The Morning News with Vineeta Sawkar

Getting up as early as Steve Simpson is not easy, so you won't believe what he has as his alarm. We also let you, the listeners weigh in on your wake up tunes as well! We circle back later for some alarms of many varieties including one that could provide you with some nostalgia!

Police on-duty but to teach the next generation how to fish - Vineeta gives a  Sawkar Salute to the Brooklyn Park Police Department on bringing a group of kids fishing in the sunfish pond outside of the Community Area Center with their ‘Cops N’ Kids’ event. 

So many communities in southern and southwestern Minnesota are being affected by the rapid amounts of flooding they are facing, Governor Tim Walz is visiting these affected areas - we discussed more on that with Blois Olson for Tuesday's Morning Take as well as the blockbuster decisions we await from the Supreme Court, and discuss Game 7 

There is a rise in abuse to elders in America when it comes to their finances and recently acknowledged Elder Financial Abuse Awareness Day, where so many reports of fraud have surfaced. We talked to Jill Schlesinger of Jill on Money about this and how the FBI, along with many others, are hoping to combat the abuse of elders not just financially but physically and emotionally as well

Minnesota Twins despite their solid performances as of late are far behind the Guardians . Today’s First Pitch we talked to AP sports writer Dave Campbell about the two big pitching performances from this weekend including a near perfect game from Pablo Lopez and much more!

What is this week’s big TV spot? Well, it is one of the biggest shows running today - The Bear on FX. We talked to Matt Rousch of TV Insider and TV Guide Magazine about the anticipation of the second season of ‘The Bear’ and also National Geographic will be featuring SHARKFEST beginning on Sunday - followed of course, by the Discovery Channel’s “Shark Week”.

It was announced yesterday from United Healthcare that over 3 TB of patient data had been stolen after someone invaded the IT network so we bring in an expert on how to better prevent and protect data and improve security - we chatted with Greg Scott to get tips on how we can be more prepared.

After a beautiful Sunday, we do have a possible couple dry days before more rain and severe weather continues on, Monday included - so we asked Paul Douglas how much of a break we get from the severe weather and when we could expect more nice days again.

Rain has been non stop this summer so far which has brought out more mosquitos and created more eggs infesting Minnesota - we chatted with Alex Carlson, he serves as the Public Affairs Manager for the Metropolitan Mosquito Control District talking about the state of the mosquito population in Minnesota and how we can combat the expanding population of mosquitos.

We give a Sawkar Salute to a new project underway in the ‘Heights’ neighborhood of East St. Paul with Habitat for Humanity building affordable housing putting together 74 units of which 35 are part of the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Work Project this fall!