Joe Augustine
Joe Augustine joined FOX 9 as the Executive Producer of Investigations and Documentaries in 2024.
He has worked in the Twin Cities as a general assignment reporter and investigative journalist since 2014.
Prior to coming to Minnesota, Joe worked as a reporter in Des Moines, Iowa, and south Texas. In the Rio Grande Valley, Joe covered the immigration crisis, local corruption, and the impact of human smuggling.
Joe grew up in Kenosha, Wisconsin –home of the best polka band in the Midwest. He graduated from the University of Iowa and enjoys hearing the "Who hates Iowa?" chant any time he attends a Gophers game.
Joe and his wife live in the west metro where their three children will likely inspire numerous noise ordinances.
The latest from Joe Augustine
How UCare went from massive surplus to shutting down in just two years
UCare was created more than 40 years ago primarily to offer health care coverage to low-income policy holders relying on Medicaid, but has struggled to navigate rising healthcare costs, failed expansion efforts and legal challenges.
UCare shutting down, Medica taking over healthcare plans
UCare will shut down in 2026 and Medica will take control of its existing health plans in the Medicaid, family and individual markets. UCare was created more than 40 years ago primarily to offer health care coverage to low-income policyholders relying on Medicaid, but has recently struggled to navigate rising healthcare costs.
FOX 9 Investigation on long-term care insurance honored by National Press Foundation
The FOX 9 Investigators have been named the winner of the 2025 AARP Award for Excellence in Journalism on Aging for their reporting on the long-term care insurance industry.
Watch the 'Gales of November: Diving the Edmund Fitzgerald' on FOX 9
In this news documentary, you will hear from the few people who have seen the Edmund Fitzgerald since the ship sank in Lake Superior 50 years ago. As historians and experts continue to debate why the ship sank, the answers could still be found in the wreckage … but there likely will never be another dive.
How did the Edmund Fitzgerald sink? It's complicated.
Fifty years after the Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior, experts and historians are still debating what caused the ship to sink and break apart.
Gordon Lightfoot immortalized the Edmund Fitzgerald. This is what the song got wrong.
Gordon Lightfoot’s The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald was released less than a year after the ship sank and became an instant hit. The lyrics secured the ship’s place in history despite several inaccuracies.
The Edmund Fitzgerald hasn’t been explored in 30 years. Will there ever be another dive?
The Edmund Fitzgerald sank on the Canadian side of Lake Superior on Nov. 10, 1975. There have been six diving expeditions to the wreck site. The most recent dives in 1994 and 1995 produced remarkable images and video of the ship.
3M sued by Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe over PFAS contamination
3M’s potential legal exposure related to PFAS continues to grow after the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe filed a federal lawsuit this week accusing the Minnesota-based company of contaminating its water supplies, jeopardizing the reservation’s natural resources and public health.
3M PFAS trial delayed, more health claims filed
A federal judge recently delayed the first trial in the PFAS litigation, known as a bellwether case, as potentially thousands of more plaintiffs file health-related claims against 3M and other companies.
This U of M professor discovered widespread PFAS contamination, his research isn't done
A University of Minnesota professor who helped discover the widespread contamination of PFAS in the environment nearly 25 years ago hopes to expand the university's research to better understand the effects of forever chemicals are having on communities.