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 18, 1997 - John Rabe reads from "Frederick Manfred"
April 18, 1997 - Ska, the root of reggae, is out of the shadows again with the announcement that Chelsea Clinton favors a ska band. Beyond the beltway, there's a ska fest going on tonight in the Twin Cities. It's Ska Fest '97, featuring FluxSkaPacitor, The Siren Six!, and Let's Go Bowling. Minnesota Public Radio's Chris Roberts brought in rock historian Jim DeRogatis and Siren Six! saxophonist John Reinick for a short history lesson in Ska.
April 18, 1997 - Microsoft Network shut down email for the morning, Microsoft profits up, Internet cyber cafes
April 18, 1997 - Testing, treating and cleaning wells after flooding
April 18, 1997 - Elect Met Council - 5:00 / DO / ME / MD
April 18, 1997 - Meterologist Mark Seeley stops by for his weekly weather wrap up and forecast
April 18, 1997 - John Rezmerski reads a selection from the book Green Earth compiled in The Frederick Manfred Reader, edited by John Rezmerski and published by Holy Cow! Press.
April 19, 1997 - Living in an artists loft may be your secret dream...this weekend you'll get the chance to see if the reality lives up to your expectations. Over 160 artists are opening their lofts and displaying their work as part of this weekend's ST. PAUL ART CRAWL. Craig Thiesen is a photographer living in the Northern Warehouse. He says even as a young artist he always dreamed of living in a Lowertown loft. He says loft living may not be as exotic as people think.
April 20, 1997 - North Dakota Governor Ed Shafer has been touring flood ravaged areas of the Red River Valley. He told Minnesota Public Radio's Dan Gunderson the evacuations are going remarkably well.
April 21, 1997 - MPR’s Dan Gunderson reports on the major impact Red River flooding has had on Grand Forks, North Dakota. The Red River will crest today in Grand Forks at 54 feet - more than double its normal depth. The flood has forced the evacuation of Grand Forks and the city across the river, East Grand Forks, Minnesota. Over the weekend, there was also a big fire in Grand Forks. Fire trucks couldn't get to it, so helicopters dumped buckets of floodwater on the fire.