Materials created/edited/published by Archive team as an assigned project during remote work period and in office during fiscal 2021-2022 period.
May 16, 2016 - As part of MPR's “Trouble in the Water” series, MPR’s Mark Zdechlik reports on the Whitewater River, a waterway that symbolizes trouble in Minnesota waters.
May 17, 2016 - As part of MPR's “Trouble in the Water” series, MPR’s Dan Gunderson reports on farming as a big part of Minnesota's clean water problem, and the potential solution of environmental stewardship by farmers.
May 18, 2016 - As part of MPR's “Trouble in the Water” series, MPR’s Clay Masters reports on Des Moines Water Works lawsuit over cleanup of farm runoff…a battle with farmers about who’s responsible for paying for it.
May 19, 2016 - As part of MPR's “Trouble in the Water” series, MPR’s Dan Kraker reports on the history of pollution in the St. Louis river in nortern Minnesota, and efforts now to clean it up.
May 20, 2016 - As part of MPR's “Trouble in the Water” series, MPR’s Mark Steil reports on the pollution problem of when rainfall washes soil and nutrients down from the town of Worthington and thousands of acres of farmland, and into Okabena Lake.
May 23, 2016 - As part of MPR's “Trouble in the Water” series, MPR’s John Enger reports on the pollution issue of failing septic systems along the rocky shore of Rainy Lake.
May 24, 2016 - As part of MPR's “Trouble in the Water” series, MPR’s Elizabeth Dunbar reports on rising instances of blue-green algae blooms on Minnesota lakes, and the health concerns they present, including multiple dog deaths from suspected blue-green algae poisoning.
May 25, 2016 - As part of MPR's “Trouble in the Water” series, MPR’s Lorna Benson reports on the replacement process of lead pipes in St. Paul’s drinking water system.
August 11, 2016 - MPR’s Solvejg Wastvedt joins St. Paul middle-schoolers who took on a different kind of summer challenge recently, learning about leadership and racial equity as they got an up-close look at history.
August 31, 2016 - When most people are leaving the State Fair, some others are just arriving. A team of sanitation workers clean through the night emptying trash cans, cleaning toilets and scrubbing floors, among other things. MPR’s Max Nestrak interviews Jeffrey Martinez, a floor cleaner about his fairgrounds night shift in the Food Building.