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.
March 13, 1996 - MPR’s Marianne Combs reports on ice fishing along and on Lake Superior during winter, when ice flows become fishing opportunities…but not without potential costs and risks to life.
March 14, 1996 - The state auditor says the Twin Cities' Transit Police Department has regularly broken rules to hide thousands of dollars worth of unauthorized spending.
March 15, 1996 -
March 15, 1996 - MPR’s John Rabe interviews Irish poet Ethna McKiernan about subjects of the ordinary world in poetry. McKiernan also performs reading of her work.
March 15, 1996 - This week marks the first year on-the-job for Minneapolis Police Chief Robert Olson. Chief Olson took the position amidst the turmoil that surrounded the departure of former Chief John Laux and the Mayor's firing of officer Mike Sauro following a settlement in a case alleging police brutality. In the following weeks and months, the city would suffer it's highest homicide rate on record.
March 16, 1996 -
March 16, 1996 -
March 18, 1996 - MPR’s Justin Maiman visited Nye's to speak with “Sweet” Lou Snider, the establishment’s long-time pianist. Snider shares thoughts on her unique work. Everyone Lou Snider meets on her job thinks they're a singer. Snider leads all the vocalists who step up to her piano bar at Nye's Polonaise Room in Minneapolis, and many an interaction occurs.
March 18, 1996 -
March 18, 1996 -