle Tennessee State University. The four ran for Liberia in round one of the men's 4x100m relay on Thursday, Aug. 8 but did not advance to the final. #paris2024 #Olympics2024 #trackandfield #reverbmpr
Go to mprnews.org to learn more. Reporting by Peter Cox, video filmed by Peter Cox and Kerem Yucel, edited by Anne Guttridge.
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- Harris-Walz campaign and JD Vance host competing events in Eau Claire, Wis.
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- 1:00
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris and her new running mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz spoke to about 10,000 people at a campaign rally and Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance spoke at a manufacturing plant, both in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, on Wednesday, Aug. 7.
Vance plans to trail Harris and Walz, a tactic known as “bracketing,” through key states. The battleground state tour also includes stops in Michigan, North Carolina, Georgia, Arizona and Nevada. #election2024 #reverbmpr
Learn more at mprnews.org. Video captured by Anne Guttridge, Dana Ferguson, Ellie Roth and Tim Evans, and edit by Anne Guttridge.
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- Hot to Go? No, this is Bon Iver
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- 0:13
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- To be fair, Grammy award-winning band Bon Iver was founded by Justin Vernon who is from Eau Claire, Wis., where the Harris-Walz campaign rally was held.
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- Talking Sense - Worthington: Immigration Stories
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- 57:36
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- MPR News' Talking Sense project and the nonpartisan organization Braver Angels hosted an in-person workshop on July 9, 2024. The workshop was centered around participants swapping stories of immigration, with a goal of finding common ground in our varied experiences. The workshop paired people who have long family histories in Worthington with relative newcomers to the community to participate in a structured storytelling exercise.
Talking Sense is an MPR News election year initiative aimed at helping Minnesotans have hard political conversations, better. To launch Talking Sense, MPR has teamed up with Braver Angels, which is a national non-profit with roots in Minnesota that helps communities talk across their differences. The workshop was led by Braver Angels co-founder Bill Doherty.
Bill started the workshop by interviewing Eligio Ramirez Sandoval, a bus driver and Guatemalan immigrant who moved to Worthington in 2007, and Riley Widboom, a fourth ge...
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- Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan says Gov. Tim Walz “knows how to partner with a woman of color”
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- 0:29
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan has worked closely with Walz since they won their election in 2018 — making her the first Indigenous person elected to executive office in Minnesota's history.
She is a citizen of the White Earth Nation and will be the first Native American governor of Minnesota if Walz steps down. She shared words of support for the Democratic vice-presidential candidate hours after he was announced on Tuesday. #timwalz #election2024 #reverbmpr
📹 captured by Ben Hovland, edited by Anne Guttridge
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- Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz debuts as running mate with Vice President Kamala Harris
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- 0:41
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris and her new running mate, vice presidential candidate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, appeared together as running mates for the first time on Tuesday evening in Philadelphia.
The pair will continue on the campaign trail throughout the week with stops in the battleground states of Wisconsin, Michigan, North Carolina, Georgia, Arizona, and Nevada. #election2024 #harriswalz #timwalz #kamalaharris
📸 edited by Anne Guttridge
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- This is how you pronounce Gov. Tim Walz’s name
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- 0:28
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- As a radio station we take pronunciation seriously #reverbmpr #harriswalz2024 #timwalz #election2024
📹: by Anne Guttridge.
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- Fans gather around MN Gov. Tim Walz's home in St. Paul to see him off as he joins the campaign trail
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- 0:33
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- A crowd gathered at the Eastcliff governor's mansion in St. Paul, Minnesota as the second-term Minnesota governor left for Philadelphia to join Vice President Kamala Harris on the campaign trail. Walz was announced Tuesday morning as Harris’ vice presidential choice in her presidential campaign.
The rally in Philadelphia on Tuesday, Aug. 6 will be their first appearance together on the campaign trail. #reverbmpr #election2024
🎥 Captured by Ellie Roth, edited by Anne Guttridge
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- A beautiful solution to Minnesota’s aging dams problem
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- 0:53
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Minnesota is full of dams that are past their expiration date. Many have structural issues, no longer produce electricity or control floods, and are full of debris and sediment. One of them was the Rapidan Dam near Mankato, which partially failed in June.
