Digitization made possible by the State of Minnesota Legacy Amendment’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, approved by voters in 2008.
April 18, 1997 - Microsoft Network shut down email for the morning, Microsoft profits up, Internet cyber cafes
April 18, 1997 - Testing, treating and cleaning wells after flooding
April 18, 1997 - Elect Met Council - 5:00 / DO / ME / MD
April 18, 1997 - Meterologist Mark Seeley stops by for his weekly weather wrap up and forecast
April 21, 1997 - President Clinton wants all children reading by third grade. His two-point-75 billion dollar "America Reads" proposal would place one-million tutors, including thousands of college students, in elementary classrooms throughout the nation. Minnesota colleges are making plans to get their students involved in the project. These volunteer tutors face a tough assignment helping children reach their proper reading level. Minnesota Public Radio's Tim Pugmire reports... 5604 (Sound of readers) In the library at Richard R. Green Central Park Elementary school
April 21, 1997 - Roberto Sulbavaro didn't learn how to fence until he was in college. Last fall, the Owatanna native was named the U.S. National Women's Epee coach for the 2000 Olympics. Eppe is a form of fencing, in which duelers use thin swords to attack their opponents on any part of the body. Sulbvaro describes his coaching job as both a pinnacle of his career and an exhausting chore that requires him to be out of the country most of the year. He spoke with MPR intern Sara Goo as part of our Odd Jobs series.
April 21, 1997 - Bonnie Wallace says the way things worked on the Fond du Lac reservation when she was a teenager there 30 years ago is the Bureau of Indian Affairs told boys they'd be auto mechanics and the girls would be hair dressers. Today on our Voices of Minnesota interview we hear Bonnie Wallace talk about education for American Indians. Wallace left the reservation as a young adult. Now, she's back as chair of the board for the tribal college. She talked recently with Minnesota Public Radio's Dan Olson about attitudes toward American Indians when she was growing up.
April 21, 1997 - A new state business tax narrowly survived a challenge in the Minnesota Senate today. Minnesota Public Radio's Martin Kaste reports.
April 21, 1997 - MPR’s Dan Gunderson reports on the major impact Red River flooding has had on Grand Forks, North Dakota. The Red River will crest today in Grand Forks at 54 feet - more than double its normal depth. The flood has forced the evacuation of Grand Forks and the city across the river, East Grand Forks, Minnesota. Over the weekend, there was also a big fire in Grand Forks. Fire trucks couldn't get to it, so helicopters dumped buckets of floodwater on the fire.
April 21, 1997 - Bonnie Wallace says the way things worked on the Fond du Lac reservation when she was a teenager there 30 years ago is the Bureau of Indian Affairs told boys they'd be auto mechanics and the girls would be hair dressers. Today on our Voices of Minnesota interview we hear Bonnie Wallace talk about education for American Indians. Wallace left the reservation as a young adult. Now, she's back as chair of the board for the tribal college. She talked recently with Minnesota Public Radio's Dan Olson about attitudes toward American Indians when she was growing up.