June 1, 1998 - Mainstreet Radio’s Leif Enger reports on Aitkin County farmers experimentation in establishing cranberry bogs for harvesting. Cranberries take deep pockets and sturdy patience; but now, after three years and hundreds of thousands of dollars, the Aitkin County bogs are ready to produce.
June 1, 1998 - The American Association of Retired Persons' national conference gets underway in Minneapolis tomorrow. The three-day convention is expected to draw some twenty thousand seniors and there's a special focus on baby-boomers this year.
June 2, 1998 - The United States Supreme Court has handed Native American tribes a major legal victory. The high court refused to hear two cases against Mystic Lake Casino in Prior Lake, upholding earlier rulings that found the casino couldn't be sued in state court. Steve Thorn is a Minneapolis attorney whose firm represents Indian tribes. He says the ruling affirms the sovereign immunity of tribes: Steve Thorn is an attorney with Jacobson, Buffalo, Schoessler & Magnuson, a Minneapolis firm that represents Indian tribes. Sun 28-MAY 11:01:03 MPR NewsPro Archive - Wed 04/11/2001
June 2, 1998 - MPR’s William Wilcoxen visits St. Paul’s Highland Park neighborhood, where the clean up along the Highland Parkway is taking place after a windstorm downed much of the tree canopy in area. Along with trees, homes and cars were left damaged or destroyed.
June 3, 1998 - This weekend, at the D-F-L convention in St. Cloud, democratic candidates will vote yes for a political prize whose value is in dispute. The D-F-L and Republican endorsements represent the choice of people who are active in party politics, but the endorsements are no guarantee of winning either the primary election in September or the general election. Minnesota Public Radio's Bill Catlin reports. --------------------------------------------------------- | D-CART ITEM: 2313 | TIME: 4:08 | OUTCUE: SOC --------------------------------------------------------- The endorsement typically bring with it party money, voter and donor lists, get-out-the vote activities, and sample ballots; political assets that otherwise would cost candidates hundreds of thousands of dollars. Hen
June 3, 1998 - Migrant workers are arriving in southeast Minnesota to work in canning and packing plants. Many come from the Eagle Pass area of Texas, along the Mexican border. They used to travel to the Red River Valley to work on the sugar beet harvest but mechanization and better farm chemicals mean sugar beet farmers don't need as much labor. In the first report in an occasional series on migrants in Minnesota, Minnesota Public Radio's Brent Wolfe introduces us to one migrant family and what they leave behind.
June 3, 1998 - Thirty years ago, in 1968, Minnesota Senator Eugene McCarthy was running for the U.S. presidency. Former Senator McCarthy looks back at that time and talks about the politics of today. McCarthy also answers listener questions.
June 4, 1998 - (for THURS M.E.) Vice President Al Gore helped raise $70 thousand dollars for the DFL with a twenty-minute stump speech in Minneapolis yesterday (WED). The money is meant for DFL members of the Minnesota House, who are jittery about their prospects in November. House Republicans are planning to go all out in their campaign to take the majority, and as a result, 1998 promises to be the most expensive election season in the history of the state House. Minnesota Public Radio's Martin Kaste reports: Vice President Gore's speech was his standard pep-talk for the local troops -- at one point, a bored member of his security detail was mouthing the words by heart. But the crowd of House DFLers and lobbyists seemed to get a kick out of it:
June 4, 1998 - The DFL State Convention convenes Friday morning in St. Cloud. Topping the agenda is endorsing a candidate for governor. While most of the candidates say they'd accept their party's endorsement only Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman says he'll drop out of the race if someone else wins the support of the delegates. However polls clearly show Freeman's popularity with party activists DOES NOT extend to the general public. Critics say Freeman will likely be the choice of delegates because he's the only candidate who honoring their endorsement proecess. Minnesota Public Radio's Mark Zdechlik reports... | D-CART ITEM: 2279 | TIME: 5:16s
June 5, 1998 - About three thousand loyal Democrats are gathering in St. Cloud today (FRI) to kick off their state convention. Over the next three days, delegates will pick their favorite candidates for this fall's state-wide races, from the governor on down to state auditor. But with five of the six gubernatorial candidates saying they'll stay in the race with or without the party's endorsement, this year's state convention is in danger of becoming irrelevant. Minnesota Public Radio's Martin Kaste reports: Volunteers for the ]gubernatorial candidates engaged in a "lawn sign war" in St. Cloud yesterday, getting ready for this year's DFL convention. The Humphrey and Freeman camps were especially competitive, jockeying for the best sight lines in and around the St. Cloud State University hockey arena. John Youngdahl runs the Mike Freeman campaign: