Trisha Volpe
Trisha Volpe is a reporter working jointly for KARE TV and MPR News. Trisha first joined Minnesota Public Radio's media partner KARE in 2005. She earned her law degree in 2012 from William Mitchell College of Law. She returned to journalism in 2013 as an enterprise reporter to help lead a storytelling partnership between KARE TV and MPR News. As a reporter, Trisha has covered high profile criminal and civil cases as well as many other stories of both local and national significance. She also has a degree in journalism and political science from Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. Trisha lives in the east metro area with her family.
Recent Contributions
- Ex-offenders hope new law offers a new start
- Minneapolis police see promise in pilot project to use body cameras
- As police cars add more tech, worries about distracted driving grow
- Attack on nurses points to growing risk of Minnesota hospital violence
- Prosecutors oppose new trial in 1980s MN serial murder case
- Judge OKs trial in killing of Boston Scientific exec
- Focus on concussions transforms high school football in Minnesota
- Football head injuries: How much can helmets help?
- Unnatural disaster: How to avoid being ripped off by contractors after a storm
- New lawsuit alleges decades-old abuse by deceased priest