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Stories from January 10, 2019

Google looking at $600M data center in Becker, Minn.

Google looking at $600M data center in Becker, Minn.

Sherburne County in central Minnesota appears to be in the running for a Google data center worth around $600 million, according to a filing Thursday by Xcel Energy.
by MPR News Staff

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Boosted by a Walz, teens press new governor on climate change

Boosted by a Walz, teens press new governor on climate change

Dozens of teenagers packed the governor's office on the third day of the new administration, asking for 100-percent renewable energy, no new pipelines and greenhouse gas emissions regulations.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Michael Cohen to testify publicly before Congress next month

Michael Cohen to testify publicly before Congress next month

The House Oversight and Reform Committee announced Thursday that Cohen will testify before that panel Feb. 7, a little more than a month after the Democrats took the House majority.
by Associated Press

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Walz administration pressed to take a stand on Line 3 oil pipeline project

Walz administration pressed to take a stand on Line 3 oil pipeline project

The Walz administration hasn't indicated a specific stance on the controversial project, but Gov. Walz has asked the state's commerce commissioner to take another look at the legal challenge started by the previous governor.
by Dan Kraker

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Kaywin Feldman on art museums in the 21st century

Kaywin Feldman, the director and president of the Minneapolis Institute of Art, is leaving in March to become director of the National Gallery of Art in Washington.
by Marianne Combs and Julie Siple

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Inside a Minnesota high school where climate change is the focus

Inside a Minnesota high school where climate change is the focus

Apple Valley high school students are learning science that could help save themselves and future generations from the worst of climate change's impending effects.
by Cody Nelson

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Bugs are sustainable food, but how do you convince people to eat them?

Bugs are sustainable food, but how do you convince people to eat them?

A new study shows that when ads made hedonistic marketing claims, such as "exotic" or "delicious," rather than targeting environmental interests, more people were willing to try eating insects.
by Berly McCoy

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Legendary sportscaster Mark Rosen retires this week

Mark Rosen will appear on his last TV sportscast Thursday night at 10 p.m. Rosen is leaving WCCO-TV after almost 50 years. MPR News's Tim Nelson talked with him about his storied career.
by Marianne Combs and Tim Nelson

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St. Paul principal confronts a new kind of bully: Student homelessness

St. Paul principal confronts a new kind of bully: Student homelessness

Ryan Vernosh's recent scramble to find a home for one of his students and their family left him frustrated and angry. "No child should have to question where their head's going to lay down at night."
by Elizabeth Shockman

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Where are we with the Mueller investigation?

Where are we with the Mueller investigation?

A grand jury hearing testimony in Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election was granted a six-month extension over the weekend. And in a court filing, Paul Manafort's lawyers appear to have revealed more than they intended about evidence against their client. Where does the investigation stand and what can we expect from Mueller's findings?
by Kerri Miller and Jeffrey Bissoy

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Local TSA union rep details the shutdown's effects on federal workers in Minnesota

As the partial government shutdown stretches into the 20th day, many federal employees are feeling the effects — including TSA officers at US airports, who are working without pay. Friday will mark the first paycheck they will miss since the shutdown began.
by Cathy Wurzer

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Virginia police officer cleared in fatal shooting

Virginia police officer cleared in fatal shooting

The St. Louis County attorney says a Virginia police officer was justified in fatally shooting a man last year.
by Associated Press

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A ‘Category 5’ winter storm ahead?

A ‘Category 5’ winter storm ahead?