One solution: Rock rapids. Pine River is one of about 75 places around Minnesota where rock rapids have replaced dams. The rock rapids there were completed in 2022, replacing a 1910 gated dam that had held back the waters of Norway Lake in downtown Pine River. #riverrapids #pinerivermn #damfailure
Go to mprnews.org to learn more. 📝 by Kirsti Marohn, 📹 by Kirsti Marohn and Anne Guttridge.
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- Suni Lee’s family and friends in Minnesota react as she clinches bronze in the all-around
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- 0:30
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Sunisa Lee of St. Paul, Minnesota, was the defending gold medalist in the all-around gymnastics event. Her friends and some family gathered in Maplewood to watch her in the women’s individual all-around final event, where Simone Biles took gold. #sunilee #Olympics2024 #parisolympics #reverbmpr
Video captured by Peter Cox
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- Where a star Minneapolis chef eats when he’s off the clock
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- 2:36
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- In the midst of preparing for the opening of his new restaurant, Vinai, we took Yia Vang out to lunch to a northeast Minneapolis cultural institution so he could share his favorites from Kramarczuk's.
Kramarczuk’s has had Yia’s heart since he first visited the restaurant. The James Beard award-winning eastern European deli and restaurant has been open since 1976 and is still family owned and operated. #unionhmongkitchen #vinai #kramarczuks #reverbmpr
📹 by Anne Guttridge
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- Get hype for these Minnesotans competing at the Olympics
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- 0:59
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Let's go Minnesota! These are just some of the current and former Minnesotans competing at the 2024 Paris Olympics happening July 26 through Aug. 11.
See the full list of this year's Olympians and Paralympians who grew up or have lived in Minnesota at mprnews.org. #olympics #paris2024 #teamusa #reverbmpr
📹 by Anne Guttridge
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- An Minnesota man called 911 for help. Police chased, tackled and had him injected with ketamine.
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- 4:05
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- When Kyle Moore called 911 for help on Oct. 6, 2019, he was a young man who had struggled with mental health issues and was considering checking himself into the hospital but didn’t pose a threat to anyone. But the call kicked off a violent incident that changed the trajectory of his and his family’s life.
Moore is now permanently injured and his family says they can’t get answers from Edina police or prosecutors as to why they treated him the way they did. #edina #police #reverbmpr
Go to mprnews.org for the full story. 📝 by Jon Collins, 📹 by Anne Guttridge
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- Here's how Minnesota could effect the 2024 election now that Biden has dropped out
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- 0:58
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- More than half of Minnesota delegates to the Democratic National Convention want Vice President Kamala Harris to be their presidential nominee after President Joe Biden’s exit from the race.
MPR News spoke to or otherwise confirmed that a majority of the 93 delegates to the convention in Chicago got behind Harris a day after Biden bowed out. That includes endorsements from Gov. Tim Walz who posted his support on social media early Monday morning. #biden #kamalaharris #election2024
Video by Anne Guttridge
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- Over 1,200 people are attending a 12-day unicycle convention in Bemidji, MN
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- 0:45
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Since 1984, unicycle enthusiasts have gathered around the globe to celebrate their love for the single-wheeled vehicle. Events include unicycle basketball, speed trials, social rides, a unicycle museum, and workshops.
This year’s Unicon took place up north in Bemidji, Minnesota. Why Bemidji? Event organizers said the lush forests and beautiful landscapes played a big role in the decision, as well as the historic downtown and the relatively cool July weather. #unicycle #unicon #bemidjimn #reverbmpr
📹 filmed by Mathew Holding Eagle III and edited by Anne Guttridge
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- Minnesotans celebrate disability pride at the capitol
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- 0:57
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Hundreds gathered on the Minnesota State Capitol front lawn to celebrate disability pride on July 18. The 2nd annual Disability Pride Festival was hosted by ACT - Advocating Change Together in celebration of July as Disability Pride Month. #disabilitypride #disabilitypridemonth #reverbmpr
📹 by Anne Guttridge.
