M.A. Rosko

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M.A. (that stands for "Mary Alice") Rosko is the feature reporter on Fox9 Morning News. She's been accused of having the best job ever, and that's pretty much true.

But it's not just hard-hitting journalism involving local chocolatiers, brewers, and dog-related events. She's willing to take one for the morning team, whether it's j umping into Lake Minnetonka on New Year's Day or subjecting herself to the hard knocks of television.

Hometown: Bethlehem, PA

Joined FOX 9: I joined Fox when Fox9 Morning News first went on the air, in 2000.

Are you on Facebook? Yes

What was your favorite story to work on? Every year, I go to ARC's Value Village to whip up Halloween Costumes on the cheap. "The Real Housewives of Goodhue County" had to be my favorite.

What’s on your iPod? Cloud Cult, POS, Soul Asylum, Alarmists

Most memorable interview: When a dog show judge said in a live interview that the job requires her to check the "undercarriage" of an entrant, and she found three testicles on one dog.

Five people (dead or alive) you would most want to have dinner with? Ernest Borgnine, Faith Farrell (our local Spam Queen), Marge the Meat Raffle number caller, Ann Bancroft and Paul Bunyan.

What would the meal be? I'd probably make a hotdish.

Favorite TV shows/Movies? The Wire, Dexter, Project Runway, America's Best Dance Crew

Favorite sports team? The Syracuse Orangemen, baby!

Biggest pet peeves? Public relations people who lie in their news releases

Guilty pleasures? Lying on my couch, in my Sunggie (tm)

Family/pets? "Munter", my silver-dappled mini dachshund, and "Red," the big red Lab I adopted from the Humane Society and came with a rap sheet a mile long.