Winter storm Categories coming to Minnesota?
by Paul Huttner

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Lawsuit to target GOP laws reducing power of Wis. governor

Republicans pushed several bills last month during a lame-duck legislative session that reduced the powers of then Gov.-elect Tony Evers and Attorney General-elect Josh Kaul, both Democrats.
by The Associated Press

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Hortman: House ‘master mute button’ is no more

The DFL Speaker of the House confirmed Thursday that a mute button at her desk has been disconnected. She didn't have the power to remove it until she was sworn in as speaker. 
by Briana Bierschbach

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At Capitol, lieutenant governor is back in governor’s wing

At Capitol, lieutenant governor is back in governor’s wing

Gov. Tim Walz and Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan have talked about maintaining a close working relationship. Their office configuration will help foster that.
by Brian Bakst

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Kiss off, kiss cam

What year is this? 2019? And we still think it's funny to put people in this horrible, awkward space?
by Bob Collins

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At the border, Trump moves closer to emergency declaration

At the border, Trump moves closer to emergency declaration

President Donald Trump threatened on Thursday to declare a national emergency to circumvent Congress if he can't reach a deal with Democrats to fund his promised border wall.
by The Associated Press

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Border residents remain skeptical about the need for an expanded wall

Border residents remain skeptical about the need for an expanded wall

Residents along the Southern border with Mexico are not convinced that a longer and strengthened barrier will have much of an impact on their own safety and on border security.
by Mónica Ortiz Uribe

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Sprawl of roadside memorials vex cities

Sprawl of roadside memorials vex cities

It's unlikely we're going to find out who the grumps are in Richfield who complained about the memorials at a bench built to honor a man who was killed in 2017. But from the sound of KARE 11's report, there are plenty of them.
by Bob Collins

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Two Minnesota attorneys' trip to the border captures 18-hour standoff with officials

Two Minnesota attorneys' trip to the border captures 18-hour standoff with officials

People seeking asylum on the U.S. border with Mexico often go without legal representation -- and are turned away. So two Minnesota attorneys took a trip to the southern border in December to represent those asylum seekers.
by Riham Feshir

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Day at the movies: Science Museum of Minnesota's Omnitheater impresario looks back

Day at the movies: Science Museum of Minnesota's Omnitheater impresario looks back

Mike Day has overseen the world's second Omnitheater at Science Museum of Minnesota since the 1970s. Before his retirement in March, some of his movies will be shown on the giant screen at the museum's Omnifest through Feb. 28.
by Peter Cox

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Snow season nears the half-way point; quiet weekend in Minnesota, a lot of snow in southern Iowa

Snow season nears the half-way point; quiet weekend in Minnesota, a lot of snow in southern Iowa

There’s little or no snow cover right now across much of the Twin Cities metro area and south-central into southeastern Minnesota: Northern Minnesota and west-central Minnesota still have plenty of snow on the ground. Snow lovers should note that we still have more than one-half of our snow season remaining. The 2017-2018 Twin Cities snow…
by Ron Trenda

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North Dakota considers lifting a Sunday ban

There was a time, whippersnappers, when we couldn't go shopping on Sunday in these parts. The churches ruled retail, at least on that day. Basically, we were then what North Dakota is now.
by Bob Collins

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Love on the chairlift

A growing trend on the slopes makes so much sense, it's surprising nobody thought of it before: chairlift speed dating.
by Bob Collins

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In face of abuse by parents, refs give up

Given the grief that parents at youth games give officials on behalf of their little charges, why would anyone want to be a referee or umpire anymore? In Wisconsin, as elsewhere, they don't.
by Bob Collins

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What’s on MPR News -1/10/19

Here are the stories, topics, and guests you'll hear today on MPR News.
by Bob Collins

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Existential dread is deceptively simple in 'Mouthful of Birds'

Existential dread is deceptively simple in 'Mouthful of Birds'

Samanta Schweblin has a gift for treating the otherworldly with a matter-of-fact attitude; her new story collection proves that she's a master of elegant, uncanny fiction.
by Michael Schaub

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Met Council weighs St. Paul to MOA streetcar project

Met Council weighs St. Paul to MOA streetcar project

Plans for a streetcar line on West Seventh Street in St. Paul are inching forward, with the Metropolitan Council expected to vote on the proposal next month.
by Matt Sepic

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How is the shutdown affecting America? Let us count the ways

How is the shutdown affecting America? Let us count the ways

From TSA agents and Coast Guard personnel, to climate researchers and artists, the lives and work of many Americans are being complicated by the ongoing partial government shutdown.

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