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Kim Hyatt

Reporter
North Central Minnesota
Hyatt grew up in Laporte, Minn. and graduated from the University of Minnesota-Duluth. She worked as an investigative reporter at The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead and the Owatonna People's Press where she was named New Journalist of the Year by the Minnesota Newspaper Association. Outside of work, she enjoys biking and basketball.

Latest from Kim Hyatt

Greater Minnesota

‘Priceless property’: 3M’s historic northern Minnesota resort to become public land

Public trusts paid $5.3 million for the 450 acres near Park Rapids and will turn over the property to the DNR.
March 17, 2025
Food & Culture

Minnesota restaurant and Detroit Lakes area sculptures make Time’s ‘World’s Greatest Places’ list

It’s the latest accolade for Vinai, chef Yia Vang’s ode to his family’s Hmong cooking, and a boon to artist Thomas Dambo’s sprawling exhibit.
March 13, 2025
News & Politics

Minnesota has more townships than any other state, despite declines

It’s not often that townships apply to incorporate as a city, but there’s a trend of this happening to avoid annexation.
March 11, 2025
Bemidji

Nurse accused of depriving Beltrami County jail inmate of care faces manslaughter, neglect charges

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced the charges Friday against Michelle Skroch, nursing director at the since-shuttered MEnD Correctional Care in the death of 27-year-old Hardel Sherrell.
March 8, 2025
Surveillance footage shows an incapacitated Hardel Sherrell collapsing into a wheelchair as a Beltrami County Jail staffer looks on on Sept. 2, 2018. Sherrell died the following day.
Bemidji

Three men plead guilty to 2023 murder in Bemidji

Andrew Fisher, 18, was stabbed to death during a robbery.
March 7, 2025
Greater Minnesota

Cragun’s Resort, family-owned for 85 years, sold to hospitality company

Owner Dutch Cragun will sell the beloved resort on Gull Lake in Brainerd to investors with Leisure Hotels and Resorts, headquartered in nearby Baxter.
March 5, 2025
Greater Minnesota

Move over, fourth-graders. Today is Third Graders Day, thanks to a Minnesota girl.

The girl from White Earth Nation asked nicely, and Gov. Tim Walz proclaimed Monday a nod to students known for “their natural optimism, curiosity, enthusiasm.”
March 4, 2025
Greater Minnesota

‘Welcome to Redneckville 500!’: Ice racing in northern Minnesota a beloved, loud tradition.

On Garfield Lake in Laporte, population 134, hundreds of cars fill the ice on any given Sunday.
March 2, 2025
Bemidji

Three men plead guilty to 2023 murder in Bemidji

Andrew Fisher, 18, was stabbed to death during a robbery.
March 7, 2025
Greater Minnesota

Cragun’s Resort, family-owned for 85 years, sold to hospitality company

Owner Dutch Cragun will sell the beloved resort on Gull Lake in Brainerd to investors with Leisure Hotels and Resorts, headquartered in nearby Baxter.
March 5, 2025
Greater Minnesota

Move over, fourth-graders. Today is Third Graders Day, thanks to a Minnesota girl.

The girl from White Earth Nation asked nicely, and Gov. Tim Walz proclaimed Monday a nod to students known for “their natural optimism, curiosity, enthusiasm.”
March 4, 2025
Greater Minnesota

‘Welcome to Redneckville 500!’: Ice racing in northern Minnesota a beloved, loud tradition.

On Garfield Lake in Laporte, population 134, hundreds of cars fill the ice on any given Sunday.
March 2, 2025
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