Digitization made possible by the State of Minnesota Legacy Amendment’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, approved by voters in 2008.
September 29, 2000 - The Minnesota Thunder Professional Soccer team will try to defend its A-League title tomorrow night when the team takes on the Rochester Raging Rhinos at Frontier Field in Rochester, New York. This is the third consecutive championship meeting between the Thunder and Rhinos. Last year Minnesota defeated Rochester in the title match at the National Sports Center in Blaine. The year before, the Rhinos defeated the Thunder in the championship match held in Rochester. Sports reporter Tim Leighton covers the Thunder for the St. Paul Pioneer Press.
September 29, 2000 - University of Minnesota President Mark Yudof says improving faculty salaries is among the keys to the institution's future success and the state's. Yudof has made faculty compensation the centerpiece of his 2001 legislative proposal. He outlined the plan and its potential impact Thursday during his annual state of the university address. Minnesota Public Radio's Tim Pugmire reports...
September 29, 2000 - University of Minnesota Meteorologist and Climatologist Mark Seeley has his weekly weather chat. Another week of big shifts in the temperature, with highs in the 80s today and extremely some low temperatures on Sunday, a discussion of the tradition of rainmakers, and cloud seeding.
September 29, 2000 - The two candidates in Minnesota's sixth Congressional district met in their first debate this afternoon (friday) in Ham Lake. Democratic Congressman Bill Luther and the Republican candidate, retired marine John Kline discussed the federal government's role in tax reform, health care and education. Minnesota Public Radio's Tom Scheck reports...
September 29, 2000 - A new poll on the presidential race in Minnesota shows Democrat Al Gore maintains a slight lead over Republican George W. Bush. The MPR/St. Paul Pioneer Press/KARE TV poll found Gore with 47-percent support, Bush with 40-percent, and Green Party presidential candidate Ralph Nader supported by 4-percent of those polled. Minnesota Public Radio's Laura McCallum reports.
October 2, 2000 - MPR’s Euan Kerr interviews Chicago-based poet Ana Castillo about her novel "Peel My Love Like and Onion." The book tells the story of Carmen, a flamenco dancer who overcame the ravages of childhood polio.
October 2, 2000 - Some of Saint Paul's Snoopys have new homes today and the city couldn't be happier. Yesterday's auction of 40 fiberglass Snoopys brought in $823-thousand dollars, far exceeding even the most optomistic predictions. The money will help pay for a permanent sculpture honoring Charles Schulz as well as cartooning scholarships and an endowed professorship. Mayor Norm Coleman says the outpouring of affection for Schulz and his characters has been amazing.
October 2, 2000 - St. John's University in Collegeville this past weekend dedicated a new curatorship for organizing the writings of the Knights of St. John. The archive will feature a heavy emphasis on Malta, the tiny Mediterranean country settled by the knights in 1530. The five islands that make up Malta were a British colony until 1964. Over the last 15 years, it has become a major shipping, financial and insurance center. The Maltese ambassador to the United States, George Saliba, attended the dedication. He told Minnesota Public Radio's Stephanie Curtis that he hopes the collection will interest medeival scholars and maybe inspire people to visit his country.
October 2, 2000 - Democratic Senate candidate Mark Dayton says he has sold ALL of his individual stock holdings. Republican incumbent Senator Rod Grams has been calling Dayton a hypocrite for selling energy and pharacueticals stocks now that's he's running for office. Dayton announced his sell-off following the second of two forums with Grams and Independence Party candidate James Gibson. The three talked about issues ranging from the nation's energy policy to defense spending and social security reform. Minnesota Public Raido's Mark Zdechlik reports...
October 2, 2000 - Ground is broken today Monday in north Minneapolis to build a new neighborhood on land once occupied by public housing. The decision to demolish hundreds of low income units during an affordable housing crisis drew sharp criticism. But supporters say the new development will create a mixed income neighborhood without the concentration of poverty that plagued the public housing projects. Minnesota Public Radio's Dan Olson reports.