Women's professional hockey returns
Expect temperatures to be just a little cooler Wednesday, mainly in the teens and 20s. Evening lows are forecast to be in the teens south to near zero northeast. Get the latest weather news on Updraft.
Coming up on Morning Edition: Tonight, Minnesota adds another professional team to its roster. Minnesota's still-to-be-named Professional Women's Hockey League team will play Boston — the inaugural game for both teams and the third game played in the new league. MPR News reporter Peter Cox joins host Cathy Wurzer to tell us a little more about the team and the league.
Coming up at 9 a.m.: Looking for a way to escape the winter blues? MPR News host Angela Davis and her guests will talk about seasonal affective disorder and how you can get through the cold, dark months ahead.
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| Minnesota kids love outdoor learning. Lawmakers are paying attention
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Minnesota’s outdoor learning centers generate a love of learning among kids. A recent visit with fifth graders to Wolf Ridge in northeastern Minnesota helps to understand why the centers are popular, and why lawmakers are interested in expanding outdoor learning.
“Everybody should get the chance to come up here,” said 11-year-old Geno Conlon.
Dozens of lawmakers from both parties have expressed interest in the idea.
“In Minnesota, our Constitution protects hunting and fishing as part of what it means to be Minnesotan” but younger generations are “literally getting no exposure to that,” said Rep. Kristi Pursell, DFL-Northfield, who sponsored a bill that would pilot a grant program for more outdoor learning. “I think that is why this is really resonating with my colleagues, regardless of your political affiliation.” | |
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| | Professional women’s hockey returns to Minnesota this week |
Minnesota’s yet-to-be-named Professional Women’s Hockey League team will play its first game Wednesday, before welcoming eager fans to its home opener Saturday at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul.
“We wanted for a league, something that everyone could do full time and that little girls could see and dream and know that it would be there,” said Minnesota player and former Gopher and Olympian Lee Stecklien at a New Year’s Eve practice | |
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