A sound wall in St. Louis Park features an art installation of landline telephones. WATCH: https://fluence-media.co/3JDIMs9
There have been six diving expeditions to the Edmund Fitzgerald site. Will there be a seventh? WATCH: https://fluence-media.co/3LmzzoA
Today’s WCCO Radio morning take at 6:20 with Vineeta Sawkar. LISTEN: https://fluence-media.co/4oReD7M
Sunday Take previewed Speaker Lisa Demuth’s campaign for governor, the Minneapolis mayoral race, and school board elections with Kyrstin Schuette. LISTEN: https://fluence-media.co/3WACTik
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RUGBY: Minneapolis is one of 27 cities applying to host the first Men’s Rugby World Cup held in the United States – it’s planned for 2031. Via World Rugby, VERBATIM: “Over the next 14 months, World Rugby and USA Rugby will assess, evaluate, and collaborate with all applicants and venues through a detailed engagement process. This includes:
Team base feasibility visits, which are already underway
In-depth venue evaluations, beginning in November 2025
Sharing of detailed hosting requirements, opportunities, and legacy potential
At the end of 2026, a reduced number of cities and venues will move into the Candidate Phase, marking the start of formal contracting.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/47EHh50
GOVERNOR: Via KMSP-TV, House Speaker Lisa Demuth formally announced her run for governor at a news conference this morning. WATCH: https://fluence-media.co/4nwXW07
MORE: In an interview with Northern News Now, DeMuth was asked what led to her decision to run. DEMUTH: “...serving as speaker, I’ve had the opportunity to really deliver a number of good things in a bipartisan way to Minnesota this year. We were able to come up with the largest spending reduction in state history of $5 billion, we ended taxpayer-funded health insurance for illegal immigrants. And we really tried to pay attention to what was going on for Minnesotans, but it was also the fact that we worked in a bipartisan fashion. Being able to deliver those things in just a tie has really encouraged me to go further.” WATCH: https://fluence-media.co/43dKcQF
MORE: Demuth also talked with Vineeta Sawkar on WCCO-Radio, LISTEN: https://fluence-media.co/3JzLTRU
SARTELL: Via news release from Minneapolis-based Niron, VERBATIM: “Niron Magnetics, the company manufacturing high-performance Iron Nitride permanent magnets made without rare earths, announced an expanded partnership with the City of Sartell to build the company’s first full-scale production facility. This collaboration builds on prior agreements, including the purchase of 79 acres of land in Sartell’s Mill District, and marks a major step in Niron Magnetics’ expansion and the community’s economic development.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4hJoCtm
BROADBAND: Comcast is rewriting the broadband playbook in the Twin Cities. From neighborhood networks to next-gen tech, we’re delivering community-first internet connectivity with no contracts, no surprises. The new Xfinity package means unlimited data, blazing-fast, reliable speeds and a 5-year price guarantee, plus free mobile for a year. It’s not the old Comcast — it’s a bold new era of connection. Let’s power the future, together. LEARN MORE: https://fluence-media.co/Comcast2025-1 (SPONSORED: Comcast)
TOMORROW: Via Minnesota Reformer, VERBATIM: “Voters in the east Metro and in Wright County will decide control of the Minnesota Senate Tuesday, as two seats are up for grabs in separate special elections. GOP Sen. Bruce Anderson of Buffalo unexpectedly died in July, and Democratic-Farmer-Labor Sen. Nicole Mitchell resigned after a lengthy criminal saga that resulted in a first-degree burglary conviction. Prior to the two vacancies earlier this year, Democrats controlled the Minnesota Senate 34-33.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4oTBcZy
TODAY: Via news release from the Fateh campaign, VERBATIM: “Team Fateh is announcing Congresswoman Ilhan Omar and Senator Omar Fateh will be early voting at 12:00pm [Monday].”
