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Morning Edition

Cathy Wurzer
Cathy Wurzer
MPR

Morning Edition, with Cathy Wurzer in St. Paul and NPR hosts in Washington and Los Angeles, brings you all the news from overnight and the information you need to start your day. Listen from 4 to 9 a.m. every weekday.

Morning Announcements | Weather chats with Mark Seeley

Interviews during nap time only: Making radio with young children at home

Interviews during nap time only: Making radio with young children at home

MPR News journalists are still reporting, mostly from home during the pandemic. Those who are parents are now doing that work, like so many others in Minnesota, with small children around.
by Elizabeth Shockman

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Today’s grads carry dreams of a bright future into a dim jobs market 

Today’s grads carry dreams of a bright future into a dim jobs market 

Most everyone in the class of 2020 is getting a continuing education course, courtesy of the College of Hard Knocks. Finding your first job out of college during an economic meltdown is challenging. Advisers suggest focusing on the sectors of the economy that are hiring. And trying not to panic.
by Martin Moylan

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Has the sky gotten bluer in the Twin Cities since the pandemic began?

Retired University of Minnesota climatologist and meteorologist Mark Seeley discussed that listener question – and the week in weather – in his regular chat with MPR News host Cathy Wurzer.
by Cathy Wurzer

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May 1 update on COVID-19 in MN: 371 dead; 'just getting our arms' around the spread

May 1 update on COVID-19 in MN: 371 dead; 'just getting our arms' around the spread

Minnesota’s health commissioner on Friday defended Gov. Tim Walz’s decision to extend the state’s stay-at-home order as necessary in the face of rapidly rising numbers of COVID-19 cases reported and deaths recorded.
by MPR News Staff

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Family's illnesses suggest coronavirus may have been in Minnesota longer than thought

Family's illnesses suggest coronavirus may have been in Minnesota longer than thought

Kate Austin came home from Japan in late January with a strange illness she couldn’t seem to beat. Her arrival caused a chain reaction of sickness among friends and family that ultimately ended in a coronavirus diagnosis.
by Catharine Richert

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Parole programs require special attention during the pandemic

Parole programs are responding to a number of challenges associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. Morning Edition host Cathy Wurzer talked to Brian Kopperud, Dakota County’s director of community corrections, about how his department is shifting protocols to support clients.
by Cathy Wurzer

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Northern Minn. companies step in to help fill PPE shortage

Northern Minn. companies step in to help fill PPE shortage

Hospitals and clinics have struggled to get enough personal protective equipment, or PPE, since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. In Duluth, and across the state, local companies have retooled to manufacture masks, face shields, and other equipment to help meet that shortfall.
by Dan Kraker

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