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 5, 1991 - Midmorning’s Paula Schroeder interviews Patrick Hansen, a National Guard captain, about distribution of generators for rural residents without power after Halloween blizzard hit much of the state.
November 5, 1991 - MPR’s Bill Wareham reports on some reasons behind slow roads. Jim Scheibel, St. Paul mayor, explains issues with plowing certain areas of town. Bob Otto, Minneapolis maintenance engineer, shares challenges of plows getting stuck and winds blowing snow back onto cleared areas.
November 5, 1991 - Robert L. Spaeth reflects on the Pan Motor Company in St. Cloud. For a brief moment in time, the company gave the city a possibility to “be put on the map.”
November 5, 1991 - Minnesota-based author, educator, and outdoor enthusiast Bill Hansen shares an essay recalling an experience with a moose…and a subsequent chase.
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November 6, 1991 - MPR’s Bill Catlin interviews MNDOT and MTC officials about what went wrong with maintaining roads and bus service in the Twin Cities during and after Halloween blizzard. Topic on communication issues is highlighted.
November 6, 1991 - MPR’s Gary Eichten interviews naturalist about how animals are adapting to to massive snowstorm. The different experiences of small birds, squirrels, pheasants, and deer are detailed. Not surprisingly, hibernators are the big winners.
November 6, 1991 - MPR’s Chris Roberts reports on the vote results of St. Paul gay and lesbian rights ordinance repeal. Roberts visits the Prom Expo Center in St. Paul, election headquarters for Campaign 90s, the group supporting the ordinance, to get reactions. Roberts also contacts spokesperson for Citizen’s Alert, a group behind the repeal effort.
November 6, 1991 - Karen Clark, Minnesota House representative from District 60A, discusses legislative efforts at State Capitol to secure gay rights statewide. Clark also comments on local efforts; notably the gay and lesbian rights ordinance repeal in St. Paul.
November 6, 1991 - It wasn’t until 10 pm that bedlam broke out at the Prom Expo Center in St. Paul, election headquarters for Campaign 90s, the group supporting the ordinance. Unofficial results show the effort to repeal was defeated by a rather narrow margin of more than 4,000 votes. Included are reactions from Campaign 90s chair B.J. Metzger, Deb Schlick, Mayor Jim Scheibel, St. Paul city councilmember Dave Thune, Citizens Alert spokesman Bob Fletcher, Campaign 90's manager Susan Kimberly.