October 13, 1995 - Mainstreet Radio’s Leif Enger reports on researchers trying to figure the reason for the smaller than expected annual moose count in Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge. If disease is the culprit, where are the bodies? It may come down to human error.
December 22, 1995 - Author Michelle Edwards reads a Chanukah story about a young Jewish boy in wartime occupied France.
December 26, 1995 - Mainstreet Radio’s Leif Enger profiles Erling Nicolai Rolfsrud, and highlights the North Dakota author’s last incomplete book, “Close the Door Gently.” Enger visits his wife, Beverly, who reminisces about their life and work.
January 26, 1996 - On this special Mainstreet Radio version of Midmorning from Bemidji, a collection of segments on Native, historic city, and literary topics in the region.
February 5, 1996 - Mainstreet Radio’s Rachel Reabe profiles Maud Hart Lovelace and her Betsy-Tacy books, which present nostalgic stories about growing up in turn-of-the-century Mankato. As part of report, Reabe talks with Louise King and Kathy Baxter, of the Twin Cities based Maud Hart Lovelace Society, about the resurgence in interest of ten book series.
February 16, 1996 - Mainstreet Radio’s Catherine Winter profiles Minnesota carpenter John Harren. The Warroad resident makes the long narrow sled for Canadian hunters and trappers in the far north of Canada.
February 16, 1996 - Mainstreet Radio’s Leif Enger reports on "King of the Hill" toughman contest has sparked an uproar on the White Earth Reservation in northwestern Minnesota. The event is like boxing, except that anyone can enter…and as the ads say, the last one left standing wins $5,000. With that sort of incentive, the fight card filled quickly, but opponents of the contest say there's enough violence on the Reservation, without paying for more.
February 23, 1996 - Mainstreet Radio’s Mark Steil reports on new prison in Waseca, Minnesota. The former college campus has been developed into a low security federal correctional institution, but not without concerns from some local residents who see it as detrimental to community and property values.
February 23, 1996 - On this special Mainstreet Radio version of Midmorning from Crosby, a panel discussion on education and public choice in the region. Rachel Reabe interviews educators Bob Bross, superintendent of schools in Brainerd; and Duck Thomas, school board member in Le Sueur, about school choice and its potential impact to public schools.
March 4, 1996 - Mainstreet Radio’s Rachel Reabe reports on various citizen police academies starting up throughout the state. Reabe interviews citizens and law enforcement officials about the purpose and results of experience.