Digitization made possible by the State of Minnesota Legacy Amendment’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, approved by voters in 2008.
October 13, 2000 - It's been four years since U.S. immigration officials began jailing everyone seeking political asylum. Nationwide, thousands of asylum seekers may await a decision on their status from a cell. Because relatively few try to enter the country through Minnesota, the number who end up in our county jails and state lockups is small -- only nineteen. But Minnesotans who have worked on the cases say they illustrate the problems with the system.
October 13, 2000 - Later today city officials and neighborhood groups will break ground on a project to build wetlands around Lake Nokomis. The water quality of the lake is declining because rain water drains into the lake and brings with it phosphorous from lawn fertilizers and other contaminants from the surrounding area. The new wetlands will filter the water before it drains into the lake. Joining MPR News to comment is Pam Blixt, president of the board of the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District.
October 13, 2000 - DFL Senate candidate Mark Dayton has now put 6.7 million dollars of his own money into his campaign. Dayton loaned his campaign 3.3 million dollars in September, and spent nearly all of it. He outspent Republican Senator Rod Grams more than four to one. Minnesota Public Radio's Laura McCallum reports.
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October 13, 2000 - University of Minnesota athletes showed academic improvement last year, good news for an athletic program still awaiting NCAA sanctions for academic fraud in the basketball program. The U of M Regents also got a progress report on efforts to improve academic integrity campus-wide. Minnesota Public Radio's Patty Marsicano reports.
October 13, 2000 - The wife of Republican vice-presidential candidate Dick Cheney is in the Twin Cities today. Lynne Cheney is attending a fundraiser this evening, but she began her Minnesota visit with a trip to the Seed Academy and Harvest Preparatory School in Minneapolis. Minnesota Public Radio's Michael Khoo reports.
October 13, 2000 - Mark Seeley is a meteorologist and climatologist at the the University of Minnesota and he's here for his weekly weather chat, in short sleeves.
October 13, 2000 - Debuting the Minnesota Wild hockey team is great, but there are some downfalls that come with it. Areas of concern include: XCel Energy Center, NHL, question of Wild success.
October 13, 2000 - The funeral service for Congressman Bruce Vento were helt today at the Cathedral of Saint Paul. Yesterday hundreds attended Vento's visitation to pay last their respects to a man many loved and honored. Minnesota Public Radio's Lynette Nyman has this report.
October 13, 2000 - The University of Minnesota Board of Regents is asking the legislature for an additional 221-and-a-half million dollars from the state over and above its base funding in the next two-year budget cycle. Minnesota Public Radio's Patty Marsicano reports.