Maria Lisignoli

Maria Lisignoli helped launch the Live Desk as the first Streaming Anchor in the Twin Cities. Monday through Friday, she provides hourly updates on live events, breaking news, and top stories. She's been with WCCO since 2024.

Before coming to Minnesota, Maria anchored the evening news at WMTV in Madison, WI. She started her career as a weekend anchor and reporter at WHO in Des Moines, IA. She also worked weekends as a part-time reporter at KCCI in Des Moines, IA while studying journalism at Iowa State University.

Maria was born and raised in Chanhassen, MN, and is thrilled to live close to her family once again and work in the community she has always called home.

Outside work, she loves to curl up on the couch with a book or a movie, peruse thrift stores for a good deal, and spend as much time as she can on the lakes.