Digitization made possible by the State of Minnesota Legacy Amendment’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, approved by voters in 2008.
April 8, 1997 - Homicides tend to get all the media attention, but community organizers say so-called nuisance crimes are every bit as destructive to a neighborhood. Tonight in Minneapolis at Plymouth Congregational Church a group of residents will ask public prosecutors to follow the model of community oriented policing. The residents want city attorneys assigned to specific neighborhoods to prosecute drug dealers, prostitutes and others who bring crime to communities. Minnesota Public Radio's Dan Olson reports.
April 9, 1997 - All the talk about bringing America's school students' test results up to the level of those in Japan and other countries is putting a lot of pressure on kids and teachers. The pressure to learn more at an earlier age causes some to worry kids will burn out and lose interest in learning. But that doesn't seem to be happening. An education expert says a bigger concern is not all kids have an equal opportunity to learn because of disparaties in education funding. Minnesota Public Radio's Dan Olson visited a Hopkins school and has more. It's been 40 years since Jack Anderson was a 4th grader, and his memory is foggy on what his parochial and public school teachers in Brainerd demanded that he learn. He knows with a certainty, however, that he is asking a great deal more of his 25 students. tape . . . the exposure they get in school, the techno
April 9, 1997 - State officials say that despite the communities ravaged by spring flooding, residents and county leaders can take heart that the federal disaster declaration signed by the president means economic assistance is on the way. Minnesota Public Radio's Karen-Louise Boothe reports the number one priority TODAY remains on the HUMAN needs of the flooding. --------------------------------------------------------- | D-CART ITEM: 6127 | TIME: 3:41 | OUTCUE: "...soc." --------------------------------------------------------- State Emergency Services Director Jim Franklin says many local officials in towns and counties that have NOT been officially declared a disaster area are worried they've been overlooked...but he offers this re-assurance: BITE:
April 9, 1997 - D-F-L leaders in the Minnesota House have unveiled their plan for improving public education in Minnesota...but education tax credits are not included. House Speaker Phil Carruthers and members of the House Education Committee say they're committed to working with Governor Carlson on education reform. But their plan omits the specific provision Carlson says he's prepared to fight for. Minnesota Public Radio's Tim Pugmire reports... House D-F-Lers say their "Excellence for All" proposal would create greater standards of accountability for schools and students. They reject the Republican Governor's proposed tax credits in favor of spending more on pu
April 9, 1997 - The National Weather Service has raised the projected crest on the Red River in Fargo Moorhead. It now stands at 39 to 39-and-one-half feet....a foot higher than the previous projection. The crest in Fargo is expected late Thursday or early Friday. The Red in Fargo this morning was at 35-point-59 feet. Flood stage is 17 feet. As Minnesota Public Radio's Hope Deutscher reports....people living along the Red River wasted no time in building up their dikes.
April 9, 1997 - State officials say that despite the communities ravaged by spring flooding, residents and county leaders can take hear that the federal disaster delcaration signed by the president means economic assistance is on the way. Minnesota Public Radio's Karen-Louise Boothe reports that while the money will help communities and individuals begin planning for clean-up and recovery...the number priority TODAY remains on the HUMAN needs of the flooding. State Emergency Services Director Jim Franklin says many towns and counties that have NOT been officially declared are calling to say they're worried they've been overlooked...but he offers this re-assur
April 10, 1997 - Some of the people who have been fighting floods in various parts of the region FINALLY got some GOOD news today. In the northwest, forecasters DOWNGRADED their crest projections for the Red River at Fargo/ Moorhead. In west central Minnesota people who live along the Minnesota river in towns like Montivideo and Granite falls are watching the water receed and moving ahead with clean up and damage assessment. Minnesota Public Radio's Mark Zdechlik reports... | D-CART ITEM: 6349 | TIME: 4:26 | OUTCUE:soc
April 10, 1997 - MPR’s Dan Gunderson reports on how Fargo-Moorhead learned they had as little as 36 hours to raise dikes by two feet because the Red River could go higher than earlier predicted. Hundreds of people worked through the night in an effort to beat the clock.
April 10, 1997 - Legislation for a new Twins ballpark has cleared a key committee in the Minnesota House. The Local Government committee rejected the stadium bill earlier this month...but decided last night to pass the measure along without recommendation. Minnesota Public Radio's Bill Wareham reports: After several days of intense behind the scenes negotiating...and another three hours of public wrangling in committee...political support shifted just enough to get the stadium bill to the next stage in the process. Long gone is the cigarette tax once envisioned for fi
April 10, 1997 - MPR's Jon Gordon reports that there will be no spears or gillnets on Mille Lacs Lake, for now. A federal appeals court has refused to allow eight Ojibwe Bands, including six from Wisconsin, to spear and gillnet on Mille Lacs and other Minnesota lakes this spring. The move comes after landowners and some counties appealed a federal judge's order allowing the bands to begin fishing in the 12 county area of east-central Minnesota.