MPR News Features are news segments created for various long-form programming, including Morning Edition and All Things Considered, amongst others. Features run the gambit of interviews, reports, profiles, and coverage.
July 13, 1985 - MPR’s Mark Heistad interviews Elizabeth Ebbott, author of Indians in Minnesota. Sovereign Nation status and economic development on reservations are discussed.
July 13, 1985 - Mall of America
July 20, 1985 -
July 20, 1985 -
July 20, 1985 - Women of the World, United Nations Decade for Women
July 20, 1985 - Johannes Huyen
July 20, 1985 - National Organization for Women
July 22, 1985 - MPR’s Deborah Fisher reports on continued controversy of Minneapolis Police Department’s decoy unit. Sal Saran Scott, was shot in the face at point blank range after being arrested by a Minneapolis police officer who was a member of the controversial decoy unit, leading to hearing by Civil Rights Commission. The shooting was considered accidental and was the second such "accident" by the same officer.
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July 27, 1985 - Weekend’s Paula Drake interviews Clarence Young, who spent time at the Split Rock Lighthouse in the early 1900s. His father, Orren "Pete" Young, was the lighthouse's first head keeper from 1910 to 1928. Clarence recalls the experience of travel to lighthouse, playing there as a child, and weather along Lake Superior.