SNAP: Via MinnPost, VERBATIM: “The governor’s office has said Minnesota will lose $73 million in federal funding in November toward the SNAP program, an average of $166 per recipient, which they use to spend on food through a state-issued debit card. But Minnesota has a rainy-day fund of its own. And a budget surplus. They add up to about $5.1 billion, money that could easily cover short-term benefits for SNAP plus the Low Income Heating and Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) . . . Using state money to cover any lost federal funds, though, would require an act of the Minnesota Legislature. That means Gov. Tim Walz would have to call a special session, as the Legislature is not scheduled to reconvene until February.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/3LdwiYR
AIRLINES: Via CNBC, VERBATIM: “Delta Air Lines, United Airlines and American Airlines called on Congress Thursday to reopen the U.S. government and pay air traffic controllers, with Delta urging senators to ‘immediately pass a clean continuing resolution.’ U.S. air traffic controllers missed their first full paychecks on Tuesday as the government shutdown drags on through a fourth week with no end in sight while Republican and Democratic senators remain at an impasse.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4hDEeOV
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BUCKET TRUCK: Via Xcel, VERBATIM: “On a crisp autumn morning in Waconia, Minnesota, Laketown Elementary buzzed with excitement as fifth-grader Grant Scotting kept his eyes trained on the parking lot. A birthday surprise for Scotting was in the works — and soon it rolled up: a shiny Xcel Energy bucket truck. Scotting, who has special needs and is nonverbal, is known for his love of Xcel Energy. His enthusiasm for the local energy company ranges from reporting outages on his family’s iPad to eagerly opening each monthly bill.” READ/WATCH: https://fluence-media.co/4oq7uei (SPONSORED: Xcel Energy)
VALLEYFAIR: Via Bring Me The News, VERBATIM: “Valleyfair closed early on Saturday as fights broke out during the final night of its 2025 season. Videos and pictures posted online show a large police presence at the Shakopee theme park from around 10 p.m., with guests exiting the park two hours before the planned midnight close time.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/43P90P4
DWI: Via Bring Me The News, VERBATIM: “The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension says that 276 DWI breath tests that were potentially impacted by data entry errors were accurate after all. The department ordered police departments across the state to test all DataMaster (DMT) devices after ‘multiple data entry errors’ were discovered relating to the installation of dry gas cylinders into the instruments.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4hFVljf
DORSEY: Via news release from Minneapolis-based Dorsey, VERBATIM: “International law firm Dorsey & Whitney announced today it has opened an office in Chicago, Illinois, the firm’s 22nd location. In connection with opening its newest office, Dorsey has added five partners in Chicago and two partners in Boise, Idaho.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/3JI1grp
STREET: Via MPR, VERBATIM: “A Minneapolis street once named after segregationist Edmund Walton has been renamed to honor Lena Olive Smith, Minnesota’s first Black female attorney. Smith’s legacy of fighting housing discrimination since her licensure in 1921 replaces Walton’s history of racial covenants in Minneapolis. Walton, a real estate developer, authored the first racial covenant in Minneapolis in 1910.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/49il0MX
HOPKINS: Via Sahan Journal, VERBATIM: “Hopkins mayoral candidate Abderazak Ali is making his first run for office in an effort powered almost entirely by volunteers. His campaign, funded by $200 from his own pocket, is a long shot, he cheerfully admits. But the filmmaker and former refugee has lived a life full of long shots, including a harrowing journey by boat to Yemen and stints in three of North Africa’s largest refugee camps.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4oO2MXV
PLYMOUTH: Via CCX Media, VERBATIM: “Minnesota’s next legislative session is still months away, but that hasn’t stopped city officials from asking lawmakers for help with their big construction projects. Lawmakers with the Senate Capital Investment Committee spent several days touring bonding proposals this week. One stop on Thursday included Plymouth City Hall. City officials with Plymouth are asking the legislature to fund a $26 million project dubbed ‘City Center.’” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4omYRSg
40 YEARS OF PARTNERSHIP: Flint Hills Resources and Ducks Unlimited (DU) are celebrating 40 years of partnership, a longevity landmark that makes Flint Hills one of DU’s longest-standing corporate partners. Working together over the past four decades, Flint Hills and DU have contributed to conserving more than 250,000 acres of wildlife habitat and natural areas in Minnesota and over 900,000 acres across North America. LEARN MORE: Flint Hills Resources and Ducks Unlimited Celebrate 40 Years of Partnership (SPONSORED: Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend refinery)
FISHING: Via MPR, VERBATIM: “Lake trout almost disappeared due to overfishing and the invasion of the Great Lakes by the invasive, eel-like sea lamprey. A single lamprey can kill 40 pounds of lake trout in a single year. By the 1960s, the fish was extinct in all of the Great Lakes except Superior. But a successful lamprey control program has allowed the lake trout to make a steady, remarkable comeback over the past 60 years. Last year, the Great Lakes Fishery Commission declared the lake trout fully restored in Lake Superior. That has set the stage for the Fond du Lac Band to bring back the important cultural tradition of subsistence netting for lake trout. This fall was the third year Band members harvested fish.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4nwWavV
NOV 21: Via Bring Me The News, VERBATIM: “The Minneapolis Christkindl Market is about ready to welcome its second annual holiday event. The German-style Christmas market made its debut at the North Loop Green in 2024 and has divulged plans for an expanded sophomore expedition.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/3XaixN0
ROBOTS: Via Lakeland PBS, VERBATIM: “Over 30 robotics teams from across Northern Minnesota and North Dakota gathered at Brainerd High School for the Northern Minnesota Robotics Conference’s annual championship this past weekend. Local area teams, including Brainerd, Bemidji, and Pequot Lakes High School robotics team battled it out in the arena.” WATCH: https://fluence-media.co/3X8CHad
FRESH15: The latest season of Fresh15 includes interviews with new Minnesota House members. So far, five new members have shared their goals, background and fun facts before they take office in a historic session this January.
