Jana Shortal

Minneapolis

Reporter at KARE-TV (Minneapolis, MN)

Journalist. Reporting for and hosting Breaking The News on KARE11, 6:30 pm weeknights. My tweets are my own. (they/them)

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'We cannot erase & revise history': Former MPD Chief Arradondo speaks 5 years after George Floyd's murder

1 month ago | kare11.com | Jana Shortal

MINNEAPOLIS — For the first time on television, former Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo is telling his story about the night George Floyd was murdered by former police officer Derek Chauvin, and what happened in the days after. KARE 11 Breaking the News anchor Jana Shortal spoke with Rondo, who told them it's taken years to be able to talk about his actions — and mistakes — over that week back in May of 2020.
Minnesota veteran says she'd still serve in the military despite losing her job at VA

Mar 12, 2025 | kare11.com | Jana Shortal

ST PAUL, Minn. — Sgt. First Class Joy Marver, a 20-year military veteran, recently lost her job at the Veterans Benefit Administration. Marver was part of the mass firings of federal employees as part of President Trump's dramatic downsizing of the federal government. Veterans make up more than 25% of the VA's workforce, and about 30% of the nation's federal workforce. Marver was one of them, until about three weeks ago.
Fishin' for friends: Minnesota angler nets greatest catch yet

Oct 23, 2024 | wqad.com | Jana Shortal

MADISON LAKE, Minn. — The story of 41-year-old angler Erik Koffski and his new 16-week-old sidekick began on an early September morning, right before sunrise, as Koffski started fishing in a tournament on Madison Lake in southern Minnesota. Koffski said for the next half hour, he could hear the roar of a meow before he finally saw a kitten swimming toward him. Erik said he scooped up the wet little — in Jana's words — "schmoopy," who then sat and watched Erik fish for hours.
Fishin' for friends: Minnesota angler nets greatest catch yet

Oct 22, 2024 | kare11.com | Jana Shortal

MADISON LAKE, Minn. — The story of 41-year-old angler Erik Koffski and his new 16-week-old sidekick began on an early September morning, right before sunrise, as Koffski started fishing in a tournament on Madison Lake in southern Minnesota. Koffski said for the next half hour, he could hear the roar of a meow before he finally saw a kitten swimming toward him. Erik said he scooped up the wet little — in Jana's words — "schmoopy," who then sat and watched Erik fish for hours.
'One in a billion': How a Crosby man facilitated the 'highest vintage basketball card sale of all time'

Sep 5, 2024 | kare11.com | Jana Shortal

CROSBY, Minn. — Crosby is known as the antique capital of Minnesota, which is fitting considering a collectible object with a very high value was just discovered there. "One in a million doesn't put close to terms on what the reality of it was," said Caleb Baker, co-owner of DK's Sports Cards in Crosby. Now, Baker's also the co-star of the biggest card find of his life.
One Last Thing: Ingrid Andress' performance was bad, our reaction was worse

Jul 16, 2024 | kare11.com | Jana Shortal

Addiction can come to any of us, even on one of the biggest nights of our lives. That seems to be the case for Ingrid Andress. Performing before the MLB All Star Home Run Derby Monday, she swung and missed on her rendition of the national anthem. And the reaction was cruel and predictable. But what next to no one thought before they tweeted or Tik-Tokked, was Ingrid was singing but she wasn't really there. She was drunk. She has a problem with drinking.
'She's the best': Hopkins kindergarten class makes case for Minnesota Teacher of the Year finalist

Apr 18, 2024 | kare11.com | Jana Shortal

HOPKINS, Minn. — Working in education is a calling for a lot of people. It might go without saying, but teachers don't get into the industry to get rich, at least not in the monetary sense. The riches come from the lives they touch — and change. Eleven teachers in Minnesota are finalists for Teacher of the Year in high school, elementary and even kindergarten classrooms. Yes, kindergarten. So, how does one get the nod as perhaps the best in the state by teaching 5- and 6-year-olds?
'Terrifying': Jade's story of survival 6 months after leaving 89.3 The Current

Feb 6, 2024 | kare11.com | Jana Shortal

MINNEAPOLIS — What made Jade, Jade over the airwaves at 89.3 The Current for 15 years, was her ability to connect.
Minnesota presidential primary candidate: Don’t vote for me

Jan 30, 2024 | kare11.com | Jeremiah Jacobsen |Jana Shortal

ST PAUL, Minn. — One candidate in Minnesota’s upcoming presidential primary is hoping you’ll vote for someone else. Krystal Gabel, a cannabis activist from Colorado, appears on Minnesota’s presidential primary ballot as a candidate for the Legal Marijuana Now party. However, Gabel says she was placed on the ballot without her consent. Gabel has run for office in other states previously, but only learned of her candidacy on the Minnesota ballot when she received a Google alert.
Mad For No Reason: An anthem by a Minnetonka 10-year-old

Jan 18, 2024 | kare11.com | Jana Shortal |Samantha Fischer

MINNEAPOLIS — "... And then I let the music take me where it takes me." That's 10-year-old Mira Babel explaining her creative process for writing songs like, "Mad For No Reason." "It's inspired by people being mad for no reason," Babel said. COVID crashed into Mira's life at the age of 7, and like the rest of us, turned her world inside out. But now at 10, she's just trying to make sense of a world that she sees as a bit... out of tune.

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