January 20, 1986 - MPR Journal’s Gary Eichten gets multiple reports on the status of Hormel strike situation in Austin. Striking meatpackers have amassed at gates of Hormel plant in order to disrupt. The company and city have requested the National Guard.
January 29, 1986 -
February 5, 1986 - MPR’s Loren Omoto gets insights from Don Boxmeyer, St. Paul Pioneer Press and dispatch columnist, on the efforts in creating very tall ice palace on Lake Phalen for the 1986 Winter Carnival.
February 10, 1986 -
February 17, 1986 - Alvin Poussaint, psychiatry professor at Harvard University, speaks at Coffman Union as part of Black History Month at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Poussaint’s address was on the topic "The Psyche of a Racist Culture."
February 28, 1986 - As part of the West Suburban Black History Month celebration, Dr. Maya Angelou visits Twin Cities and speaks at a meeting held by the Hopkins School District about the role literature plays in the lives of all people.
April 1, 1986 - MPR’s Euan Kerr profile on a new scientific development that may have significant implications on fishing…fish herding. A very Minnesotan celebration of April Fools’ Day.
April 1, 1986 - MPR’s Jim Bickal profiles Mike Atkinson, a Minnetonka police detective…AND serious collector of all things Twins. Atkinson describes some of his harder to find bat acquisitions.
April 4, 1986 - MPR’s Beth Friend profiles Minnesota writer and performer Kevin Kling. Segment includes an interview with Kling about his plays and on pushing stage boundaries.
April 8, 1986 - MPR’s Stephen Smith reports that Minnesota Stata Auditor Arne Carlson is dropping out of gubernatorial race. Issues raising money and a crowded field of possible candidates, including Dave Jennings, played into Carlson’s decision.