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.
November 1, 1991 - MPR’s Marlana Benzie describes the snowy and windy conditions impacting the city. Many roads are unplowed and unpassable, especially on the hillside.
November 1, 1991 - Morning Edition’s Mark Heistad interviews Jim Mathews, forecaster at National Weather Service, about the surprising intensity and amount of snowfall. Mathews details some reasons behind powerful storm.
November 1, 1991 - Midday’s Bob Potter talks with Kathy Heidel, naturalist at Carver Park Reserve, on how animals are dealing with the massive snowstorm. Heidel describes how she believes animals were far less surprised by blizzard than people in region, and prepared much better.
November 1, 1991 - Midmorning’s Paula Schroeder interviews Ken Moore, of AAA, who details the busy work going on in trying to assist drivers stuck in the snow. Interview is followed by a report from MPR’s Karen Wallevand on the ice issues on roads in Rochester.
November 1, 1991 - MPR’s Karen Boothe interviews Bob LaShomb, of Metro Transit Commission, about the status of morning bus service after large snowstorm arrives into the Twin Cities.
November 1, 1991 - MPR’s Lorna Benson reports on officials’ frustration over people traveling on roads during storm, with many becoming stranded. Roads are becoming increasingly unpassable except for emergencies. Snow removal crews in Mankato were pulled off roads out of safety to workers.
November 1, 1991 - MPR’s Mary Losure presents numerous interview audio clips of how Twin Cities residents have been dealing with commutes during the snowstorm. No one seems to be a fan of MTC bus service…or the snow.
November 1, 1991 - MPR’s Dan Olson takes a look at gay and lesbian discrimintation in Minnesota and the opposing viewpoints on expanding Minnesota Human Rights Act or various city ordinances that include protections for the gay and lesbian community.
November 1, 1991 - On this segment of Voices from the Heartland, writer Barton Sutter reads Dull and Out of It, an essay on living in Duluth.
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