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.
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January 18, 1990 - MPR’s Joe Kelly visits Grand Marais and reports on the battle over shoreline regulations. After initial attempts at a state and federal management plan, local residents created the North Shore Management Board, with a plan for environmental protection and orderly growth along the North Shore.
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January 23, 1990 - Includes William Chaplin, Don Fraser and Sharon Sayles Belton vox. While a sergeant, Mike Sauro led the 1989 mistaken raid on the home of an elderly couple who were killed in a fire set off by the officers' use of a "flash bang" grenade - an incident that reinforced distrust of the police in the black community and led to the creation of the Civilian Police Review Authority (CRA). The victims were Lillian Weiss and Lloyd Smalley.
January 25, 1990 - Includes Mike Sauro vox. While a sergeant, Mike Sauro led the 1989 mistaken raid on the home of an elderly couple who were killed in a fire set off by the officers' use of a "flash bang" grenade - an incident that reinforced distrust of the police in the black community and led to the creation of the Civilian Police Review Authority (CRA). The victims were Lillian Weiss and Lloyd Smalley.