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Minnesota Now with Nina Moini

Minnesota Now with Nina Moini
Minnesota Now with Nina Moini
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Minnesota Now with Nina Moini is journalism that doesn’t take itself too seriously. It’s reporting that puts people first with live, down-to-earth, unscripted interviews that aim to inform and entertain. Tune in to Minnesota Now weekdays at noon on the radio or the live audio stream at mprnews.org.

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Minnesota Now and Then: A Minnesotan Broadway performer’s stardom was limited by the Red Scare

Minnesota Now and Then: A Minnesotan Broadway performer’s stardom was limited by the Red Scare

If you were a devoted theater fan in 1940s Minneapolis, you would have come across a rising star named Hilda Simms. Simms went on to lead on Broadway and in Hollywood. But like many performers of her generation, the Red Scare limited her rising stardom.
by Cathy Wurzer and Alanna Elder

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Flower photography blooms into broadcaster Diana Pierce’s second act

Flower photography blooms into broadcaster Diana Pierce’s second act

Twin Cities broadcasting legend Diana Pierce has taken on a new calling in retirement: flower photography. She’s launched a newsletter about flowers and the people who tend to them.
by Cathy Wurzer and Alanna Elder

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As murder charges are filed in most recent in a string of car crash tragedies, traffic safety director speaks out

As murder charges are filed in most recent in a string of car crash tragedies, traffic safety director speaks out

On Tuesday, Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty announced one count of second-degree murder and five counts of second-degree assault charges against the woman who plowed a car into a group of people in downtown Minneapolis, killing a 16-year-old girl and injuring five others.
by Cathy Wurzer and Ellen Finn

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What will it take to revitalize downtown St. Paul?

What will it take to revitalize downtown St. Paul?

MPR News host Cathy Wurzer talked with Downtown Alliance President Joe Spencer and Tim Niver, owner and operator of restaurants Mucci’s and Saint Dinette, about the state of downtown St. Paul.
by Cathy Wurzer and Alanna Elder

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