These New York Times visual journalists do a good job of showing how ICE escalates confrontation. You can see residents and even the photogs confused about why agents are detaining a woman passing through and why the agents dropped so many chemical munitions: www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...

BREAKING: President Trump threatens to invoke the Insurrection Act which allows him to deploy troops into MSP. That's after last night's second shooting of a civilian by an ICE agent that led to protests and clouds of tear gas in north Mpls. Listen: mprnews.org

You might have seen video of the guy who was outside the Whipple Federal building in Mpls last week, yelling "We executed one of you" after the ICE shooting death of Renee Good. Here's a story about him from the Midland (Michigan) Daily News. www.ourmidland.com/news/article...

Update: Six federal prosecutors, including Assistant U.S. Attorney Joe Thompson, resigned today. www.startribune.com/joe-thompson...

Breaking new: 3 Minnesota federal prosecutors including former Interim U.S. Attorney Joseph Thompson resigned over the Justice Department’s push to investigate the widow of Renee Good who was killed by an ICE agent, and reluctance to investigate the shooter.

Here's what's happening: ==@CNN and @nytimes report an additional 1k of ICE/Border Patrol agents coming to Mn. ==Feds accessing private data of protestors. Story from @mprnews.org: mprnews.org/story/2026/01/… --January thaw ends today. Livestream at mprnews.org

It’s a Superior view.

My years long quest to see the aurora ended tonight in my own backyard!! Isn’t life like that? :)

Some fall color still hanging on…

Friends, Does anyone know of art classes for folks who are older or have severe cases of arthritis and have difficulty with say, holding brushes? Trying to engage my elderly mom who used to love art. Thank you!

Join me tomorrow, Thursday, at 4 pm in watching parts of a beautiful, film created by my friends Lindsey Seavert and Ben Garvin. It’s about a dying mother who tries to prepare her daughter for the inevitable. 4 pm September 11. Deets in the link: www.eventbrite.com/e/4pm-will-s...

International Dog Day as celebrated by Shadow Wurzer with her bunny.

Good crowd at the @mprnews.org State Fair booth for the 29th annual State Fair Weather Quiz with the legendary Mark Seeley.

We gave away my grade school attempt at crop art at the Minnesota State Fair Friday. The winner was very kind with her praise. I don’t think I’ll make another attempt, but will say it was a zen-like experience. www.mprnews.org/story/2025/0...

Jill is just The Best!! So. Much. Fun.

Fun at the Minnesota State Fair with @twincitiespbs.bsky.social and @mprnews.org!

Last year’s MN State Fair crop art had a lot of Tim Walz. This year, there are several pieces honoring the Hortmans, understandably, and also several Pedro Pascals, also kind of understandably.

Thank you to everyone who was at the live @twincitiespbs.bsky.social Almanac show at the @mprnews.org State Fair booth. Good crowd. Great fun!

Loving this year's record number of crop art pieces at the State Fair but unsure how to get started yourself? That's how MPR News host @cathywurzer.bsky.social felt, so she enlisted some help. Here's how she took it from a seed of an idea to a full-grown hobby. #cropart #MNStateFair

Back in town just in time for the Minnesota State Fair. Join me and the TPT Almanac team at the @mprnews.org booth Friday from 11am-noon for a live show! See my first attempt at seed art and an interview with Gov Tim Walz.

Who’s the best radio station pup ever?! This is Pepperoni who hangs out in the lobby of WTIP radio in Grand Marais. I was there to raise $ and awareness of the plight of small public stations after federal funding vanished. Cool staff. Great fun. Good cause.

Great shot, full of the history and tradition of small stations broadcasting out into their local communities.

Morning Edition is live from WTIP in Grand Marais today! @cathywurzer.bsky.social will speak with the mayor and Visit Cook County’s exec director, we hear from the state fire marshal about the Lutsen Lodge investigation, we go hunting for agates, and much more! Tune in @mprnews.org

Funding cuts bring me to Grand Marais, Mn on Lake Superior’s North Shore, to highlight the uncertain future of WTIP radio. They do good work for their community. Listen at mprnews.org for their story and today’s news.

