Digitization made possible by the State of Minnesota Legacy Amendment’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, approved by voters in 2008.
December 5, 2000 - Saint Paul Mayor Norm Coleman is proposing a rebate of about 70 percent of a ten million dollar surplus in the city's budget. The proposal would return the money to residents through their Xcel Energy bills. At least one Saint Paul leader say there is no surplus to return and that the city should take care of other needs. Minnesota Public Radio's Lynette Nyman reports.
December 5, 2000 - The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system this afternoon named James McCormick as its new Chancellor. McCormick has been head of the State System of Higher Education in Pennsylvania for the past 17 years. McCormick says initially, he wasn't interested in the job, but that he warmed to the idea when he learned more about the 35-school system:
December 5, 2000 - The United States Department of Agriculture is asking a Wisconsin-based beef processor to recall one point one million pounds of meat for fear it may be tainted with E coli. The move follows Friday's move by Twin Cities based Supervalu to recall beef from it's Cub Foods stores. An E coli outbreat has made at least 22 Minnesotans sick and hospitalized seven. Minnesota Public Radio's Tom Scheck reports...
December 5, 2000 - The Minnesota National Guard will send members of its 34th infantry division to Bosnia in April of 2002. The Pentagon choose the Minnesota division, along with divisions from five other states to be on rotating six-month assignments until 2005. Lieutenant Colonel Denny Shields is the Director of Public Affairs for the Minnesota National Guard. He says the army is relying more on part time soldiers to staff its peacekeeping missions around the world:
December 5, 2000 - Minnesota Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor says he expects to be suspended by the National Basketball Association within the next few days, even though a hearing on his rule-breaking contract agreement with Joe Smith is scheduled for a week from today (Tues). Minnesota Public Radio's William Wilcoxen reports...
December 5, 2000 - St. Thomas professor Fred Zimmerman. News of the impending McNerney announcement sent shares in 3M up 5.4 percent yesterday.
December 5, 2000 - retires. McNerney's challenge will be to apply General Electric's decisive, profit-centered management philosophy to 3M's culture of innovation. Minnesota Public Radio's Andrew Haeg reports.
December 5, 2000 - Minnesota's state epidemiologist and other food safety experts are calling on a Wisconsin based beef processor to extend its recall of potentially E coli tainted beef. The company is already recalling approximately 1 point 1 million pounds of ground beef from more than a dozen states after 22 Minnesotans were diagnosed with the food borne illness. Minnesota Public Radio's Tom Scheck reports...
December 5, 2000 - The U.S. Supreme Court is sending back a Florida Supreme Court decision that allowed manual recounts in the Presidential race to continue past a certification deadline. The high court is asking the Florida court to take another look at the case and clarify the reasoning behind its decision. In its opinion, the high court cited the State of Minnesota versus National Tea Company, a case involving tax law that was argued in 1940. Joseph Daley is a Professor at the Hamline School of Law, and he's on the line now.
December 5, 2000 - Should websites and their owners be unionized?