Essential Minnesota

Essential Minnesota

Every Friday some of the best reporters in Minnesota dig into one important local story. Host Melissa Townsend brings her distinct curiosity and humor to these weekly deep-dive conversations with journalists from the Minnesota Star Tribune where they break down the facts, the players and the impact. No spin, pretense or A.I. – just great local stories that matter to Minnesota and beyond. It’s what we do best. Available Fridays at 4:30 A.M. Central.

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Episoder(27)

Why did Bushel Boy tomatoes mysteriously disappear?

Why did Bushel Boy tomatoes mysteriously disappear?

For decades, Bushel Boy tomatoes were everywhere. A homegrown success story delivering fresh, greenhouse-grown beefsteaks across Minnesota. Then, overnight, they vanished. Our reporters dig into what ...

1 Mai 25min

The Threats Against Minnesotans in Public Office

The Threats Against Minnesotans in Public Office

Threats against elected officials are on the rise but the full number and nature of those threats has been difficult to know. Three reporters spent six months tracking down the real threats Minnesota ...

24 Apr 26min

Stories from the critic who knew the Purple One best

Stories from the critic who knew the Purple One best

Minnesota Star Tribune music critic Jon Bream knew Prince before the world did -- before the first record, before he became an icon. Their decades-long relationship had its share of highs and lows (in...

17 Apr 39min

The Minnesota Legislature’s plan to tackle fraud this session - part 3

The Minnesota Legislature’s plan to tackle fraud this session - part 3

Rage bait videos and stories online catch a lot of attention. But the real solutions to dealing with fraud in Minnesota are less sensational and more practical. Our reporters run down the real problem...

3 Apr 22min

Did Operation Metro Surge root out Medicaid fraud in Minn?  part 2

Did Operation Metro Surge root out Medicaid fraud in Minn? part 2

We ended 2025 with a set of very serious fraud charges involving millions of dollars that were supposed to go to services that are a lifeline for some Minnesotans.  And then Operation Metro surge happ...

27 Mar 29min

Fact v. Fiction: What’s the real story with fraud in Minn. part 1

Fact v. Fiction: What’s the real story with fraud in Minn. part 1

Real fraud, allegations of fraud and political rage bait are creating tons of headlines and lots of chaos but not much sense. To parse it out and get to what’s really going on – we go back to 2018 whe...

20 Mar 24min

We’re cooking up something big - back next week

We’re cooking up something big - back next week

We don’t have a new episode for you this week because we are working on a deep dive mini-series unraveling the fraud scandals in Minnesota.  We’ll tell the full story going back a decade and parse out...

13 Mar 55s

The Sextortion "Pandemic" That’s Hitting Minnesota

The Sextortion "Pandemic" That’s Hitting Minnesota

It starts as an online flirtation, escalates in intensity and ends in tragedy. The story of one family's experience and the local investigator determined to bring them justice.

6 Mar 24min

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