Ongoing Coverage:

Lukas Udstuen

Student Newscaster

Although Lukas is a Minnesota native, his passion for journalism drew him southward to the University of Missouri. He joined KBIA news in 2012, and works as a news anchor and reporter.

Lukas has also interned for Minnesota Public Radio News where he worked as a local producer with All Things Considered.In the Spring of 2012, Lukas interned for various organizations in Buenos Aires, including el Foro de Periodismo Argentino. There, he worked with other journalists to create a report examining the climate of journalism in Argentina. The report received press coverage throughout Argentina as well as in Spain.

Lukas loves traveling and learning languages. He is an avid Spanish speaker and a frequent coffee drinker.

 

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AM Newscasts
9:34 am
Tue April 9, 2013

Newscast for April 9, 2013

Regional news coverage from the KBIA Newsroom, including:

  • Columbia’s new council members are sworn in
  • Major changes discussed for Columbia's Lee Elementary School
  • Holocaust Remembrance Week: Remembering our past while looking forward

AM Newscasts
9:54 am
Thu April 4, 2013

Newscast for April 4, 2013

Regional news coverage from the KBIA Newsroom, including:

  • School board election results for Southern Boone County School District
  • Mo. House endorses anti-drone measure
  • Nixon: 'Mo. Dept. Of Revenue Is Not Forwarding Info On Citizens To DC'

Politics
9:50 am
Thu April 4, 2013

Mo. House endorses anti-drone measure

Credit Jacob Fenston / KBIA
Republicans in the Missouri Senate want to make sure the governor doesn't create a health care exchange without their consent.

The use of manned or unmanned aircraft for criminal investigations or surveillance of farms would be barred in Missouri under a bill advanced by the House without receiving prior consent.

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AM Newscasts
12:33 pm
Wed April 3, 2013

Newscast for April 3, 2013

Regional news coverage from the KBIA Newsroom, including: 

  • Proposition 1 passage provides relief for Emergency Management  
  • "Mega high school" ballot measure defeated in Jefferson City  

AM Newscasts
1:44 pm
Tue April 2, 2013

Newscast for April 2, 2013

Regional news coverage from the KBIA Newsroom, including:

  • Columbia city council approves funds for Armored Personnel Carrier
  • Mo. Lt. Gov. Kinder calls for pipeline approval
  • Kemper Fellowships Award Given to First of Five Teachers

AM Newscasts
9:53 am
Mon April 1, 2013

Newscast for April 1, 2013

Regional news coverage from the KBIA Newsroom, including:

  • School safety funding questions emerge on city ballots
  • Analysis: Mo. Medicaid debate gets hyperbolic
  • Mo. House panel to consider tax overhaul

Under the Microscope
5:45 pm
Thu March 21, 2013

Is sensitivity to chemicals a medical illness?

Credit Lukas Udstuen / KBIA
Debbie Lose-Kelly, a born again Christian, stands outside of Concord Baptist Church in Jefferson City on October 28, 2012.

Debbie Lose-Kelly says she spends her entire life in avoidance of the everyday chemicals like fragrances, shampoos or laundry detergents. She lives with severe Multiple Chemical Sensitivity — an illness that most in the medical community aren’t convinced is an actual disease.

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AM Newscasts
9:03 am
Wed March 20, 2013

Newscast for March 20, 2013

Regional news coverage from the KBIA Newsroom, including:

  • Boone County: 130 calls to 911 each month unanswered for more than 60 seconds
  • Mo. court strikes down science incentive fund
  • Mo. sees little change in unemployment in February
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AM Newscasts
9:35 am
Tue March 19, 2013

Newscast for March 19, 2013

Regional news coverage from the KBIA Newsroom, including:

  • City of Columbia finds $1.9 million budget surplus
  • Facing budget shortfall, Jefferson City makes cuts to every department
  • Political activist from Maldives returns to Fulton
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AM Newscasts
9:54 am
Mon March 18, 2013

Newscast for March 18, 2013

Regional news coverage from the KBIA Newsroom, including:

  • I-70 construction to start at Stadium Blvd.
  • Analysis: Mo. Senate bills could raise tax revenue
  • Ag officials search for Missouri century farms
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