Rep. Kari Rehrauer
Rep. Wayne Johnson
Rep. Julie Greene
Rep. Keith Allen
Rep. Peter Johnson
Follow on your favorite podcast platform, or at www.TheDailyAgenda.com/Podcasts. (SPONSORED: Minnesota Telecom Alliance)
DRONES: Via Star Tribune, VERBATIM: “Plumes of smoke drifted up from a fire steadily taking over a 30-acre prairie at Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve, north of the Twin Cities. Amid the haze, five black drones zipped around. More than 150 feet below the flying robots, research student Nikil Krishnakumar raised the controller in the air. ‘It’s all autonomous now,’ he said. ‘I’m not doing anything.’ The aerial robotic team’s mission: examine the smoke from the prescribed burn and send the data to a computer on the ground. The computer then analyzes the smoke data to understand the fire’s flow patterns, Krishnakumar said. The University of Minnesota project is the latest research into using artificial intelligence to detect and track wildfires.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4qH2fZI
NOODLES: Via MplsStPaul, VERBATIM: “On my first visits to new Meet Up Noodle, in the old Bad Waitress space—and the first fresh, big-splash restaurant on Eat Street in ages—I was completely focused on the excellence of the food, myopically, even.
The food is mainly: Lanzhou beef noodles, hand pulled, simply garnished with radish and beef, in the style of the high plateaus of northwestern China out by Nepal and Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, as later interpreted and loved and re-interpreted by central Chinese cities such as Lanzhou.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/47GYI53
CLOSING: The Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal reports Zen Box Izakaya in Minneapolis’ Mill District will close later this month. It’s been there since 2004. READ: https://fluence-media.co/3WCdtRw
MEDIA: Via MPR, VERBATIM: “A public radio stalwart with a passion for telling stories is hanging up his microphone. Dan Gunderson, the longtime MPR News correspondent based in Moorhead, is retiring after 38 years of reporting from northwestern Minnesota.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/47UGEp5
MINNETONKA: Via news release from Walser, VERBATIM: “Walser Automotive Group continues its strategic growth with the opening of Walser Kia in Minnetonka today, adding one of the industry’s fastest-growing and top-performing brands to its expanding network of dealerships.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4nAh0um
TODAY: Via news release from Golden Valley-based Inspire, VERBATIM: “Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. (NYSE: INSP) (Inspire) will release financial results for the third quarter 2025 after the close of trading on Monday, November 3.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/46VnSMU
TODAY: Via news release from Minneapolis-based Tactile, VERBATIM: “Tactile Systems Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: TCMD), a medical technology company providing therapies for people with chronic disorders, today announced that third quarter of fiscal year 2025 financial results will be released after the market closes on Monday, November 3, 2025.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/3WSVW7q
TODAY: Via news release from Fergus Falls-based Otter Tail, VERBATIM: “Otter Tail Corporation (Nasdaq: OTTR) will issue a news release announcing third quarter 2025 financial results after the stock market closes on Monday, November 3, 2025 and will host a live conference call and webcast on Tuesday, November 4, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. CT to discuss the corporation’s financial and operating performance.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4hdhkOm
TODAY: Via news release from Eden Prairie-based Tennant, VERBATIM: “Tennant Company (NYSE: TNC) today announced that the company will report its third quarter 2025 financial results after the market closes on Monday, November 3, 2025, with a conference call to follow at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time/9 a.m. Central Time on Tuesday, November 4, 2025.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4oB4A6I
TOMORROW: Via news release from Plymouth-based Tile Shop, VERBATIM: “Tile Shop Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: TTSH), a specialty retailer of natural stone, man-made and luxury vinyl tiles, setting and maintenance materials and related accessories, today announced that the Company will release financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2025 on Tuesday November 4, 2025, after the close of the financial markets. The Company will not be hosting a conference call.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/48RBFGP
