Digitization made possible by the State of Minnesota Legacy Amendment’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, approved by voters in 2008.
December 29, 2000 - Governors of the eight Great Lakes States have floated a series of proposals intended to keep Great Lakes water in the five Great Lakes. The plan by the Council of Great Lakes Governors would make it a lot harder to sell water to anyone outside the region. But first, they've got to convince two Canadian provincial governments and a handful of environmental groups the proposals are tough enough. Minnesota Public Radio's Bob Kelleher reports: {Great Lakes residents were alarmed two years ago when a private company announced plans to sell ship loads of Lake Superior water to Asia. Few would have missed the water. But it could have established a precedent ... and some predicted future deals might involve much more than a few ship loads at a time.
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December 29, 2000 - Ann Bancroft and Liv Arnesen have crossed more than one-third of Antarctica in their attempt to become the first women to traverse the continent under their own power; and they join Lorna Benson to discuss the trip so far.
January 2, 2001 - Winona Knits announced today it's closing eleven of its twelve retail stores across the country. The company began in the 1970s as an outgrowth of Winona Knitting Mills and sells high-end sweaters, mittens and other apparel. Stores in six states will close but the company will keep its namesake store in Winona. CEO Pete Woodsworth says the closings allow Winona Knits to focus on its internet and catalog divisions:
January 2, 2001 - {For Jan. 2, 2001} Education issues are expected to dominate much of the debate when the 2001 Minnesota Legislature convenes this week. Lawmakers will tackle proposals on classroom funding, alternative pay systems for teachers and school accountability. They could also end up going back to the drawing board on the Profile of Learning graduation standards. Minnesota Public Radio's Tim Pugmire reports...
January 2, 2001 - Anti-smoking activists are going out for lunch today in Duluth. A city ordinance went into effect yesterday banning smoking in restaurants -- or at least restricting it. Today at lunchtime, representatives of an anti-smoking group are checking dozens of restaurants to see if the businesses are obeying the new law. Minnesota Public Radio's Chris Julin reports from Duluth.
January 2, 2001 - The new year brings with it a new Congress, a new president, and a new state legislature... all of which will have an affect on Minnesota's health care industry. A number of issues... prescription drug prices, Medicare reform, and a patients bill of rights were major issues during the election. And healthcare costs have gone up sharply the last few years. Joining us to talk about the STATE of the healthcare industry in Minnesota is Dr. John Christianson, director of the University of Minnesota's Carlson School Center for the Study of Healthcare Management.
January 2, 2001 - Our techno-moron awards for the year past. There have been many positive developments in technology as well as not-so-positive developments that are anti-customer behavior.
January 2, 2001 - Two Minneapolis lawyers are at Angola Prison in Louisianna today, preparing for the release of their client --death row inmate Albert Ronnie Burrell. Steve Pincus and Chuck Lloyd have been working on Burrell's case pro bono since 1991. Burrell was sentenced to death in 1987 for the shooting deaths of an elderly couple. Today, a judge granted Burrell a new trial and the state dismissed the charges agaist him, allowing him to walk free. I spoke with Chuck Lloyd on his way to the prison earlier this afternoon. He says when he read the transcript of Burrell's original trial, it didn't seem to hold together:
January 2, 2001 - As one person put it: It's easier to get a divorce than remove a tattoo and sometimes much cheaper. Once the literal marks of rebels and outcasts, tattoos and piercings have crossed the line into the realm of fashion accessory. Now one Minnesota college is trying to educate students and others about the risks of body art, both in the short and long term . The aim of the peer education program at Minnesota State University-Moorhead is not to discourage individuals from body art, but to make sure its done safely. Minnesota Public Radios Bob Reha reports. {Sitting at her desk at the Herndrix Health Center at the Minnesota State University Moorhead campus Lynn Peterson is talking tattoos, and piercings: nose rings, tongue studs, pierced navels. She knows a lot about this stuff, and as the advisior for the Centers Peer Educator program, she wants students to know a lot about body art too.