Twin Cities Headlines and Local Coverage
KSTP organizes local reporting around Minneapolis, St. Paul, the wider Twin Cities area, and communities across Minnesota. The Home feed brings together top stories with headline cards, timestamps, photos, and video markers, so readers can scan developments quickly before opening a full report. News, sports, lifestyle, and featured station coverage give the app a broad daily-news role beyond a single bulletin.
The bottom navigation makes it easy to move between Home and News, while the section chips can narrow the feed to subjects such as accountability reporting, consumer money topics, or fraud investigations. A full menu also links to Top Stories, News, Sports, traffic, and featured KSTP pages, giving regular readers several practical routes to the coverage they follow most.
Live KSTP Video and Station Programs
The Watch area turns KSTP into a mobile viewing hub for local broadcasts and station-produced shows. Users can open the 24/7 KSTP Streaming Channel, then browse program tiles for Twin Cities Live, Minnesota Live, At Issue with Tom Hauser, and other video coverage. This makes the app useful when a television is not nearby or when a developing story is easier to follow through live footage.
Video entries sit alongside the same simple navigation used for headlines and weather, so moving between reading and watching takes only a few taps. Picture-in-picture support can keep compatible video visible above another app, which is helpful for following a live report while checking a message or another source on the phone.
Minneapolis Weather and Video Forecasts
KSTP gives local weather its own working area instead of limiting conditions to a small headline card. Users can view the current Minneapolis temperature, feels-like value, humidity, wind speed and direction, pressure, and precipitation, then continue into a multi-day outlook. Daily highs, lows, sky conditions, and rain chances make it easier to plan travel, errands, work, or outdoor time.
The same section also includes video forecasts from the 5 Eyewitness News weather team, combining quick numbers with a presenter-led explanation. Location-based alerts can be enabled for selected areas, allowing users to follow severe or changing conditions relevant to them. This mix of detailed readings, weekly planning, and video context suits people who need Minnesota weather throughout the day.
Personalize a Faster Daily News Routine
KSTP supports a flexible routine for readers who want different parts of the station's coverage. The home page can be customized around preferred content, and story text can be adjusted for easier reading. Swipe-friendly category navigation and a persistent bottom bar reduce the need to retrace steps when switching among headlines, live video, weather, and topic pages.
The More menu provides another route to Seven Day Outlook, Weather, Traffic, Twin Cities Live, Minnesota Live, Video, and contact options. That structure works well for quick morning checks, short breaks, commute planning, or evening catch-up sessions. Instead of treating every visit the same, users can return to the sections and presentation settings that fit their own local-news habits.