TOMORROW: Via news release from Chanhassen-based Life Time, VERBATIM: “Life Time Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: LTH) today announced that its financial results for third quarter 2025 will be released before market open on Tuesday, November 4, 2025. The Company will host a conference call at 10:00 a.m. ET that day to discuss the financial results and provide a business update.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4mUDGVV
WEDNESDAY: Via news release from Minneapolis-based Sleep Number, VERBATIM: “Sleep Number Corporation (Nasdaq: SNBR) will release its fiscal third quarter results through September 27, 2025, before market open on Wednesday, November 5, 2025. Management will host its regularly scheduled conference call to discuss the company’s results at 8:30 a.m. ET (7:30 a.m. CT; 5:30 a.m. PT).” READ: https://fluence-media.co/47fEwH3
WEDNESDAY: Via news release from Bloomington-based SkyWater, VERBATIM: “SkyWater Technology (NASDAQ: SKYT), the trusted technology realization partner, today announced that it will report its fiscal third quarter 2025 financial results following the close of the market on Wednesday, November 5, 2025. The same afternoon, management will host a webcast to discuss its business and financial results.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/42HQUy7
WEDNESDAY: Via news release from Minneapolis-based Bio-Techne, VERBATIM: “Bio-Techne Corporation (NASDAQ: TECH) today announced that management will host a conference call and webcast on Wednesday, November 5, 2025, at 8:00 a.m. CST to review its first quarter fiscal 2026 financial results.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/47aARKD
WEDNESDAY: Via news release from Eden Prairie-based SunOpta, VERBATIM: “SunOpta Inc. (Nasdaq:STKL) (TSX:SOY), the company that delivers customized supply chain solutions and innovation for top brands, retailers and foodservice providers across a broad portfolio of beverages, broths and better-for-you snacks, today announced that the Company will issue financial results for the third quarter ended September 27, 2025 after the markets close on Wednesday, November 5, 2025.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4o8XmGy
WEDNESDAY: Via news release from Minneapolis-based Sezzle, VERBATIM: “Sezzle Inc. (NASDAQ: SEZL) // Purpose-driven digital payment platform, Sezzle, will release its third quarter 2025 results after the market close on November 5, 2025. The Company will host a conference call and webcast at 5:00pm ET that same day.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4hHhluh
WEDNESDAY: Via news release from Minneapolis-based Deluxe, VERBATIM: “Deluxe (NYSE: DLX), a Trusted Payments and Data company, will report third quarter 2025 financial results on Wednesday, November 5, 2025, following market-close. On the same day, management will hold an open-access conference call at 5:00 p.m. ET (4:00 p.m. CT).” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4oCr1s8
WEDNESDAY: Via news release from Brooklyn Park-based CVRx, VERBATIM: “CVRx, Inc. (NASDAQ: CVRX), a commercial-stage medical device company focused on developing, manufacturing and commercializing innovative neuromodulation solutions for patients with cardiovascular diseases, today announced that it plans to release third quarter 2025 financial and operating results after market close on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025. The Company will host a conference call to review its results at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time the same day.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/3L96exI
THURSDAY: Via news release from Minnetonka-based NOG, VERBATIM: “Northern Oil and Gas, Inc. (NYSE: NOG) announced today that it plans to issue its third quarter 2025 financial and operating results on Thursday, November 6, 2025, after the market closes. Additionally, the Company will host a conference call on Friday, November 7, 2025, at 8:00 a.m. Central Time.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/3KHNeX3
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DOUGHNUTS: Via Eater, VERBATIM: “Classic raised glazed doughnuts, delightfully chewy mochi doughnuts, and more, Minneapolis and St. Paul have fantastic doughnut scenes. Some of the Cities’ best shops have been around for decades, wafting the sweet, tantalizing scents of fried dough, sugar, and cinnamon over their neighborhoods across generations. Others are newer, innovating the classic pastries with cereal and candy toppings, doughnut vending machines, and chewy rice flour blends. From dense, crackly old fashioneds to fried dough stuffed with rich creams and curds, here are some excellent spots for doughnuts around the Cities.” LIST/MAP: https://fluence-media.co/3EFoOdN
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