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- Nearly 12,000 acres of land has been transferred back to the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe
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- 0:24
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Local, tribal and state officials gathered on the Leech Lake Band's reservation July 17 to celebrate the return of nearly 12,000 acres of land. The Reservation Restoration Act transferred land previously managed by the Chippewa National Forest to the tribe.
Federal officials shared at the event that they've identified additional acreage that may be returned in the coming years. #leechlake #nativenews #mprnativenews
📹 filmed by Erica Dischino (@ericamdischino) and edited by Anne Guttridge
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- Minnesota tribes are collaborating to open the state's first cannabis dispensaries
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- 0:58
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Island Peži in Welch, Minnesota, is now the closest recreational dispensary to the Twin Cities. The Prairie Island Indian Community, which opened the dispensary, is the fourth tribal nation in Minnesota to open a dispensary since Minnesota legalized recreational cannabis last year.
The legalization ushered in a new wave of intertribal trade. Prairie Island was able to launch their business by purchasing from White Earth Nation’s cannabis company. White Earth also sells cannabis to a dispensary operated by Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe and they plan to sell to a dispensary in the works from the Lower Sioux Indian Community. #dispensary #intertribaltrade #reverbmpr
📹 filmed by Tom Baker, edited by Anne Guttridge
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- A New K-pop boy band performs at a mall…in Minnesota
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- 0:59
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- HinLOVE is a new K-pop boy band that hasn’t debuted yet but are touring the U.S. with A.C.E as backup dancers. They recently stopped by Maplewood Mall in Minnesota for their first American meet and greet event, and announced plans to come out with music soon.
#kpop #minnesota #reverbmpr #hinLOVE #ACEKpop 📹Nicole Ki.
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- Hunting for Minnesota-related tattoos at the Twin Cities Tattoo Festival
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- 1:21
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- The Twin Cities Tattoo Festival is at the St. Paul RiverCentre July 12 through 14. Around 400 artists are taking part, offering custom and flash tattoos. Some include iconic Minnesotan imagery — it’s what the people want.
Video by Feven Gerezgiher #tattoo #reverbmpr
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- This barber has been cutting the hair of Minnesota governors for 52 years
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- 1:00
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Ken Kirkpatrick has been working at Capitol Barbers on the Minnesota State Capitol campus for 52 years and has cut the locks of nearly every governor since 1972.
The shop itself has been around since 1883 when it was in downtown St. Paul. It relocated to the State Office Building in 1905 and this summer it made the move to the Department of Transportation building where it aims to reopen later this month.
Ken Kirkpatrick bought Capitol Barbers in 1972 and his son bought the business from him in 2016. Ken is only semi-retired, though -- he still cuts hair there a few times a week. #barbershop #stpaulminnesota #minnesotalegislature #jobinterviewmpr
📝 by Lukas Levin, 📸 by Anne Guttridge
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- This couple fled anti-LGBTQ+ persecution in Russia and got married in Minneapolis
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- 0:59
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Erik Beda’s mere existence is practically a death sentence in Russia. He’s transgender, which is illegal and considered an act of terror in the country.
He married Ivan Beda in 2006 but they were forced to divorce so Erik could begin the process of transitioning. After Russia banned gender-affirming care for transgender people in 2023, the couple fled in search for safety in Minnesota.
On June 25, Erik and Ivan remarried at the Bell of Two Friends sculpture at Nicollet Island in Minneapolis. They had a goal of being legally married again before Twin Cities Pride at the end of June.
The couple exchanged rings, silver wedding bands they bought a few days before the wedding. They said it was one of the first times they’ve worn rings in public. #lgbtq #pride #pride2024 #reverbmpr
Go to mprnews.org to read more. 📝 by Aleesa Kuznetsov + 📹 by Anne Guttridge.
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- Young gymnasts are getting inspired by the U.S. Olympic Trials in Minneapolis
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- 0:56
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Young gymnasts traveled from as far as Virginia to watch some of their favorites compete at the U.S. Olympic Team Gymnastics Trials at the Target Center in Minneapolis. #Sunilee #simonebiles #usolympicteam #olympics2024
Video filming by Kyra Miles and Peter Cox, editing by Anne Guttridge.
