Digitization made possible by the State of Minnesota Legacy Amendment’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, approved by voters in 2008.
October 11, 2000 - Bruce Vento died yesterday morning at the age of 60 after battling a rare form of lung cancer for eight months. Vento was first elected to represent Minnesota's Fourth District in 1976. During his 24 years in Washington, Vento became known as an advocate for the environment, homeless people and refugees. Eighth District DFL Congressman Jim Oberstar served with Vento during his entire tenure. Oberstar presided over a special session of Congress last night where members spoke about Vento. He says Vento represented the people who needed government.
October 11, 2000 - Presidential hopefuls Al Gore and George W. Bush are in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, preparing to face off tonight in their second debate. Gore has dipped in the polls since their last meeting, but the race is still so close that neither candidate has an advantage once the margin of sampling error is factored in. Democrat Sara Stoesz says Gore has to correct a few key mistakes.
October 11, 2000 - The Bush campaign was effective last week in lowering expectations for their candidate. Minnesota Republican Tom Horner says tonight the burden on George W. Bush is higher. Horner says Bush needs to project more confidence in this debate.
October 11, 2000 - Children adopted from overseas are born into one culture and raised in another. They grow up aware their origins are far different from their parents. "Adoption tours" are gaining popularity for internationally adopted children and their parents. Adoption experts say these are emotional journeys that can fulfill adopted children's desires to learn who they are. Minnesota Public Radio's Lynette Nyman has our final part in our series on international adoption.
October 11, 2000 - Funeral services for Representative Bruce Vento will be held on Friday. Jim Schiebel worked closely with Vento when Schiebel was mayor of St. Paul in the early 1990s. He says he'll remember Vento for his commitment to a number of issues including help for the homeless.
October 11, 2000 - The Midwest has some of the hottest political contests in the nation, which could drive record numbers of the region's voters to the polls in November. Elsewhere in the country, despite the tight presidential contest, voter turnout probably won't top the 1996 numbers when the President Clinton had a clear lead over challenger Bob Dole. Clare Nolan, a reporter for the online political magazine Stateline-dot-org wrote about voter turnout and the mood in the Midwest for the latest issue. She says that Gore and Bush set the agenda for Senate races in Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska and Minnesota.
October 11, 2000 - What bugs you about the internet and computers?
October 11, 2000 - The fight for the International Falls state senate seat is heating up. Incumbent Bob Lessard was the district's DFL senator for 24 years. But he left the party in July and is running for re-election as an independent. Lessard faces a challenge from another DFLer, former state Senator Ron Dicklich. Minnesota Public Radio's Tom Robertson reports.
October 11, 2000 - Tonight is a night many hockey fans in this part of the country have been anticipating for years. For the first time since 1993, a Minnesota team will host a National Hockey League game. The state's new team, the Minnesota Wild, plays the Philadelphia Flyers in the first regular season game at the Excel Energy Center in Saint Paul. The Wild, though, cast themselves as a team not just for the Twin Cities but for the whole state. Minnesota Public Radio's William Wilcoxen reports on enthusiasm for the Wild in Saint Paul and in one of northern MInnesota's hockey hotbeds.
October 12, 2000 - The banking practice called "microlending" started nearly 30 years ago in Bangladesh as a way to help the poorest people in developing countries find their way out of poverty. Now some Minnesotans are focusing on microlending and how it can help women in the state's minority communities.