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Meet Cathy Wurzer
Cathy Wurzer is the long- time host of “Morning Edition” and noon-time program, “Minnesota Now.” Since 1994, she has been the co-host of “Almanac,” a weekly public affairs program produced by Twin Cities Public Television for Minnesota's statewide public television network.
“Almanac” is one of the longest running public affairs program of its kind in the country. Wurzer has won four Emmy Awards for her work on Almanac. Prior to her return to radio, she was an anchor and reporter for WCCO-TV, the CBS affiliate in Minneapolis. She has also been a talk show host for WCCO-AM radio, a producer for KMSP-TV, and political reporter for KSTP-AM radio. Her body of work has landed her in the Minnesota Broadcaster’s Hall of Fame.
Wurzer is the author of Tales of the Road: Highway 61 and We Know How This Ends: Living while Dying. Outside of journalism, Cathy is a nonprofit founder, a horsewoman, a flyfishing angler and artist.
She holds degrees in broadcast journalism and urban studies from the University of Wisconsin-River Falls.
Recent Contributions
- Hmong senator en route to Paris to support Suni Lee, helped bring gymnastics trials to Minnesota
- July showed record-breaking precipitation despite dry weather in earlier months
- A Minnesota emergency room physician talks cannabis
- Minnesota Now: July 25, 2024
- ‘I think it’s plausible:’ Is Gov. Walz a dark horse in the VP race?
- Who our sports contributors are watching at the Olympics, Vikings training camp
- One year since marijuana legalization and expungement efforts are still underway
- State of Democra-Z: Kamala Harris, ‘brat’ and Gen-Z
- ‘Ten, twenty steps ahead’: How Muna Abdulahi played Netflix’s social strategic game ‘The Mole’
- Summer festival spotlight: Kolacky Days