sam stroozas

Review: Older, wiser, louder, and no, not always sad, the singer-songwriter enraptured a young crowd on her biggest tour yet.

Come visit us at Dan Patch Park at the State Fair for MPR’s Made of Minnesota Day and tell @samstroozas.bsky.social why you love MPR!

Have you heard about the new art installation at the corner of Fry Street and Spruce Tree Drive? There’s a wind phone for people to share their grief in. I’m working on an article about it for @mprnews.org and would love to accompany you to it for my radio story. Email sstroozas@mpr.org ☎️

A fan at Phee's home return: “She should have been MVP last year,” Ishabor Makvandi said. “She is like the epitome of a role model for this state, in my opinion. She’s very socially conscious,” he said. “We're pretty excited to have her receive our welcome, whatnot. It's like she is the Lynx.”

"When I picture coming back it is being in Target on my home court, surrounded by my teammates," Napheesa Collier said Monday. "There's a reason why we say we have the best fans in the world. We really do. They support us through everything."

I spoke too soon. The Lynx has MORE news. Just a day after being named a starter for the All-Star game, Olivia Miles was named the Kia WNBA Rookie of the Month for the second month in a row. Head coach Cheryl Reeve was also named WNBA Coach of the Month for June. 🏀

MPR News Radio Camp, in partnership with ThreeSixty Journalism, gave students a chance to report from the Special Olympics USA Games in the Twin Cities, interviewing athletes, leaders and fans and producing their own audio stories.

I’m so proud of @anikabesst.bsky.social!! She noticed a big gap in our newsroom — no one is dedicated to women’s sports coverage. She’s worked very hard to make MPR a better place for women’s sports fans 💜😌 follow along!

Cheryl Reeve's first WNBA coaching job was with the Charlotte Sting in 2001. She joined the Minnesota Lynx in 2009 and 17 years later, she is being inducted into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame.

Radio story airs at 4:20 and 5:50 on @mprnews.org. 🦋

BREAKING: The adult bathhouse and sex venues ban in Minneapolis has been repealed. Members voted 9-2 in favor, with one member abstaining and one being absent. “Today is the first step and it will not be the last,” said Council member Jason Chavez.

Should’ve known: MPR did this story two months ago! www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0... Deputy Mayor‘s first name beginning with “Erv” is visible in one of the clips.

Dozens spoke in favor of repealing the adult bathhouse ban during city council hearings this week in Minneapolis. They focused on public health, tourism and city history. After the hearing, Mayor Frey confirmed to MPR he’s in favor of repealing the ban, but says it’s not a top priority for him.

Five years ago four unemployed journalists started this company with $4,000 combined dollars—pretty cool, if you ask me!

Congratulations to the newsroom for taking home 26 awards at the Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists Page One Awards!! Thank you to our members and readers for supporting local news and public media. ❤️

Your buds at Racket took home eight awards from the Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists tonight, including three first-place W’s! Thanks to everyone who read and shared our stories and supported our work over the last year. We just love ya.

The Minnesota State Fair starts in 100 days! MPR loves to cover the fair but we wanted to ask — what do YOU want to see us write about this year? A hidden gem? Your favorite weird exhibit? Comment below or email us at tell@mpr.org.

changed my whole life bc i saw an ad on campus for the student newspaper and joined. nine years later the uw la crosse communication studies department honored me with an alumni award! i am so lucky to tell stories for a living. ❤️

an all woman student newsroom?? sign me up. LOVE this story by @jcollins.bsky.social 🫡

Thousands of immigrants were detained in Minnesota this winter. Many detainees left behind families that depended on them, who are now asking themselves whether they can safely stay, or even safely leave. (1) share.google/LU759CxFdYgG...

A group of Minnesota lawmakers, law enforcement and former students are banding together to prevent and penalize predatory grooming in K-12 schools. Some, including a key lawmaker, are survivors of abuse by teachers.

“I would always try to play football with my friends, but when I was younger, it used to be considered a man’s sport, so I could never play, so now playing flag football, I feel like I’m a role model for younger girls who have the same aspirations.” varsity.startribune.com/minnesota-vi...

I’ll be on @mprnews.org morning edition Wednesday at 7:20am talking about my big story that’s coming out — the history of adult bathhouses in Minneapolis, tune in! 📻

this is a shameless plug to read my bathhouse article 🫶🏻 i will have part 2 this week 🤝 www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

for the last year and a half i’ve been following the bathhouse ban for mpr 🔎 in 1988 minneapolis made adult bathhouses illegal. the rise of hiv cases made people worried, but the queer community also lost institutions because of this fear. nearly forty years later, the city may change the ordinance.

A Minneapolis woman who opposed ICE woke up to a drone outside her second floor bedroom window. A man delivering groceries to a suburban distro house for mutual aid recorded a drone hovering above the house. Whose drones and why? (1) www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

i am working on a story about the effects of the ice surge in MN on repro health and sexual health. are you a clinician who has been worried about your patients? are you someone in hiding that has missed prenatal meds, HIV treatment, etc? are you helping distribute items? dm or 📧 sstroozas@mpr.org

have you or someone you know had to find care for your pet after being detained by ICE? are you in hiding and worried about vet care? i am working on a story about what happens to pets during the ICE surge. DM me or email sstroozas@mpr.org

Seven children from this MN school district have been detained by ICE. 2 of them are still in ICE custody in TX. The district has lost track of how many parents have been taken. At just one elementary 26 parents have been detained by ICE www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

More than 8,200 permit to carry applications were filed in the state in January. For populations worried about their safety during the ICE surge, ownership seems like a path to security.

As I said on NPR this morning, @mprnews.org Minnesota Public Radio has done a fantastic job all month—has it only been a month?—covering the hardest of stories and often informing the whole country through reports heard on NPR.

Latest from @mprnews.org reporter @eshockmanwrites.bsky.social and photojournalist @keremyucel.bsky.social www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

Here's today's @mprnews.org liveblog on the ICE surge in Minnesota. News happening already this morning www.mprnews.org/live-updates

Our @mprnews.org liveblog is up and running Wednesday morning with news around the ICE surge in the Twin Cities. It's a good, easy way to keep up on what's happening. www.mprnews.org/live-updates

A 2-year-old’s detention is part of an accelerating trend of what an attorney describes as ICE agents sending children and adults with legal immigration status out of state to avoid dealing with accountability from the federal court system.