Cathy Wurzer
Host, Morning Edition at Minnesota Public Radio (St. Paul, MN)
Co-Host, Almanac at Twin Cities PBS
Heard on the radio. (MPR News) Seen on TV. (TPT's Almanac program) 2022 Mn Broadcaster’s Hall of Fame inductee. Non-profit founder. Author. Aspiring artist.
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6 days ago |
mprnews.org | Cathy Wurzer |Lukas Levin
Overnight storms on Friday poured over soil warmed by April’s spring temperatures. In parts of southern Minnesota, those storms brought over an inch of rain in just one night. That’s good news for farmers. “When you look out around the landscape, everything’s going into the soil, which is very, very gratifying,” said meteorologist and climatologist Mark Seeley. “I think we're going to have more frequent chances for rainfall for the balance of the month as well.
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1 week ago |
mprnews.org | Cathy Wurzer |Gracie Stockton
The Minnesota Senate Ethics Subcommittee has hearings next week to look into allegations of conflicts of interest against Senate President Bobby Joe Champion, DFL-Minneapolis. Champion stepped down from his role as chair of that same committee after Senate Republicans filed an ethics complaint against him, which Champion called a smear. When not at the Legislature, Champion is a private practice attorney.
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1 week ago |
mprnews.org | Cathy Wurzer |Gracie Stockton
While the knowledge of ticks being vectors for Lyme disease is ubiquitous, there’s a lesser-known threat these insects carry that's concerning health experts: the Powassan virus. The Metropolitan Mosquito Control District spotted its first tick of the season on March 27. “We suspect they’ve been active for some time and have had numerous reports from members of the public that they've been found throughout the Twin Cities already,” the MMCD wrote online last month.
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1 week ago |
mprnews.org | Cathy Wurzer |Gracie Stockton
Create an account or log in to save stories. Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories. A new class of women's basketball players is getting ready to launch their pro careers after Monday night’s WNBA draft, including Minnesota’s own Paige Bueckers. Bueckers was the No. 1 overall pick, going to the Dallas Wings.
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1 week ago |
mprnews.org | Cathy Wurzer |Lukas Levin
In our Parting Thoughts series, we remember everyday Minnesotans. Tom Ambrose had a mellow voice that was a match made in soft-rock heaven for the tunes he spun as a deejay for W-Lite FM 103. These days, that spot on the Twin Cities radio dial is a country station.
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