Materials created/edited/published by Archive team as an assigned project during remote work period and in office during fiscal 2021-2022 period.
August 15, 2001 - MPR’s Kaomi Goetz reports on historic ceremony in which 700 Hmong refugees became U.S. citizens at a bilingual ceremony in St. Paul. The event was made possible by a federal law giving special consideration to Hmong veterans who fought at the side of U-S forces during the Vietnam War.
August 20, 2001 - North America, Australia and New Zealand are the only areas that remain untouched by foot and mouth disease. Officials at Minnesota's county fairs, and soon, the State Fair would like to keep it that way.
September 3, 2001 - MPR’s Mary Losure reports on a union survey being highlighted at Minnesota State Fair that show issues in affordable housing for members.
November 15, 2001 - A collection of reports from the MPR special series "The Color of Justice," which investigates the racial disparity in Minnesota’s criminal justice system. This Midday program includes reports by MPR’s Dan Olson, Brandt Williams, and Elizabeth Stawicki, as well as various interviews and commentary of officials, academics, and community members.
November 26, 2001 - MPR’s Jeff Horwich presents a Mainstreet Radio series looking at the growing role of Spanish in the Minnesota work place. The series begins in Cold Spring, along conveyor lines of butchered chickens.
November 27, 2001 - MPR’s Jeff Horwich presents a Mainstreet Radio series looking at the growing role of Spanish in the Minnesota work place. The series continues with report on one large Minnesota company finding biligual workers are good for the bottom line.
November 28, 2001 - MPR’s Jeff Horwich presents a Mainstreet Radio series looking at the growing role of Spanish in the Minnesota work place. Horwich spent an evening with one rural Minnesota police officer helping his department relate to the town's changing population.
December 12, 2001 - As part of Mainstreet Radio’s “Our Town” project, MPR’s Jeff Horwich profiles the Stearns county town of St. Anthony, in the which mainstreet is a church, a bar, and not much else. Horwich visits both…and finds a community.
December 26, 2001 - Mainstreet Radio’s Dan Gunderson reports on a pilot project on White Earth Reservation that is trying to reduce the effects of diabetes by bringing back a diet of traditional food.
December 28, 2001 - In this musical edition of our Voices of Minnesota, MPR’s Dan Olson features two of Minnesota's talented jazz musicians Charmin Michelle and Doug Haining, and bandura player Tanya Riabokin.