{"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":"2026-07-25T20:19:24.782595+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/minnesota-today-413993"},"episode":{"title":"Stretch of Highway 12 in western Twin Cities metro will be closed this weekend","slug":"stretch-of-highway-12-in-western-twin-cities-metro-will-be-closed-this-weekend","published_at":"2026-05-08T11:40:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/minnesota-today-413993/stretch-of-highway-12-in-western-twin-cities-metro-will-be-closed-this-weekend","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/minnesota-today-413993","url":"https://www.mprnews.org/episode/2026/05/08/stretch-of-highway-12-in-western-twin-cities-metro-will-be-closed-this-weekend","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/2026/05/08/mntoday_Stretch_of_Highway_12_in_western_Twin_Cities_metro_will_be_closed_this_weekend_20260508_64.mp3","summary":"Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey has nominated Police Chief Brian O'Hara to serve a second term. Now the city council gets a chance to weigh in. A proposal to create an independent watchdog over state government is nearing a signature from the governor. The proposal to create a new Office of the Inspector General overwhelmingly passed the House. White Earth Nation leadership shared program updates and priorities for the coming year at the annual State of the Nation Thursday in Mahnomen. A stretch of Highway 12 in the western Twin Cities will be closed again this weekend. That closure runs between Interstate 494 in Minnetonka and Central Avenue in Wayzata. It begins at 10 p.m. Friday and runs through 5 a.m. Monday. Traffic will be detoured to Highway 55.","meta_description":"Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey has nominated Police Chief Brian O'Hara to serve a second term. Now the city council gets a chance to weigh in. A proposal to…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":305,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/minnesota-today-413993/episodes/stretch-of-highway-12-in-western-twin-cities-metro-will-be-closed-this-weekend/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/stretch-of-highway-12-in-western-twin-cities-metro-will-be-closed-this-weekend.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}