Garrison Keillor and Minnesota Public Radio

On Nov. 29, 2017, Minnesota Public Radio announced it was severing its business ties with Garrison Keillor, creator of A Prairie Home Companion and The Writer’s Almanac. The company cited alleged “inappropriate behavior” with a female colleague as its reason. | How we covered this story

April 18, 2018 4:00 AM

Did MPR give Keillor's bad behavior a pass?

After complaints about the Prairie Home host surfaced last August, MPR's top executive said he'd never heard such things before. Others had.

by Euan Kerr and Laura Yuen

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January 23, 2018 3:39 PM

Investigation: For some who lived in it, Keillor's world wasn't funny

An investigation by MPR News has learned of a yearslong pattern of behavior that left several women who worked for Keillor feeling mistreated, sexualized or belittled.

by Euan Kerr, Laura Yuen and Matt Sepic

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January 26, 2018 5:25 PM

Contractor: Prairie Home check came with strings, silence

Garrison Keillor's representatives say the check for $16,000 was not contingent on her keeping quiet. A handwritten note that came with it says otherwise.

by Laura Yuen

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January 23, 2018 12:39 PM

Editor's note: How we're covering the Keillor story

In covering the story of Garrison Keillor's relationship with Minnesota Public Radio, journalists at MPR News are working independently of their parent company's senior leadership.

by MPR News Staff

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December 1, 2017 4:00 AM

For MPR and Keillor, ties bound became ties broken

Garrison Keillor and Minnesota Public Radio grew up and prospered together in a nearly 50-year relationship that propelled public radio across the nation. It unraveled Wednesday.

by Euan Kerr and Cody Nelson

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June 18, 2020 7:08 AM

2 Garrison Keillor books set for release this fall

"The Lake Wobegon Virus," out Sept. 8, continues his "Lake Wobegon" series and ties it to the current pandemic. Memoir "That Time of Year" will be released two months later. In his memoir, Keillor will address the sexual harassment allegations that led to his being dropped by Minnesota Public Radio and The Washington Post.

by The Associated Press

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April 18, 2019 4:00 AM

Keillor's bookstore sold to a St. Paul native

Common Good Books in St. Paul has a new owner and a new name, "Next Chapter Booksellers."

by Euan Kerr

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January 2, 2019 12:07 PM

Keillor 'leaving town,' selling Common Good Books in St. Paul

Common Good Books is one of St. Paul's few remaining independent bookstores.

by Euan Kerr

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October 2, 2018 6:31 AM

In Vermont, Keillor finds onetime fans not ready to forgive

Garrison Keillor will remain persona non grata in Vermont after a book festival where he was scheduled to appear pulled the plug on a fundraiser.

by Bob Collins

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September 19, 2018 1:08 PM

Garrison Keillor lists St. Paul home for sale

According to a private listing, longtime Prairie Home Companion host Garrison Keillor is selling his St. Paul home.

by Marianne Combs

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