April 19, 2002 - If recent television ads are any indication, education will be one of the top issues in this year's U.S. Senate race. An ad for Republican Norm Coleman touts Coleman's educational achievements during his two terms as mayor of St. Paul. Democrats say Coleman is taking credit for things he didn't do. A recent ad for Coleman's opponent, DFL incumbent Senator Paul Wellstone, highlighted Wellstone's push for more education funding. Minnesota Public Radio's Laura McCallum reports...
April 22, 2002 - Humans possess a certain essence within them when they are born. At birth, it is pure and undefiled. The competition on Saturnday night is at the Lanesboro community Center. John Davis thought of the Kids Philosophy slam as a fun, competitive way for kids to think about the world. He also started the Great American Think-Off too. INTRO: The nature of humankind is good. That's the conclusion of the winner of the 2002 Kids Philosophy Slam held in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Vineetha Joseph of Nutley, New Jersey: won with her thoughts on this year's question which was: "Is the nature of humankind good or evil?" More than 2000 kids from around the world participated.
April 24, 2002 - The voters understood that the school district was projected to grow immensely within the next few years. Lakeville voters voted on four separate questions. One of the projects will be to build a new high school that will open in 2005.
April 25, 2002 - President Bush went to South Dakota to talk about farming and trade and also went to raise money. The citizens of South Dakota were enthusiastic about Bush's speech.
April 25, 2002 - MPR’s Tom Scheck reports that the Minnesota Senate passed a bill that would require students to recite the pledge of allegiance in school at least once a week. Supporters say the bill would help teach patriotism to children, but opponents say the state shouldn't force students to recite the pledge.
April 26, 2002 - Supporters of Benjamin Banneker Community School in Minneapolis are fighting a district plan to close and reorganize the struggling school. Parents, students and teachers spoke out against the proposed "fresh start" at a school board hearing Thursday night. They asked for additional time to try to turn around the school's performance.
April 26, 2002 - Arnold says he'll never forget the day in 1995 when his team found a few artififacts that indicated they were getting close to the shipwreck... That's Barto Arnold of the Institute of Nautical Archaeology at Texas A&M University. He'll speak at the Fort Snelling History Center next Wednesday at 7pm.
April 29, 2002 - The committee is looking for someone to lead a mixed male and female Athletic Department. The merger is meant to save money.
April 29, 2002 - In this first report of series titled "An Education in Diversity," Mainstreet Radio's Jeff Horwich takes a look at the climate on and off-campus for blacks.
April 29, 2002 - 100 years ago, scientists captured the last live sample of a Rocky Mountain locust. Huge swarms of the insects devastated farms in Minnesota and much of the western half of the country throughout the 1800's. They ate everything in their path- from wheat fields and apple trees to fence posts and even laundry hanging out to dry. In 1875, a swarm 1,800 miles long and 110 miles wide moved across the country - the largest ever recorded. But the species vanished just a few decades later. Wyoming University entomologist Jeff Lockwood says the Rocky Mountain locust is the only pest species humans have driven to extinction: