Minnesota Now with Cathy Wurzer

Minnesota Now: Jan. 24, 2024

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A state trooper has been charged in the death of a Black motorist during a traffic stop last July.

A group of Minnesota college students are in New Hampshire helping with Democratic and Republican presidential campaigns. MPR News talked with their professor about Tuesday night’s primary results.

St. Paul’s own Joe Mauer is joining the Baseball Hall of Fame. MPR News talks with a longtime sports journalist who wrote a children’s book about the Twins catcher.

And we’ll hear from the creator of a new film about another hometown hero, the late hockey legend Henry Boucha.

Plus, there’s an art to sending a good letter. We’ll meet an artist who has painted hundreds of portraits onto mailing envelopes.