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- U.S. Paralympic swimming trials held in Minneapolis
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- 0:53
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Dozens of athletes are competing in the U.S. Paralympic swimming trials at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis.
Swimmers to watch include Mallory Weggemann of Eagan, who is a three-time Paralympian and five-time medalist. Natalie Sims of Edina is also hoping to join the team for her third Paralympics and Summer Schmit of Stillwater for her second Paralympics.
#paralympics2024 #usparalympics #Olympics2024 #reverbmpr
🎥: Anika Besst, edited by Anne Guttridge
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- Marshall Pride provides a cathartic homecoming for small town drag performers
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- 1:26
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- There aren't many spaces dedicated for LGBTQ+ people in Marshall, Minnesota. But for the past three years, there's been a drag show as part of Marshall Pride. It always sells out. Even standing room tickets are gone. #pride2024 #lgbtq #dragqueen #dragking #reverbmpr #shorts
Video captured by Ben Hovland and edited by Anne Guttridge
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- Minneapolis gathers for the seventh annual cat tour
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- 0:35
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- On Wednesday people gathered in the Wedge neighborhood of Minneapolis for the seventh annual Wedge LIVE cat tour. There were 22 stops. This year's theme was "fear and loathing on Hennepin Avenue."
Cats were on leashes, in strollers or gazing out windows for tour members to adore. Video by Claire Barczak, editing by Anne Guttridge. #mpr #mprnews #minnesota #cats #minneapolis
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- Minnesotan Suni Lee prepares to compete at the U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Trials in Minneapolis
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- 0:33
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Gymnast Suni Lee of Minnesota appeared in Target Center in Minneapolis for the first time on Wednesday morning to practice ahead of the U.S. Olympic Team Gymnastics Trials there Thursday through Sunday.
📹: Peter Cox, edited by Anne Guttridge
#sunilee #USOlympicTeam #Olympics2024 #reverbmpr
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- A home adjacent to the Rapidan Dam near Mankato has collapsed due to severe flooding
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- 0:13
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- A house on the Blue Earth River next to Rapidan Dam fell into the river on Tuesday near Mankato. The dam had recently partially failed, sending the path of the river towards the house.
🎥: Brycen Keech
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- Floodwaters are so high they carved around a dam in southern Minnesota
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- 0:42
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Rapidan Dam in southwest Minnesota has drawn national attention because officials have worried it would fail. It has not breached or broken as of Tuesday evening. #rapidandam #minnesotaflooding #minnesotaweather
Go to mprnews.org to read more. 📹 by Anne Guttridge with contributions from Jackson Forderer.
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- This small town in Minnesota is underwater
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- 0:25
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- The small town of Cook in Minnesota is underwater. Businesses in the town of 500, along with City Hall and the public library, are inundated and closed for the foreseeable future.
“Everybody in town is kind of in a state of shock right now. Nobody knows what to do. We’re just waiting for the water to recede and get back into our businesses and homes,” Ryan Horner said, who runs Comet Theater.
📹 by Erica Dischino, editing by Anne Guttridge.
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- North Star Journey Live: What Happened in Alabama? Ending cycles of trauma in Black America
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- 1:07:39
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Journalist Lee Hawkins returns to his home state of Minnesota for a special North Star Journey Live discussion about his new podcast, What Happened in Alabama?, which examines how to end cycles of trauma for Black Americans.
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- This historic Minneapolis building burned in George Floyd protests is reopening
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- 1:00
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- More than four years after it was badly damaged, the historic Coliseum Building will finally reopen as part of the Soul of the Southside Juneteenth festival on June 19.
The Coliseum was originally built in 1917 to house Freeman’s Department store and was one of the first stores in the area to offer credit to people of color to shop. Its most recent tenants were a Denny’s restaurant, a law office and a health clinic.
