The Morning News with Vineeta Sawkar

Unfortunately, the Minnesota Vikings cannot seem to catch a break - yesterday it was officially announced the team will be without their rookie quarterback JJ McCarthy for the 2024 season so what does Dane Mizutani of the Pioneer Press and Purple Insider think of the injury, what the future looks like Sam Darnold, Jordan Addison and where the curse for the Vikings comes from!

A lot of news as of late with Taylor Swift overseas with terrorist attacks taking place surrounding her concerts and shows being canceled as of a result - so we talked to a Ham Lake native Jenna Walker, who is overseas in London for concerts taking place in London and got her thoughts on the scary events and also why so many are traveling abroad to see her concerts opposed to locally in the states!

Yesterday, the Twins lost a close one, couldn't quite figure out Cole Ragans and the Royals but now turn their attention to Texas - Henry Lake joins to recap the Royals series and what we can expect in Arlington. Also we get his thoughts on the abrupt end to JJ McCarthy’s rookie season before it even got started. 

School is fast approaching and your children are going to need to be ready medically for the new school year - to help answer any questions and concerns regarding skepticism with vaccines we talked to Dr. Andrea Singh, a pediatrician at Park Nicollet about the many vaccines available and needed ahead of the classroom time!

Minnesota’s IndiaFest is a celebration of India’s Independence Day and is the second-largest Asian Indian Festival in the Midwest. IndiaFest allows both the Asian Indian community and the larger population to experience the arts, foods, fashion and other rich cultural traditions from across India. This morning, we talked to Meena Bharti, President of the India Association of Minnesota about the upcoming celebration at the State Capitol!

There is room in golf for everyone and in Chaska there is a course that accommodates those with disabilities and provides a welcoming atmosphere for golfers of all experience levels - we chatted with Johnny Young, Head Pro at The Loop in Chaska for The Drive presented by Cragun's Resort!

A date has been offered up from Governor Tim Walz regarding a Vice Presidential debate - now the ball is in JD Vance’s court for accepting the offer - that and chatting Minneapolis tax bumps and budget plans for 2025 for the Morning Take with Blois!

On World Nature Conservation Day the Minnesota Zoo celebrated one year of the Tree Top Trail at the Minnesota Zoo and John Frawley, Director and CEO of the Minnesota Zoo joined us to talk all about the uniqueness of the TreeTop Trail!

From three months ago pitching in Cedar Rapids to Saint Paul to the big leagues - Twins starting pitchers have had a busy week and a busy season! Twins called up the highly touted prospect for Tuesday's start and he delivered - we talked to him about the wave of emotions, recapping his first start, his backstory in baseball and much more with Twins pitcher Zebby Matthews in today’s First Pitch!

You have heard of Amazon drop off lockers - now there are new refrigerated food lockers being put into circulation and it's being used for a good purpose - partnering with Second Harvest Heartland to fight hunger. For this week’s Midweek Motivation we talked to Jamie Dolynchuk, formerly of Cargill now President of Community Emergency Service helping those needs in the community. He tells us how this came about, some of the partnerships involved and more!