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Art Hounds: Beauty from what’s broken

Art Hounds: Beauty from what’s broken

Check out the “Glitch art” from a photographer who also repairs computers. Also, Art Hounds recommend the hardanger fiddle music from Fargo Moorhead Spelemannslag.
by Emily Bright

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A year after Jan. 6, divisions and disinformation persist

A year after Jan. 6, divisions and disinformation persist

A year after an angry mob stormed the U.S. Capitol to try to prevent the certification of Joe Biden’s election as president, Democratic officeholders are ringing alarm bells about the future of democracy while many Republicans are silent.
by Mark Zdechlik

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Minnesota's Jan. 6 defendants include those charged with fighting police

Minnesota's Jan. 6 defendants include those charged with fighting police

A southern Minnesota man faces sentencing in April after admitting this week that he was part of a mob that pushed through a line of police at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Daniel Johnson was the second Minnesotan convicted in the attack. Cases against a half dozen others are still pending.
by Matt Sepic

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Mask mandates back in Minneapolis, St. Paul

Mask mandates back in Minneapolis, St. Paul

The requirements in Minneapolis include bars and restaurants, schools, recreational facilities and stores. St. Paul's order includes all businesses with city licenses, which covers virtually any public or commercial establishments.
by Tim Nelson

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MDH Commissioner Jan Malcolm on the state of COVID in Minnesota

MDH Commissioner Jan Malcolm on the state of COVID in Minnesota

Leading the state's response to the COVID-19 pandemic since the beginning has been state Health Commissioner Jan Malcolm. Host Cathy Wurzer checked in with the commissioner on the state of the pandemic as we enter 2022.
by Cathy Wurzer and Lindsay Guentzel

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Long-term care confronts the omicron wave

Long-term care confronts the omicron wave

With omicron becoming the dominant COVID-19 variant, and cases again spiking, some in the long-term care industry are worried what another surge might mean for staffing at nursing homes.
by Peter Cox

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Panel of judges hears arguments on Minnesota's new political maps

Panel of judges hears arguments on Minnesota's new political maps

A panel of five judges heard arguments Tuesday about how to draw new political district boundaries in Minnesota. The once-a-decade process is likely once again to be completed by the judicial branch, as it has for decades.
by Tim Pugmire

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Rep. Hagedorn tests positive for COVID-19

Rep. Hagedorn tests positive for COVID-19

First District U.S. Rep Jim Hagedorn said he is vaccinated and is experiencing mild symptoms but is in the care of Mayo Clinic because he has kidney cancer. 
by MPR News Staff

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