In 2020, the Coliseum sustained damage after it was torched during the civil unrest that followed the police murder of George Floyd. It’s located steps from the Third Precinct police station, where former Minneapolis officer Derek Chauvin worked. #lakestreetmpls #2020protests #reverbmpr
Learn more: https://www.mprnews.org/story/2024/06/18/historic-lake-street-coliseum-reopening-juneteenth
📝 by Nicole Ki, 📹 by Anne Guttridge
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- We met the Queen Spinner of Shell Shock at the Mall of America
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- 1:00
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Almost 1 million spins later and you can still find Tara Maldonado (@ queenshellspinner) in seat 2 taking on Shell Shock at the Mall of America.
She counts the spins during each ride and keeps track of them on her phone. She also shares her spinning adventures on TikTok where she’s gone viral, attracting spectators and fans.
Tara goes a couple times a week to the mall to see how many spins she can get in one ride. Amazingly, she’s never gotten sick and she doesn’t get dizzy. The same could not be said for our reporter and video producer.
Learn more at https://www.mprnews.org/story/2024/06/12/queen-spinner-of-shell-shock-local-celebrity-mall-of-america
📝 by Nicole Ki, 📹 by Nicole Ki and Anne Guttridge
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- What do our MPR News junior reporters think about the news?
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- 0:57
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Ask a lot of questions and get a lot of data ✍️
We wanted to know what young people think about the news and how we can be better reporters. So we took inspiration from Recess Therapy and interviewed some of our Rock the Cradle junior reporters and they gave us some great feedback! #juniorreporter #recesstherapy #thenews #reverbmpr #mprnews
📹: by Anne Guttridge
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- Memorial for MPD officer Jamal Mitchell
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- 1:58:46
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Thousands of law enforcement officers from across the state and the country are expected to honor Minneapolis Police officer Jamal Mitchell, who was killed while on duty May 30.
Following the one-hour service held at Maple Grove Senior High School, there will be a procession of emergency vehicles that will follow a route — mostly on freeways I-94, 494 and highway 62 — from the school to the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.
Read more coverage here: https://www.mprnews.org/story/2024/06/11/minneapolis-officer-jamal-mitchell-memorial-procession-minnesota
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- Minneapolis police officer Jamal Mitchell remembered at memorial
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- 1:00
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Friends, family, city leaders and several thousand uniformed officers from across the state and country gathered Tuesday to honor Minneapolis police officer Jamal Mitchell, who was killed May 30 while responding to a shooting in south Minneapolis.
Minneapolis police Chief Brian O’Hara praised Mitchell as a “guardian in our community” who represented “all that is good about the men and women” of law enforcement around the state and country.
O’Hara said Mitchell had been posthumously awarded the city’s two highest police honors, a medal of honor and purple heart. It wasn’t about how he died, the chief added, “it is how he lived his life as a man up until the very end.”
Video by Anne Guttridge with contributions from Kerem Yücel.
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- This 18-year-old blind and deaf dog is walking every bridge in the Twin Cities
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- 0:59
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Nanna the dog is 18 years old, blind, and deaf. But none of this stops her from walking 5 - 7 miles on her weekly adventures with her human, Abe Switters.
Switters met Nanna three years ago at the Nashville Humane Society when he was working there. She was already blind and deaf and it didn’t seem like she had much time left. She went on hospice so Switters took her into his home as a foster so she could be comfortable in her final days. Instead, Nanna got better almost immediately. They started with a walk around the block, then a mile, a 5K, and a few months ago she did a 10K.
Since moving from Nashville to St. Paul, Switters and Nanna have started a new adventure - walking every bridge in the Twin Cities. So far, he’s taken her on eight bridges and has been posting their trips to social media so people can follow along. #shelterdog #seniordog #reverbmpr
Read the full story at mprnews.org. 📝 Sam Stroozas + 📹 Anne Guttridge.
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- Meet Nanna, the 18-year-old blind and deaf dog on a mission to walk every bridge in the Twin Cities
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- 0:13
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Nanna and her human Abe Switters moved to St. Paul about a month ago. Three years ago she was in hospice, now she walks miles a day.
