July 11, 2001 -
July 11, 2001 - Patients with congestive heart faliure may be interested in news that a kind of treatment has been developed by Fridley-based Medtronic. The device, which has receive preliminary FDA approval, is about the size of half a dollar, and it's surgically implanted in patients, much in the same manner as a pacemaker. Dr. Jay Cohn, at the U of M Medical School, says the device, called In-Sync, appears to be a big step forward for patients who have congestive heart faliure.
July 11, 2001 - In recent months, the three counties that meet in St. Cloud; Benton, Stearns, and Sherburne, have all been considering new laws to stem the growth of adult entertainment. Tonight it's still unclear how or whether the law will be carried out.
July 11, 2001 - County and state officials met today Wed to discuss relief options for employees who are currently out of work at the Farmland Foods plant in Albert Lea. The meat packaging plant, the second largest employer in Albert Lea, is assessing damages and may announce plans for the facility later this week.
July 12, 2001 -
July 12, 2001 - It appears the outbreak of foot and mouth disease in Britain is largely over. Since mid February, more than 17-hundred cases were reported. Many US farmers took precautions to limit foreign visitors as a way to prevent the spread of the disease. But some Minnesota farmers were still willing to take exchange students from infected countries to live and work on their farms. Mainstreet Radio's Cara Hetland reports two brothers decided the benefit of learning from students outweighed the risk of bringing the devastating livestock disease to their farm.
July 12, 2001 - The weather has been dry as a bone in the last three weeks in Minnesota. Since mid-June, the Twin Cities has had only 4 days with rain. The recent dry weather is making life difficult for farmers who, a few weeks ago, were worried about flooding.
July 13, 2001 - A new M-P-R/Pioneer Press poll shows the majority of Minnesotans believe their family's financial health is about the same as it was a year ago -- DESPITE the economic slowdown . Minnesota Public Radio's Andrew Haeg reports.
July 16, 2001 - There's a new round of mineral exploration in Northeastern Minnesota. The region best known for iron-bearing taconite could soon produce precious minerals like gold, silver and platinum - maybe even diamonds. New developments are making the prospects of prospecting more appealing. Minnesota Public Radio's Bob Kelleher reports: {A barge, floats on an island studded lake near Ely. It's actually several barges strung together; one equipped with a rotating drill - another stacked with dozens of rusty steel pipe-sections. Dick Backstrom's drilling company is looking for riches under Birch Lake.
July 16, 2001 - This time of year, biologist Jim Lind looks forward to sleeping in his own bed. Lind has spent two months living in motels, like a musician out on the road. He's been across northern Minnesota, and into Wisconsin. But Lind isn't *making* music -- he's *listening* to it. He's part of a team from the University of Minnesota in Duluth that's tracking songbird populations in the north woods. It's almost impossible to see birds deep in the forest, so these biologists count birds by ear. Minnesota Public Radio's Chris Julin reports.