Digitization made possible by the State of Minnesota Legacy Amendment’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, approved by voters in 2008.
September 27, 2000 - Mainstreet Radio's Tim Post reports that Governor Jesse Ventura spent the day in St Cloud, talking with students at St. Cloud Tech High School about the importance of voting. Ventura says it's part of his effort to increase turn out at the polls this November. He will also raise money for the Independence Party's U.S. Senate candidate, Jim Gibson.
September 27, 2000 - There was more good news on Minnesota's economy today. An annual report from the Census Bureau shows that incomes in the state are rising as the poverty rate falls. The annual median income in the state was up 3.3 percent, to just over $48,000. The poverty rate fell 1.2 points to just under nine percent. Tom Stinson is the state economist. He says the good numbers can be traced back to the tight labor market.
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September 27, 2000 - State Senator Linda Runbeck of Vadnais Heights is hoping to become the first Republican in more than half a century to represent Minnesota's Fourth Congressional District. Runbeck hopes her conservative message will appeal to the increasingly suburban Fourth District, which includes St. Paul and surrounding suburbs. She's counting on a competitive three-way race to improve her chances. In the first of our series of Fourth District candidate profiles, Minnesota Public Radio's Laura McCallum reports...
September 27, 2000 - The United Way of Minneapolis Area is giving over $450,000 to launch a metro-wide affordable housing initiative. The money will be used to produce and maintain affordable housing units and to educate the public about the issue. The lack of affordable housing for people with low and moderate incomes has been an issue of growing concern in the metro area. Terri Barreiro is the Senior Director of Community Services at the United Way of Minneapolis Area comments.
September 27, 2000 - The use of performance-enhancing drugs is not only an issue at the Olympics. Steroids, and other such drugs, are also a concern at the collegiate and even high school level. Chris Hartman, the head U of M men's football team's strength and conditioning coach, comments.
September 27, 2000 - For years scientists have warned the misuse and over-use of antibiotics is causing some bacteria to become resistant to antibiotics. Antibiotics are the first line of defense against sicknesses caused by bacteria. If the number of resistant strains of bacteria continues to grow, illnesses once easily treatable with antibiotics could become incurable. Bacteria can develop resistance in hospitals, and also on farms where animals are treated routinely with antibiotics. Now resistant bacteria are starting to spread outward into the environment, into the nation's streams and rivers. Minnesota Public Radio's Mary Losure reports.
September 27, 2000 - I'm Art Hughes in Rochester. While the DM&E project raises significant questions for communities all along the route, Rochester has consistently been the epicenter of opposition. Most cities---large and small---along the tracks have signed agreements with the railroad. But Rochester has steadfastly refused to comprimise.
September 27, 2000 - A rare Siberian tiger has some residents of Hawley in northwestern Minnesota concerned and Clay County officials uncertain about how to respond. No laws prevent Elaine and Jerry Sweggberg from keeping the tiger, which is on the endangered species list, as a pet. And even if county commissioners do draft a dangerous animal ordinance, there's little promise it could put the Sweggberg's neighbors at ease. Minnesota Public Radios Bob Reha reports.
September 28, 2000 - Author Terry Brooks has no fewer than 13 million books in print and legions of fans. But unless you are a fan of fantasy fiction there is a good chance you have never heard of him. Since the late 1970's, Seattle-based Brooks has been pumping out regular installments of his epic tales about elves, humans and magic. His latest book "The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara: Ilse Witch", which went straight to the top of the New York Times bestsellers list, is a 454 page first installment of a tale he expects will take five volumes to complete. He told Minnesota Public Radio's Euan Kerr he started telling stories while involved in role playing games as a child. He later became a lawyer, and says a surprising amount of what he learned in the legal world has ended up in his books over the years.