Digitization made possible by the State of Minnesota Legacy Amendment’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, approved by voters in 2008.
January 25, 2001 - A team of migrant workers pulled well-formed apples from trees at the Pepin Heights Orchard. They are also working on getting rid of the pests.
January 25, 2001 - MPR’s Annie Feidt reports on The Midwest Food Alliance, a new local organization that is hoping to convince Minnesotans to pay closer attention to the source of their food. The alliance supports and promotes the products of local farmers who practice environmentally sound, sustainable agriculture. The organization hopes consumers will search out its brightly colored stickers on produce and meats, the way some look for the organic label.
January 25, 2001 - All Things Considered’s Lorna Benson talks with Minnesota guitarist Sharon Isbin about her album "Dreams of a World: Folk-Inspired Music for Guitar," which is Grammy-nominated in the best solo instrumentalist category.
January 25, 2001 - MPR’s William Wilcoxen presents a profile of jazz organist Jack McDuff (aka Captain Jack), who died on January 24th, 2001. Segment includes recorded interview with McDuff.
January 25, 2001 - Police and city staff members in Saint Paul will develop recommendations over the next few weeks as to how the city should analyze racial profiling statistics the police department has been keeping since last spring. The city council met with police chief Bill Finney yesterday (Wednesday) and asked him to return in a month with specific suggestions for how the numbers should be analyzed. Minnesota Public Radio's William Wilcoxen reports...
January 25, 2001 - MPR’s Chris Julin reports on speech event by Governor Jesse Ventura at University of Minnesota in Duluth. The Governor is traveling around the state, trying to sell Minnesotans on his proposed budget. Some of the loudest criticism of the budget plan is coming from university and college administrators who say the governor's proposal will make them lose good professors, and raise tuition.
January 29, 2001 - America is facing an energy crisis. In Minnesota energy experts say the state needs 5 new power plants. The crisis is making some folk look west to the Dakotas which could produce more wind power than it needs. But as Minnesota Public Radio's Bob Reha reports the next problem is getting that energy to where its needed.
January 29, 2001 - The loss of jobs on Minnesota's Iron Range doesn't just affect mining towns, such as Hibbing and Chisholm. In Duluth, the huge ships passing under the aerial bridge are already carrying less iron ore. In fact, last year the port moved more coal than iron ore for the first time since the Great Depression. Last year, ore shipments from the Duluth-Superior port hit their lowest level since the 1980s, when the Iron Range economy took a nose dive and the mines laid off thousands of workers. The mining slump in the '80s hit Duluth hard, too. Businesses closed. People lost jobs. This time, economists are predicting Duluth will withstand the blow somewhat better. But they say the city WILL suffer. Minnesota Public Radio's Chris Julin reports.
January 29, 2001 - Across southern Minnesota the preparations for the ice-storm began early... long before the first drops of freezing rain fell. Minnesota Public Radio's Laurel Druley reports the majority of southeastern Minnesota schools closed today. {Rochester public school transportation manager Jeff Cappers says his thoughts were more on the possible state of country back roads this afternoon when he made his decision to close his schools early this morning.
January 29, 2001 - Two notable tragedies last year in which people struggling with mental illness were shot and killed by Minneapolis police, have prompted the department to consider key changes in training. A bill scheduled to be introduced this week would help bring those changes about. Minnesota Public Radio's Art Hughes reports.