- Title
- Talking Volumes: Leif Enger on ‘I Cheerfully Refuse’
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- 1:27:45
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Minnesota’s own Leif Enger joined MPR News host Kerri Miller in Red Wing this week for a Talking Volumes conversation about his new novel, “I Cheerfully Refuse.”
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- A new recreational cannabis dispensary is now the closest to the Twin Cities
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- 0:27
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- The Sweetest Grass is the latest legal cannabis dispensary to open Minnesota and it’s now the closest to the Twin Cities. The shop is run by the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, which passed a resolution in August 2023 allowing adult-use recreational cannabis sales on its reservation.
The dispensary in Walker is 182 miles, or a little more than 3 hours, from downtown Minneapolis. #legalcannabis #dispensaries #reverbmpr
📹 captured by Erica Dischino and edited by Anne Guttridge
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- Minnesota is now giving schools money to provide free menstrual hygiene products
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- 2:05
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Thanks to a new law, Minnesota is now giving schools money to provide free menstrual hygiene products for students. However, the rollout has frustrated many of the teens who advocated for the law.
Some schools have period products, but not all. And of the schools that do have state-funded menstrual products, many are cheaply made. And there doesn’t seem to be an effective way to hold schools accountable for how they implement the law. #periodpoverty #menstrualequity #periods #reverbmpr
Go to mprnews.org to read the full story. 📹 by Anne Guttridge with contributions from Sam Stroozas.
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- Hopkins High School students, LGBTQ+ leaders protest after trans teen was punched in school
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- 0:31
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- The student’s parent, Ashley Sovereign, believes the incident was motivated by anti-LGBTQ+ bias and said the family has been frustrated by the district’s “radio silence” around the incident.
Hopkins High School's principal said school leaders can't comment until the police investigation is complete.
The Minnetonka Police Department confirmed they are investigating the incident “as a possible hate crime,” although “details remain limited as the case was reported to police hours after the assault is said to have taken place." #lgbtq #queer #trans #nonbinary #reverbmpr
Go to mprnews.org to read the full story. 📹 by Ben Hovland and edited by Anne Guttridge.
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- Moriarty speaks on dropping charges against state trooper
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- 47:06
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty announced Sunday she will drop charges against state trooper Ryan Londregan in the death of Ricky Cobb II. Moriarty said that due to new evidence, the state would be unable to prove “beyond a reasonable doubt that deadly force was not justified.” Moriarty plans to speak at a press conference at 8:30 a.m. Monday.
Read more coverage here: https://www.mprnews.org/story/2024/06/02/trooper-ryan-londregan-charges-dropped-in-the-shooting-death-of-ricky-cobb-ii
- Title
- 3 dead including police officer, 4 hurt in chaotic south Minneapolis shooting
- Runtime
- 1:15
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Minneapolis is mourning after Officer Jamal Mitchell, 36, was fatally shot on duty Thursday, May 30. Mitchell was one of three people killed in the chaotic shooting in the Whittier neighborhood of Minneapolis.
The suspected shooter was among the dead. Four other people, including a police officer and a firefighter, were injured.
Read more at mprnews.org. Video captured by Jon Collins, Regina Medina and Ben Hovland, and edited by Anne Guttridge and Kaila White. #policeshooting #officerdown #fallenofficer #firstresponders #police #mprnews
- Title
- Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey on shooting that killed Officer Jamal Mitchell, others
- Runtime
- 6:37
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey spoke on Friday morning, May 31, 2024, about the fatal shooting on Thursday evening that left Officer Jamal Mitchell, the suspected shooter and an unnamed civilian dead, as well as injuring others.
Minneapolis police were responding to a call of a double shooting in an apartment building near the intersection of Blaisdell Avenue and 22nd Street in the Whittier neighborhood around 5:15 p.m. when they say the suspect ambushed police, fatally shooting Mitchell and injuring another officer. Mitchell is the first MPD officer fatally shot in the line of duty in more than 20 years.
Video captured by Ben Hovland | MPR News. Learn more on mprnews.org https://www.mprnews.org/story/2024/05/31/minnesota-shooting-officer-jamal-mitchell-killed-in-minneapolis-whittier-neighborhood
