The Morning News with Vineeta Sawkar

The NCAA announced the 14-team field for the 2025 Division III Men's Hockey Championships on Monday morning and Gustavus will travel to St. Norbert for a first round match up on Saturday. Head coach Tyler Walsh joins Vineeta!

There is a new online trend called “sleep maxxing” where people share the ways to maximize their sleep. We speak with sleep expert Roxane Prichard from the University of St. Thomas who explains effective methods and strategies to get well rested.

Nearly thirty high school teams from across Minnesota are set to compete for the statewide global knowledge competition called Academic WorldQuest. We speak with Christopher Carter who is the team advisor for Rochester about the competition.

Henry Lake talks about the big moves being made by the Vikings during the free agency period. The impact these new players could have on the team.

Former St. Paul City Councilmember Jane Prince talks about the current business environment in St. Paul. She is a member of Insight St. Paul which is a group that focuses on the economic issues facing the city. It comes as the Downtown Lunds and Byerlys announced it will soon close and business owners are asked to vacate the Alliance Bank Center. Reach out to them at [email protected].

Lamah Bility, founder and CEO of Didomi talks about his mission to bring water to everyone on the planet. The local nonprofit uses profits generated from their water bottle sales to increase access to fresh water to communities in need.

https://didomibottle.com/

DFLer David Gottfried defeated Republican Paul Wikstrom in House District 40B, which will restore a 67-67 tie in the Minnesota House of Representatives. What will this mean going forward in the state legislature? The U.S. department of education is cutting half of its workforce and Minnesota lawmakers are talking about the impact on the state.

Vikings GM Kwesi Adolpho Mensa was cooking on Monday and early Tuesday.

Henry Lake sorts it all out with Vineeta on The WCCO Morning News

On the 5 year anniversary of COVID, Jordana looks back at how her life has changed.

The Golden Bears will be playing this weekend for the first time in school history in the NCAA Post Season basketball tourney. Their Head Coach, Matt Fletcher, joined Vineeta on The WCCO Morning News.