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St. Paul shooting leaves four injured Monday afternoonNewsDecember 2, 2025 -
The Winter Carnival takes to Grand Ave. for window displayNewsDecember 1, 2025 -
State capitol Christmas tree gets prepared for trip from Litchfield to St. PaulNewsNovember 24, 2025 -
One of the busiest holiday week's at airports across the U.S. is now underwayNewsNovember 21, 2025 -
Minnesotan considered missing in action during World War II is coming home 80 years later thanks to DNA testingNewsNovember 17, 2025 -
Six months after fire, the Herbivorous Butcher is back in northeast MinneapolisNewsNovember 14, 2025 -
A hit-and-run Thursday night in St. Paul leaves one woman deadNewsNovember 14, 2025 -
Another major road closure on 494 over the weekendNewsNovember 14, 2025 -
Law enforcement wants independent after-action report done in the aftermath of the shooting of Minnesota lawmakersNewsNovember 11, 2025 -
For Veterans Day, Minnesota's official celebration took place outside the Twin Cities metro for the first timeNewsNovember 11, 2025
Al Schoch
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Broadcast journalist
Al Schoch is in his fifth decade of broadcasting and journalism.
That includes 30 years in the Twin Cities, where Al has been active in radio, television, wire service, and digital media.
A native of Stroudsburg in Pennsylvania’s Pocono Mountains, Al graduated from Bloomsburg University, where he was a member of Delta Pi social fraternity.
His radio career took him from Pennsylvania to the southeastern US for ten years with stints in Augusta, Ga.; Charleston, S.C.; and Tallahassee, Fla.
Al has won more than 30 broadcast awards both nationally and locally in five different states.
In addition to working with the WCCO radio news team, Al is a public address announcer for Cretin-Derham Hall High School in St. Paul and Augsburg University in Minneapolis.
He is also known to fill in for various teams, including the Minnesota Wild (press box PA) and Hamline Pipers.
Among Al’s favorite aspects of being Minnesotan are the State Fair and the boy’s high school hockey state tournament.
Al lives in the Como Park neighborhood of St. Paul along with his wife Amy — a White Bear Lake native and graduate of Hill-Murray and the U of M — and their cat, Clover.