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Mar 8, 2025 | 
mprnews.org | Sam Stroozas |Feven Gerezgiher
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. After weeks of watching our state have a moment in the limelight, the season eight finale of “Love is Blind” debuted Friday on Netflix. From a breakup at Bryant Lake Bowl and drama at Buck Hill, the Minneapolis season of the reality TV show dared to ask — what if we talked about politics more? Spoilers ahead for those who have not tuned in yet.
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Feb 25, 2025 | 
grandrapidsmn.com | Feven Gerezgiher |Sam Stroozas
Three women walk and carry glasses and notebooksIt’s been a week since the Minneapolis season of “Love is Blind” debuted on Netflix. In its first six episodes, the reality show gave viewers front row seats to conversations between singles from across the Twin Cities as they developed connections without seeing each other. kAm%9@F89 7:G6 4@FA=6D F=E:>2E6=J 8@E 6?82865 :? E9@D6 6A:D@56D[ “{@G6 :D q=:?5” 2D 2 “52E:?8 6IA6C:>6?E” :D ?@E DA2C<:?8 >F49 9@A6 :?
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Feb 21, 2025 | 
mprnews.org | Feven Gerezgiher |Sam Stroozas
It’s been a week since the Minneapolis season of “Love is Blind” debuted on Netflix. In its first six episodes, the reality show gave viewers front row seats to conversations between singles from across the Twin Cities as they developed connections without seeing each other. Though five couples ultimately got engaged in those episodes, “Love is Blind” as a “dating experiment” is not sparking much hope in love for Minnesotans. MPR News surveyed our followers on Instagram for their thoughts so far.
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Feb 14, 2025 | 
mprnews.org | Sam Stroozas
Lily Tschudi-Campbell and Cassidy Foust’s love story includes a passion for children’s literature, the “Frog and Toad” series and the Red Balloon Bookshop in St. Paul.
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Dec 27, 2024 | 
mprnews.org | Sam Stroozas
From a submarine survival adventure during World War II to an exploration of the dark side of a Catholic convent on the Irish countryside, our staff has wide-ranging taste for their favorite book they read in 2024. Check out the following suggestions (and maybe focus on the Minnesota authors first, eh?). Note: Not all of these books were released this year. We instead opened submissions to include any book a staffer read this year.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
mprnews.org | Sam Stroozas
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. Minneapolis was not sipping on “Espresso” this year. On Wednesday, Spotify released its 2024 Wrapped, which provides users with a personalized reflection of their year in music with top artists, songs and more.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
inforum.com | Sam Stroozas
When Alicia Kotz and her husband were ready to have children, she struggled to conceive. She miscarried before her first child arrived. She then experienced medical issues again, losing another pregnancy before finally having her second child. Recently, her doctor told her if she got pregnant again, it would be too hard on her body and she could die. While she has no plans on getting pregnant, she also hasn’t entered menopause.
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
mprnews.org | Sam Stroozas
When Alicia Kotz and her husband were ready to have children, she struggled to conceive. She miscarried before her first child arrived. She then experienced medical issues again, losing another pregnancy before finally having her second child. Recently, her doctor told her if she got pregnant again, it would be too hard on her body and she could die. While she has no plans on getting pregnant, she also hasn’t entered menopause.
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
mprnews.org | Sam Stroozas
A few weeks after George Floyd was murdered by a Minneapolis police officer, Dionne Sims sent a tweet that would end up changing the trajectory of her life. “Minnesota doesn’t have a Black-owned bookstore,” she wrote. “I think that’s my new dream.”Soon after, Sims opened Black Garnet Books as a pop-up and online shop in 2020 and then as a brick-and-mortar in the Hamline-Midway neighborhood of St. Paul in late 2022. Two years later, she’s ending her reign.
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Oct 30, 2024 | 
ourcommunitynow.com | Sam Stroozas
When Kathleen Franz works on an exhibit with the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, she likes to keep some professional distance from herself and the topic. But Franz, a museum curator, experienced a first in her career: a topic that was too close to home. It was impossible to not feel emotional about it. The topic? Girlhood. “Girlhood (It’s Complicated)” opened in honor of the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage, but it’s not your typical women’s history exhibit.
