April 21, 1998 - A Mainstreet Radio special broadcast from Mille Lacs Indian Museum, highlighting Indian treaty rights and Native American sovereignty. Rachel Reabe interviews Don Wedll, Commissioner of Natural Resources for the Mill Lacs Band of Ojibwe; Doug Sam, tribal elder; and Henry Van Offelen, treaty biologist for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Group discussion includes spearfishing topic and answering audience/listener questions.
April 21, 1998 - A Mainstreet Radio special broadcast from Mille Lacs Indian Museum, highlighting Indian treaty rights and Native American sovereignty. Rachel Reabe interviews Henry Buffalo, a Minneapolis attorney, sovereignty expert, and member Red Cliff Band of Ojibwe; Chief Tribal Judge Mary Jo Brooks Hunter, of Ho chunk Tribe; and Jim Genia, solicitor general for the Mille Lacs band of Ojibwe. Discussion topic is tribal sovereignty and how the rules are different on the reservation.
April 21, 1998 - The Minnesota Attorney General's office says the anti-trust investigation against the Minnesota Twins will continue. A Ramsey County judge ruled yesterday that the Twin must provide testimony and turn over business records. The A-G's office is looking into whether the Twins violated laws when they tried to force a new stadium by threatening to leave Minnesota. Lawyers for the team argued in March that Attorney General Humphrey could not file a lawsuit because baseball enjoys an exemption from antitrust laws. While acknowledging the exemption, the judge said it applies narrowly to player transactions and not to franchise moves. Gary Gillette is with Total sports, an internet and print sports publisher based in Raleigh , North Carolina. He says the ruling makes it more likely the Twins will stay in Minnesota. | D-CART ITEM: 4465 | TIME: 4:19
April 21, 1998 - Off the field, forces who are trying to keep the Twins from moving to another state won a victory after Ramsey County District Judge Margaret Marrinan ruled that Minnesota Attorney General Skip Humphrey can proceed with his investigation of Major League Baseball.
April 21, 1998 - Mainstreet Radio's Dan Gunderson reports that while farmers across the region are getting their machinery lined up for an early start on spring planting, in northwestern Minnesota and eastern North Dakota, hundreds of farmers are lining equipment up to be sold at auction. Some are angry…but many are relieved.
April 24, 1998 - As part of our "Meet the Candidates” series, DFL Gubernatorial candidate Doug Johnson answers questions from listeners about issues facing Minnesota, and his plans if he is elected Governor. Topics include taxes, abortion, and education.
April 24, 1998 - MPR’s Chris Roberts interviews Dylan Hicks, a local songwriter. Hicks has always relied on his zany sense of humor to draw attention to himself and his music, but on his CD "Poughkeepsie" he is presenting a more serious side, and critics are responding favorably. Segment includes various music clips.
April 29, 1998 - MPR’s Todd Moe reports on a narration service known as 'audio description' being utilized at the Guthrie Theater. Audio describers provide information on things sighted theatergoers take for granted -- costumes, lighting effects and movement.
April 30, 1998 - A failed guitarist and a former punk girl find love in the new local film, "Snow." Dialogue and character drive the film more than action, but there is still plenty to look at. Shot in black and white, the Twin Cities landscape in winter looks stark and beautiful. Minneapolis filmmaker Eric Tretbar based his story on the people he knew in the Twin Cities music scene and what they did when they got a little too old to rock-and-roll. The movie makes its Twin Cities premiere tonight as part of the Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Film Festival.
May 1, 1998 - The Minneapolis/St. Paul International Film Festival closes tomorrow night, with the local premiere of a locally made film which may have more riding on it than just its own success. "With or Without You" is the story of two young adults thrust into a relationship because of a pregnancy. It was made by Mt. Curve Productions in Minneapolis, a company which is trying to help Minnesota become not only a place where movies are shot, but are produced.