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.
January 26, 1996 -
January 26, 1996 -
January 27, 1996 - MPR’s Greta Cunningham interviews author Carol Shields about her award-winning works, research, and the business of writing.
January 29, 1996 - If you're a city dweller whose been thinking of giving up on urban life and moving out to the country, "Side Lake" author Peter Leschak cautions you to think twice. The ways people entertain themselves in the country may not be what you're used to.
January 29, 1996 -
January 29, 1996 -
January 29, 1996 -
January 30, 1996 - MPR’s Laura McCallum profiles the Minneapolis-St. Paul a cappella group Tonic Sol-fa. McCallum interviews members of the vocal group about their origin and influences.
January 30, 1996 - MPR’s Richard Sprouse reports on killing of St. Joseph officer Brian Klinefelter, and it’s aftermath on the local community. Klinefelter was shot and killed following an armed robbery of a liquor store in Albany.
January 30, 1996 - Two Minneapolis residents say they saw at least eight Minneapolis police officers beat an African-American man early Sunday morning. They say it's the same man who was pronouced dead a couple of hours later at the Hennepin County Medical Center. The Hennepin County Coroner's office says it doesn't believe the 39-year-old died was beaten to death, although it hasn't determined how he died.