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Melinda Jacobs – Grodnick
(born August 2, 1967) is an American born entertainment reporter, currently providing content to Secrets of the City and. Over the span of her 20 year career in television/radio Melinda has interviewed celebrities such as Quincy Jones, Kathie Lee Gifford, Joan Rivers, Demi Lovato and Adrian Peterson. She is well known in Minneapolis, St. Paul as the daughter of well known global entrepreneur, Irwin Jacobs.

Born in Minneapolis, Melinda is the third child of five to Alexandra and Irwin Jacobs. Melinda was a competitive figure skater with the United States Figure Skating (USFSA) in the seventies. During her career she has been on-air talent at KSTP-TV (ABC), KMSP TV (FOX) for Good Company and the Mall of America show. She often can be heard on a variety of radio shows in the Twin Cities through Hubbard Broadcasting. She is an ongoing contributor to Secrets of the City, a twin cities based blogging community.

Married to President and CEO of Jacobs Trading, Howard Grodnick, they have two children.