What a sad/weird day for the Mn. media community. The funding fallout at Twin Cities PBS meant some staff lost jobs today. @kare11.bsky.social local shows were knocked off the air by a transformer fire. They did the news from the Shoreview tele-farm. Where most of the MSP’s broadcast towers are)

You know what I love about @mprnews.org? Hearing my favorite retired history Professor Peter Rachleff from @macalestercollege.bsky.social in this story about the 1934 Teamster's strike in Minneapolis! Time to increase my sustaining membership! @cathywurzer.bsky.social www.mprnews.org/story/2025/0...

This is a wonderfully creative effort to help struggling, smaller public radio stations! adoptastation.org

Damn. It’s almost cold out there!!

I’ve been dared to create something to enter in the Minnesota State Fair as part of some little story for @mprnews.org. Where does one find the seeds to create this work of art?!

Such sad news. A smart, savvy man, David Gergen served four presidents and leaves behind a legacy in public service. He has died at the age of 83. I had the honor of talking to him last year when he was in town.

Canadian wildfire smoke producing very unhealthy (purple) AQI of 263 in Fargo-Moorhead and Red River Valley this afternoon! Storms favor central Minnesota with a slight chance for isolated (likely non-severe) cells around MSP this evening. Details in the post. #mnwx www.mprnews.org/story/2025/0...

It’s been a hell of a run of news. I’m fried and until now, haven’t had the energy to post anything. How is everyone? Just checking.

@birdchick.bsky.social lost her government job, but gained a government dog named Party Pants “who has given so much of her life to government service, and I just want to spoil her rotten in retirement.” Story from @cathywurzer.bsky.social on @mprnews.org www.mprnews.org/story/2025/0...

Senator Majority Leader Erin Murphy's statement on the assassination of Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman, and assassination attempt on Senator John Hoffman.

Melissa Hortman, the top Democrat in the Minnesota House, was killed along with her husband, Mark, in their Brooklyn Park home early Saturday in what Gov. Tim Walz called a “politically motivated shooting.”

I know it’s tough to tell, but that’s @npr.org’s Michele Martin across the glass from me. The national team is in MSP to mark the 5 year anniversary of George Floyd’s death.

Excited to see/meet @npr.org’s Michele Martin who is working out of our @mprnews.org studios today. The NPR team is in town to mark five years since George Floyd’s death.

Hmm. Just heard the discussion with one of our @mprnews.org meteorologists about tomorrow’s severe storm scenario. There is a possibility of “strong to intense” tornadoes from Rochester through MSP to about St Cloud. Wouldn’t make late afternoon/evening plans tomorrow! Know where a safe place is!

May 1 is the deadline to apply for a scholarship in my Dad’s name for adult students 40+ years old! It’s great fun seeing the winners and hearing about their plans! Here’s the link: app.smartsheet.com/b/form/dd684...

If you’re 40+ and think you’d like to go back to school, finish your degree or start a new one, do apply for the Fritz Wurzer Adult Learner Scholarship through TruStone Financial Credit Union Foundation. Apply today or send the info to someone else. app.smartsheet.com/b/form/dd684...

The smallest stations in rural areas would take the biggest hit, potentially taking them off the air for good. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/b...

A federal judge has ordered the Trump White House to let Associated Press journalists return to the Oval Office and other spaces to cover news events, ruling it was unlawful to block the news service in a dispute over its choice of words.

It’s Severe Weather Awareness Week in Mn and whatever this thing is has been installed outside the studio, but no one knows what it’s supposed to do. Bad weather coming, push the button and do what? Hide under the desk? Call the Weather Service?

More weather whiplash ahead. Heavy snowfall totals and blizzard conditions north. ❄️ 70s in the forecast in about 10 days? 🌡️ #mnwx www.mprnews.org/story/2025/0...

It’s been fun handing out money to adults who are going back to school. Applications are open for my late Dad’s scholarship right now through @TruStoneFCU: trustonefinancial.org/wp-content/upl… Please pass this along!

So weird to see one’s face on a billboard. Fun to see my buddy @svensundgaard.bsky.social!

It’s Monday, 2am CDT. I’m all screwed up thanks to DST, so might as well coffee up and get this party started.

Very nice! I’m up for Best Radio Personality in a Star Tribune poll. Honored to be included under Minnesota Fun, although the news is anything but. www.votemnbest.com

The first hearing about The AP's lawsuit over the Trump White House ban is today at 3pm in a DC courtroom. The AP is asking a judge to declare the ban unconstitutional and require the White House to rescind it...