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Matt Sepic

Matt Sepic

Newscaster/Reporter
Minnesota Public Radio
msepic@mpr.org

Matt Sepic is a newscaster and general assignment reporter for MPR News. He joined MPR in 2010. Previously he spent eight years at KWMU in St. Louis, where he reported on everything from the 2006 World Series to St. Louis' Bosnian-American community and the sale of Anheuser-Busch, often for national programs. Matt got his start in public media at WOUB at Ohio University in Athens, where he studied journalism and political science. He also worked for several years at WNIN, the public radio station in Evansville, Indiana.

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Michael Karkoc in 1990

Family of Nazi commander seeks retraction of report

The family of an alleged war criminal who lives in northeast Minneapolis called on the Associated Press to retract its story. (06/15/2013)
Jasmine Mitchell

Critics want independent investigation of Terrance Franklin's death

Demonstrators Monday evening called for an independent investigation into the last month's death of a burglary suspect in a south Minneapolis home. (06/10/2013)

Health officials: More ticks bring greater Lyme-disease threat

State health officials are expecting greater numbers of Lyme disease-carrying ticks this summer, after a lull last year. (06/10/2013)

Metro counties start accepting applications from same-sex couples

Starting Thursday, gay and lesbian couples will be able to submit early applications for marriage licenses in several Minnesota counties. (06/05/2013)

ACLU: Black people more likely to be arrested for marijuana possession

A new study says there is a growing disparity in marijuana possession arrest rates between white people and black people in the United States, and that gap has grown especially wide in Minnesota. (06/04/2013)

Hopkins HS senior charged with prostituting fellow cheerleader

A Hopkins High School student is facing two felony charges for allegedly prostituting a fellow student on the Internet. (06/04/2013)

Deadly crashes take rural toll over weekend

Public safety officials say six people were killed in just over 24 hours in another rash of traffic fatalities across the state. (06/03/2013)

Hudson parole office hit with vehicle, incendiary device

The front door of a state probation and parole office in Hudson, Wis. was smashed with a vehicle and the lobby set afire early morning Monday morning. (06/03/2013)

Michele Bachmann won't run again for Congress

Rep. Michele Bachmann says she won't seek re-election in 2014. The four-term congresswoman announced her decision in a nearly 9-minute video posted on her website early Wednesday morning. (05/29/2013)

House tables bill on unions for care workers

After more than four-and-a-half hours of debate overnight, the Minnesota House has set aside for now a controversial bill that would let state-subsidized home health and child care workers form unions. (05/19/2013)

Man charged in MOA, MSP bomb hoaxes

Federal authorities charged a 22-year-old man Tuesday on charges that he called in phony bomb threats to the Mall of America and Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. (05/14/2013)

Crowd gathers in advance of House vote on same-sex marriage

Big crowds are expected at the Minnesota Capitol Thursday as the Minnesota House prepares to vote on a bill to legalize same-sex marriage. (05/08/2013)

Anhydrous ammonia cleanup near Murdock

Students at Murdock Elementary School in west-central Minnesota are expected to return to their classrooms Wednesday after a leak of anhydrous ammonia prompted a precautionary evacuation. (05/08/2013)

Train, semi collision releases chemical

Authorities say a collision between a Burlington Northern Santa Fe train and a semi carrying anhydrous ammonia injured at least five people. (05/07/2013)

Police: missing woman's DNA found on jacket in ex-boyfriend's car

Police in Eden Prairie say analysis shows the presence of Matula's DNA in a blood sample from a jacket found in Roe's vehicle. (05/07/2013)