Minnesota Now

Rachel Thunder speaks with Cathy Wurzer about the American Indian Movement’s (AIM) two and a half month walk called “Walk to Justice”. Thunder, who is Plains Cree, serves as the lead organizer for the AIM walk from Minneapolis to Washington D.C.

Thursday, September first is the first day of meteorological fall. Paul Huttner talks with Cathy Wurzer about what to expect in the coming few weeks.

Minnesota's senior U.S. Senator is returning from a trip to Ukraine for a meeting with the Ukrainian president. She'll tell us what she heard and saw while she was there.

Monkeypox cases are still climbing in Minnesota. Health reporter Michelle Wiley spoke with someone infected with the virus about their experience.

Former Soviet Union President Mikhail Gorbachev has died. We'll look back at his historic visit to Minnesota 30 years ago. It was a big deal!

And members of the American Indian Movement or AIM are walking from Minnesota to Washington D.C. We’ll hear why.

Monkeypox cases are still climbing in Minnesota, with 123 confirmed cases in the state so far. MPR health reporter Michelle Wiley talks with Cathy Wurzer about her conversations with those who have had Monkeypox and the healthcare professionals working focused on the virus.

Minnesota’s Senior U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar speaks with Cathy Wurzer about her trip to Ukraine with Ohio’s Republican Senator Rob Portman to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Did you take art in school? If you were lucky enough to have a teacher who unearthed the creativity that’s inside all of us, it may have given you a boost of self esteem. Perhaps it even helped you to foster a lifelong love of art. Debbie Aune understands how to tap into creativity. She’s a K-12 art teacher at the Greenbush Middle River School District in Northwestern Minnesota. She’s also a watercolor painter.

Workers picket at the U while students move in, how to handle all the stimulation at the Minnesota State Fair if you are a person who is neurodivergent, plus the photo finish of the fair’s Supreme Baker competition and a look ahead to Bouchercon - the world mystery convention happening in the Twin Cities the weekend of September 8th.

Minnesota based mystery writer Jess Lourey talks with Cathy Wurzer about Bouchercon - the mystery novel’s version of Comicon where fans and writers mingle and talk all things mystery. It’s happening September 8 - 11 in the Twin Cities.

Jillian Nelson, Community Resource and Policy Advocate with the Autism Society of Minnesota, talks with Cathy Wurzer about strategies to find places of calm at the Fair particularly for those who are neurodivergent.

The best bakers of Minnesota submitted their breads, cakes, cookies and pies and this year there was a tie for Supreme Baker -- or so they thought. Chad O'Leary and Kimberly Maize both were named the Supreme Bakers for this year. But then in a sad twist, competition organizers realized they made a mistake. Cathy Wurzer talks with finalist Chad O’Leary.