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
- Senate committee approve lifting ban on nuclear power
- Ramsey County offers cash help for Vikings stadium
- Measure to make injuring police dogs a felony clears House panel
- New bill would cut taxes for nonprofit animal shelters
- Sen. Kubly announces Lou Gehrig's diagnosis
- Bachmann calls for Dayton to cancel Medicaid expansion
- Metrodome may not be ready for Vikings preseason
- Dayton, leaders talk about Minn. Capitol security
- NWS: S. Minn. could see significant spring floods
- Bachmann says Iowa trip about issues, not personal ambition