{"podcast":{"title":"Minnesota Today","slug":"minnesota-today-413993","podcast_index_feed_id":413993,"rss_url":"https://feeds.publicradio.org/public_feeds/mpr-news-update","website_url":"https://www.mprnews.org/","image_url":"https://img.apmcdn.org/1f56da009a58910c3568f259c9aa670783c09471/square/12e558-20220913-minnesota-today-podcast-art-2000.jpg","author":"Minnesota Public Radio","episode_count":100,"summary":"Minnesota Today from MPR News brings you the most important stories from around the state. All on your schedule. Get updated on the latest news in about five minutes, every weekday morning and evening.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-27T22:20:33.866754+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/minnesota-today-413993"},"episode":{"title":"Hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship does not pose public threat, director of U of M Center for Infectious Disease Research says","slug":"hantavirus-outbreak-on-cruise-ship-does-not-pose-public-threat-director-of-u-of-m-center-for-infectious-disease-research-says","published_at":"2026-05-11T11:40:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/minnesota-today-413993/hantavirus-outbreak-on-cruise-ship-does-not-pose-public-threat-director-of-u-of-m-center-for-infectious-disease-research-says","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/minnesota-today-413993","url":"https://www.mprnews.org/episode/2026/05/11/hantavirus-outbreak-on-cruise-ship-does-not-pose-public-threat-center-for-infectious-disease","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/5/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/play.publicradio.org/podcast/o/minnesota/podcasts/minnesota_today/2026/05/11/mntoday_Hantavirus_outbreak_on_cruise_ship_does_not_pose_public_threat__director_of_U_of_M_Center_for_Infectious_Disease_Research_says_20260511_64.mp3","summary":"The director of the University of Minnesota’s Center for Infectious Disease Research said Sunday the hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship does not pose a serious public threat. The Fargo City Commission will likely approve a new police chief Monday night. Interim Chief Travis Stefonowicz is the sole finalist in the search for Fargo’s Chief of Police. Stefonowicz would be replacing Dave Zibolski, who retired last month and drew criticism over the department’s use of artificial intelligence to identify and arrest a women for a crime even though she said she'd never been to Fargo. Minnesota is one of several states debating a proposal to allow for \"plug-in solar\" or \"balcony solar.\" The bill allows people to quickly connect small scale solar systems to their homes or apartments.","meta_description":"The director of the University of Minnesota’s Center for Infectious Disease Research said Sunday the hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship does not pose a…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":271,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/minnesota-today-413993/episodes/hantavirus-outbreak-on-cruise-ship-does-not-pose-public-threat-director-of-u-of-m-center-for-infectious-disease-research-says/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/minnesota-today-413993/hantavirus-outbreak-on-cruise-ship-does-not-pose-public-threat-director-of-u-of-m-center-for-infectious-disease-research-says.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}