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Matt McKinney

Reporter
Washington County
McKinney graduated from St. John's University in Collegeville and spent years chasing stories through Wisconsin, Rhode Island, and Cambodia. A Minnesota childhood taught McKinney to love winter, skiing, the first warm day of spring, good books and time spent outdoors. He benefited from great teachers at Stillwater High School, and again in Collegeville and at the University of Minnesota. He's a fan of several local breweries, Prince, Jessie Diggins, the Loons, and newspaper reporters near and far who taught him the craft. McKinney bikes to work year-round from his home in the Twin Cities, which he shares with his wife and two sons.

Latest from Matt McKinney

Twin Cities Suburbs

Pool closures ripple across South Washington County school district

The growing east metro district plans to close 2 pools, including Woodbury High’s, as it weighs budget constraints, swim team needs and crowded buildings.
January 22, 2025
Twin Cities Suburbs

Roseville licensing center is always crowded, but voters rejected a sales tax to fix it. What’s next?

City officials are exploring other options to pay for a new licensing center, since the popular place to renew drivers' licenses and passports probably has to move.
January 16, 2025
Twin Cities Suburbs

Motor yacht still stuck on St. Croix’s Beer Can Island may inspire new state law

The boat stuck in the St. Croix River has Hudson, Wis., officials lobbying for criminal penalties over abandoned watercraft.
January 8, 2025
Twin Cities Suburbs

Western Wisconsin population growth to slow, say new projections

First-in-a-decade analysis studied birth and death rates.
January 3, 2025
Twin Cities Suburbs

Former Woodbury dentist sued by patients over botched implants loses fight to reinstate license

Marko Kamel shuttered his practice even as dozens of patients who put down deposits were left with uncompleted work.
January 3, 2025
Twin Cities Suburbs

Victoria Reinhardt steps down from Ramsey County Board after 28 years

A domestic abuse survivor who found renewed purpose in fighting for the environment, Reinhardt oversaw changes in trash and recycling in the county.
December 30, 2024
St. Paul

Ruby Hunt, third woman ever elected to the St. Paul City Council, dies at 100

She was a key player in creation of the St. Paul Home Rule Charter, and after her stint on the City Council, served on the Ramsey County Board.
December 27, 2024
Twin Cities

Build it and they did come. Western Wisconsin sees big growth after new bridge.

In New Richmond, Somerset and other western Wisconsin towns, a flood of new residents come seeking small-town life.
December 21, 2024
Twin Cities Suburbs

Former Woodbury dentist sued by patients over botched implants loses fight to reinstate license

Marko Kamel shuttered his practice even as dozens of patients who put down deposits were left with uncompleted work.
January 3, 2025
Twin Cities Suburbs

Victoria Reinhardt steps down from Ramsey County Board after 28 years

A domestic abuse survivor who found renewed purpose in fighting for the environment, Reinhardt oversaw changes in trash and recycling in the county.
December 30, 2024
St. Paul

Ruby Hunt, third woman ever elected to the St. Paul City Council, dies at 100

She was a key player in creation of the St. Paul Home Rule Charter, and after her stint on the City Council, served on the Ramsey County Board.
December 27, 2024
Twin Cities

Build it and they did come. Western Wisconsin sees big growth after new bridge.

In New Richmond, Somerset and other western Wisconsin towns, a flood of new residents come seeking small-town life.
December 21, 2024
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