Digitization made possible by the State of Minnesota Legacy Amendment’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, approved by voters in 2008.
December 28, 2000 - Morning Edition’s Cathy Wurzer interviews Neva Walker, who was elected to represent District 61B in South Minneapolis. In a weeks time, she will be sworn-in as the first African American state legislator. Walker is a DFLer who, like all new legislators, will have to transition into her new job.
December 28, 2000 - Health officials in Wisconsin and Minnesota are re-evaluating the effectiveness of efforts to get the word out about the dangers of mercury in fish. Mercury can cause developmental and neurological problems, especially in fetuses and young children. Most Minnesota and Wisconsin lakes are contaminated with mercury as a result of airborne pollution, and both states publish advisories indicating how much fish people should eat from various lakes. But a recent study showed only about a fourth of Wisconsin women of childbearing age know about the advisories. Minnesota Public Radio's Stephanie Hemphill reports. Mercury accumulates in the flesh of fish. The older and larger a fish, the more contanimated it's likely to be. Minnesota's advisories are lake-specific suggesting limits depending on fish size and the age of the consumer. For instance, it tells children - and women who might have children - they should not eat 20-inch or larger walleye from the St. Louis River near Duluth. And they should limit their meals of smaller walleye to one each month. But how are non-angling fish-eaters to know that? For years the advisories have been available with fishing licenses and at bait shops. The Wisconsin DNR's Jim Amrhein (AM-rine) says the word isn't getting from the anglers to their families.
December 28, 2000 - The history of Duluth abounds with fur traders and explorers, ships and trains. The city is proud to point tourists to the museums and historical markers pointing to Duluth's colorful past. But, like all cities, Duluth has stories it regrets. For many years Duluth tried to forget the day it made national news in 1920, the day a crowd of thousands hanged three black men from a downtown street light. A group of Duluth residents is now working to honor the victims with a monument, and a week of events this coming June, on the anniversary of the lynching. Minnesota Public Radio's Chris Julin reports.
December 28, 2000 - By the time this storm ends tomorrow, the Twin Cities could see up to 9 inches of new snow added to our current 21 inches, moving us close to a December record. Meteorologist Bruce Watson says it has also been unusually cold this month.
December 28, 2000 - December has been a bad month for .coms and January looks even worse.
December 28, 2000 - In Minnesota the population grew by more than 12 percent in the last decade, enough for the state to hang onto all 8 congressional seats. The growth rate far outpaced the previous two decades, when the rate was closer to seven percent. Tom Gillaspy is the Minnesota State Demographer. He says the impressive increase wasn't impressive enough for Minnesota to hang on to its rank as the 20th most populous state:
December 28, 2000 - The University of Minnesota will play North Carolina State in the Micron P-C Dot Com Bowl in Miami at seven o'clock tonight (Thurs). The resurgent football program is in a good position to help improve the financial outlook in a men's athletic department that's run up some big debts in the last few years. Minnesota Public Radio's William Wilcoxen reports...
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December 28, 2000 - A deep low pressure system has descended over much of Central Minnesota... bringing with it one of the heaviest snow storms of the season. Mark Kavinsky is a meteorologist at the national weather service in Chanhassen. He says it has been a potent winter storm:
December 28, 2000 - A Voices of Minnesota, part 1 features Ray Christianson, a radio announcer and Voice of Golden Gopher sports. Tonight he calls his last game. William Wilcoxen has more. Part.2 is a rebroadcast of an interview with John Gagliardi from September 24, 1999.