Minnesota Now

October is National ADHD Awareness Month and while the National Institute of Mental Health says the average age for ADHD diagnosis right now is six, more adult women have been diagnosed with ADHD over the past few years.

We revisited a conversation associate producer Lindsay Guentzel had with Dr. Lidia Zylowska, a psychiatrist at the University of Minnesota Medical School and M Health Fairview, back in March. In May, Guentzel — who was diagnosed with ADHD in 2021 when she was 34 — launched her own podcast that explores the neurodiversity and for ADHD Awareness Month, she is sharing a different ADHD story every day throughout the month of October.

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There’s a new way for fans of local author Kate DiCamillo to enjoy her work — on stage with the Minnesota Opera. The stage adaptation of “The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane” runs through Oct. 16 and DiCamillo joined MPR News reporter Euan Kerr to talk about the process of collaborating with the Minnesota Opera on this project.

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Minnesota does not routinely allow cameras in the courtroom, but the Supreme Court is considering changing that following the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill oversaw Chauvin’s trial — and allowed cameras inside the courtroom — and he spoke yesterday at a conference in Nevada on his experience managing the noteworthy case.

MPR News reporter Matt Sepic joined Cathy Wurzer to recap Cahill’s comments and provide background on where the debate stands on allowing cameras into Minnesota courtrooms on a more regular basis.

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We know there is a mental health crisis among young people right now but in Minnesota, there is roughly one school counselor for every six hundred students.

We'll get the details on a new federal program that could pay for a lot more help for our youth from MPR News education reporter Elizabeth Shockman.

Twin Cities Ojibwe author Marcie Rendon releases her third murder mystery thriller this week. We'll talk with her about the beloved Cash Blackbear series.

We'll check in on the buffalo herd making their home on the Red Lake Nation — and find out what other indigenous farming adventures the tribe is planning to take.

Twin Cities-based writer Marcie Rendon joined MPR News senior producer Melissa Townsend to preview the latest book in her Cash Blackbear series, “Sinister Graves.” Rendon is an award-winning author of poetry, plays and novels and she is a citizen of the White Earth Nation.

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MPR News education reporter Elizabeth Shockman joined Cathy Wurzer on for a look at the grants that were passed following the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas in May.

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The Twins limp into the end of the season while the pucks are about to drop in the NHL plus the Minnesota Loons wrap up their play. All the sports news you need to know for Thursday, October, 6, 2022. Wally Langfellow and Eric nelson of 10,000 Takes Sports Talk Program dish it with Cathy Wurzer.

After the Marijuana party candidate in the second district congressional race died Wednesday — what happens to her votes? We'll get the details.

And we’ll look at the long buried story of a college football player who died shortly after playing against the UMN.

Recent numbers show a mental health crisis in rural Minnesota. We'll talk with a woman on the ground about what politicians and policy makers can do to help.

We'll hear about a new effort to return Native artifacts to tribal communities.

And we'll get all the sports news — good and bad — with our sports pros Wally Langfellow and Eric Nelson.

Monica Kramer McConkey grew up on a farm and is one of two mental health professionals hired through the state to provide free mental health support for farmers. Monica owns Eyes on the Horizon, an agriculture mental health consulting business and she talks with host Cathy Wurzer about the work.

On Oct. 5, 1923, the Iowa State Cyclones football team was in the Twin Cities to play the Minnesota Gophers. It was the first collegiate game for a young Iowa player, Jack Trice. He was the only Black player on the Cyclones.

Because of segregation, Trice had to spend the night before the game alone because he wasn’t allowed in the hotel where his white teammates stayed. And there, in his hotel room he wrote this in a letter: “My thoughts just before the first real college game of my life. The honor of my race, family, and self are at stake. Everyone is expecting me to do big things. I will!”

But three days later, Trice died. What happened?

Jonathan Gelber is an orthopedist at Olmsted Medical Center in Rochester and the author of the new book The Idealist: Jack Trice and the Fight for a Forgotten College Football Legacy. He joined host Cathy Wurzer to talk about what happened.

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