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.
April 4, 1997 - This spring there's been a lot of attention about flooding in western Minneosta, but floodwaters are predicted to cause problems in parts of the Twin Cities as well, especially in the St. Croix River Valley. The St. Croix River is rising and the weather service is predicting it'll crest in less than two weeks almost two feet higher than it did in 1993. Businesses, local governments, and residents are all getting ready for the flood. Minnesota Public Radio's Mark Zdechlik reports... | D-CART ITEM:5095 | TIME: 5:08s
April 4, 1997 - MPR’s Bob Kelleher reports that sixteen exhausted negotiators gave up their efforts Thursday to settle the most contentious management issue in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area. In twenty-two meetings over eight months, the panel managed to find consensus on minor disputes over the use of the federal wilderness area, but there was no agreement on the one issue that led to their convening.
April 4, 1997 - The chairman of the Senate K-12 education budget committee today dropped a small political bomb today (Friday) when he proposed a version of Governor Carlson's school vouchers plan. Minnesota Public Radio's Martin Kaste reports: DFL State Senator Larry Pogemiller says his plan isn't a vouchers plan -- it's a "CERTIFICATES" plan. But both plans seem to share the same basic philosophy: the idea that free-market-style competition would be good for Minnesota's schools:
April 4, 1997 - It's apiary time in Minnesota. Yesterday in Collegeville, Kenwood Trail Junior High School seventh-grader Jennifer Meyer won the state spelling bee by correctly spelling the word "barnacled". As in "the hull of Bob Potter's boat is heavily barnacled." Meyer goes to the nationals next month. Some of the words she got right that were: hyrax, vinaigrette, and jeremiad. The state finals in the National Geography Bee were held today at Macalester College in Saint Paul. One-hundred fourth through eighth graders competed for the chance to go to the nationals in Washington D.C. next month.
April 4, 1997 - SELF-CONTAINED. BEGINS WITH FILM CLIP, ENDS WITH MUSIC SCRIPT, SUCH AS IT IS: CLIP: IT WAS ONLY A FILM. Maybe it's unfair to use this particular clip from the Peter Greenaway film "The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover" to introduce our next piece. But if it's transgressive of radio tradition, that fits Greenaway, who's spent his life seducing and unsettling audiences. Tonite, the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis begins a
April 4, 1997 - The threat of flooding has people thirsty for information. Sioux Falls has quenched that with an Internet home paged filled with flood information. It's an inexpensive way to provide updated information and advanced warning for homeowners and businesses. Minnesota Public Radio's Cara Hetland reports: Sioux Falls officials elevated their desire to establish a home page when the Army Corps of Engineers issued a record flood warning in February. The city went on-line March 17 and since then the home page has been accessed more than eight-thousand times. Public Works Director Lyle Johnson says the sole purpose of the flood information is to inform people. cut :15 "when it comes to flood preparation, people need to have the sa
April 4, 1997 - To follow any kind of weather/flooding forecast revisions. As residents living near swollen rivers brace for what COULD be the worst flooding of the century, emergency service providers are moving into action quickly. Minnesota Public Radio's Karen-Louise Boothe attended a press briefing at the state capitol and reports on the activities of the National Guard and Red Cross: Governor Carlson has activated the Minnesota National Guard to help evacuate people if they have to. The Guard is called to state active duty only by the Governor. Major Denis Shields says members of the Guard frequently serve in emergencies, but says the LAST time Guard was activated at this
April 4, 1997 - Dave Nimmer reads from his new book "Lessons on the Journey," published by Nodin Press.
April 5, 1997 - Dorothy said, "there's no place like home." Author Barbara Bonner agrees. In her new book "Sacred Ground: Writings About Home" Bonner complies an interesting collections of writings about "home." Barbara Bonner says home has always been the focus of her life. Five years ago Milkweed Editions Publisher Emilie Buchwald asked her to edit "Sacred Ground". The first step in compiling the book was to advertise in literary magazines for material. Bonner says she was overwhelmed with the response.
April 7, 1997 - As part of Minnesota Public Radio’s Voice of Minnesota series, MPR’s Gary Eichten interviews George Latimer, former St. Paul mayor. Latimer talks about his life and work, beginning in the early 1940's in Schenectady, New York, where Latimer grew up as a shopkeeper's son. He would become, and still remains, one of Minnesota's most popular politicians.