The Morning News with Vineeta Sawkar

Opening September 11th, its ANN, written by award-winning playwright Holland Taylor at the Conn theater in Minneapolis. Directed by Ellen Fenster-Gharib, who joined Vineeta to talk about this one-woman performance celebrates former Texas Governor Ann Richards, portrayed by talented Twin Cities actor Angela Timberman. Richards served in the Lone Star state’s highest office from 1991 to 1994.

A rapid fire, mixed bag of sports chat with Henry Lake in the aftermath of a busy sports weekend - Twins facing severe struggles leaving Rocco frustrated, Vikings are 1-0 this season, an emotional win for NIU and his thoughts with a new PWHL team name incoming!

A rapid fire, mixed bag of sports chat with Henry Lake in the aftermath of a busy sports weekend - Twins facing severe struggles leaving Rocco frustrated, Vikings are 1-0 this season, an emotional win for NIU and his thoughts with a new PWHL team name incoming!

Composting, while good for the environment, has a down side when it comes to pollution and we invited the University of St. Thomas Associate Professor of Biology Chip Small to talk about this and the findings from a seven year study he has conducted on this which has been funded by the National Science Foundation, he talks on this and the way people can use their compost to minimize pollution while maintaining effectiveness - that and much more with Professor Small!

Composting, while good for the environment, has a down side when it comes to pollution and we invited the University of St. Thomas Associate Professor of Biology Chip Small to talk about this and the findings from a seven year study he has conducted on this which has been funded by the National Science Foundation, he talks on this and the way people can use their compost to minimize pollution while maintaining effectiveness - that and much more with Professor Small!

It is very rare for a perfect score of a 36 on an ACT but one person of note with the last name of DeRusha achieved that - it is Jason DeRusha’s son Sam - we gave him the Sawkar Salute today and talked to him more about what it is like to achieve a 36, what was his reaction, some of the notable college offers he has and what it is like having Jason DeRusha for a dad!

It is very rare for a perfect score of a 36 on an ACT but one person of note with the last name of DeRusha achieved that - it is Jason DeRusha’s son Sam - we gave him the Sawkar Salute today and talked to him more about what it is like to achieve a 36, what was his reaction, some of the notable college offers he has and what it is like having Jason DeRusha for a dad!

Does Blois Olson think the PWHL Minnesota team name will be announced? That and we dive into some serious topics as well such as the upcoming schedule between the two presidential candidates, speculation on who former President George W. Bush could select this coming November and Blois previews what else to look forward to including Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan holding a press conference and more!