COR CAROLI (Alpha Canum Venaticorum). Third magnitude (2.81, nearly second) and easy to find, the star’s importance is consistent with its brightness.
https://github.com/davepinch/pinchy.cc/blob/master/content/sites/stars.astro.illinois.edu/sow/corcaroli.md
The three aerial FM radio and television towers are just north along I-694 in Shoreview, the suburb just north of Arden Hills and Roseville on the St. Paul side of the Twin Cities. Telefarm Towers are the pair to the west, and KMSP Tower is to the east.