
Tim Nelson
Reporter
timnelson@mpr.org
Tim Nelson is a general assignment reporter for MPR News. He has covered education and the Republican National Convention for MPR. He is a 20-year veteran of newspapers across the Upper Midwest. He spent 16 years at the St. Paul Pioneer Press, where he covered city government. He has also covered crime, written a recreation page and produced blogs and podcasts. A native of Coon Rapids, Minn., Nelson attended Gustavus Adolphus College and the University of Minnesota. He's an avid runner and once swam across lake Minnetonka. He lives in St. Paul with his wife, Erika, daughter Emma and son Gunnar.
Recent Contributions
- About darn time: Blizzo wins big in MnDOT's 'Name a Snowplow' contest
- Ramsey County begins transfer of inmates as debate over jail funding intensifies
- Hibernating bear saved after getting stuck in melting snow near Roseau, Minn.
- Ramsey County Jail moves inmates after DOC order
- 3 injured at home building site explosion in East Bethel
- MnDOT's 'Name a Snowplow' contest voting ends tonight
- Dog helps family escape fire at Duluth home
- Watch out, Minneapolis: The tow truck cometh
- Beargrease sled race winner, runner-up talk dogs, cold, competition
- Driver charged in Bloomington hit-and-run crash that killed teen, injured sister