Hurricane Milton has been upgraded to a Category 5 storm with winds of 160 miles per hour. It’s expected to hit the gulf coast of Florida Wednesday. We'll hear from a Minnesotan who is preparing for Milton less than two weeks after Hurricane Helene. A year ago today, 1,200 people were killed and more than 200 were taken hostage in an attack by Hamas on Israel. A rabbi joins MPR News host Cathy Wurzer from Minneapolis to talk about this moment, which coincides with the holiest time of the year for Jewish people. The Minnesota Twins’ general manager is leaving after a rough end to the season ..read more

The Minnesota Vikings won their game against the New York Jets Sunday, 23 to 17. The game also spurred a viral moment as two Vikings players celebrated an interception by recreating the handshake from the 1998 movie, “The Parent Trap.” MPR News host Cathy Wurzer spoke with sports guys Wally Langfellow and Eric Nelson for their reflections on the game and more ..read more

Monday, Oct. 7, 2024 marks one year since Hamas’ surprise attack on Israel which killed 1,200 people. It was the deadliest day for Jewish people since the Holocaust. Across Minnesota, the Jewish community is mourning and praying for the return of more than 100 hostages. This is all happening during the holiest time of the year for Jewish people. Rabbi Arielle Lekach Rosenberg, the lead rabbi of Shir Tikvah in Minneapolis, joined MPR News host Cathy Wurzer to reflect on the heaviness of this day ..read more

Florida is facing yet another hurricane after getting slammed by Hurricane Helene last week. Just before noon Monday afternoon, the National Weather Service announced Hurricane Milton had quickly grown into a Category 5 storm — which means catastrophic damage will occur once the storm makes landfall. Since moving to Dunedin, Fla., from Minneapolis eight years ago, Heather Forness has experienced a handful of big storms. She spoke with MPR News host Cathy Wurzer about her experience ..read more

With just one month to election day, recent polls suggest about 18 percent of voters are still undecided. To learn what’s going on inside the minds of those people, MPR News host Cathy Wurzer spoke with John Blanchar, director of the Social and Political Psychology Lab at the University of Minnesota Duluth ..read more

Tickets went live Tuesday for one of the largest jigsaw puzzling competitions in the world. It takes place at the St. Paul Winter Carnival. Sarah Schuler just returned from Spain after her team placed fifth in the World Jigsaw Competition in Spain. She will attend the jigsaw competition at the St. Paul carnival, which is about the same size as the worldwide competition. She joined Minnesota Now to dive into the world of puzzling ..read more

The dry and warm weather over the past few weeks have come together to create the perfect conditions for a wildfire. So much so that the National Weather Service issued a Red Flag Warning for 39 counties in central, northeast, northwest and southwest Minnesota. To explain that risk, Karen Harrison, a wildfire prevention specialist from the Department of Natural Resources, spoke with MPR News host Cathy Wurzer ..read more

With Twin Cities temperatures in the 80s all week, it seems more like Aug. 18, not Sept. 18. But there are signs of cooler air to come with the autumnal equinox approaching this Sunday. MPR News chief meteorologist Paul Huttner joined MPR News host Cathy Wurzer to talk about when we can expected cooler temperatures — and also to recap the beautiful sky shows we’ve seen this week ..read more

Fall drought is deepening across much of the state. We hear what it means. And polls suggest that almost one in five Americans don't know which presidential candidate they'll vote for next month. A Duluth professor takes us inside the psychology of those undecided voters. A new chain of Mexican grocery stores is opening in the Twin Cities. We hear from the entrepreneur who hopes to fight food deserts. And we continue our coverage of shifting cell phone policies in schools. We hear from students who started going completely phoneless this week. We also hear from an author who is connecting ..read more

We all need a little help to get through life sometimes. From everyday questions to more complex problems, we’re asking the experts to lend us a hand. Throughout the series Professional Help, we’ll hear some direct advice, for us not-so-direct Minnesotans. Our ask: Help me find fall colors in Minnesota Our professional: Sara Berhow, integrated public relations supervisor at the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources ..read more