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
- Legislature critical of Minn. ground water clean-up plan
- Bostrom succeeds Fletcher as Ramsey County sheriff
- Minneapolis is home to a second defunct dome
- Plymouth Avenue bridge in Mpls. could be closed for more than year
- Fire badly damages church in Blaine, Minn.
- New Xcel Energy wind farm up and running in SW Minn.
- Zero traffic deaths over Christmas holiday is a first in four years
- East Coast blizzard causing cancellations at Mpls.-St. Paul airport
- Baby taken in stolen car in St. Paul found miles away
- Official: No timeline for repair, but Metrodome will be ready for next season