October 10, 2001 - People in Duluth have been talking for years about how to keep young people in town. Every year the city's high schools and colleges send thousands of graduates into the world - and for most of them, that means almost anywhere but Duluth. In years gone by, the lure of the big city explained part of the exodus. But these days, many young people say they'd like to live in Duluth, but they can't find good jobs. Now, a group of young Duluthians is working to make the city more attractive to young people. Minnesota Public Radio's Stephanie Hemphill reports.
October 10, 2001 - Heritage Farms in Decorah, Iowa grows heirloom seeds. The seeds came from all over the world, some from Bavaria and some from the Mayflower. Some are seeds from Thomas Jefferson's lettuces and General Lee's tomatoes. Now they are all being grown in Iowa.
October 10, 2001 - As far as BIO-terrorism is concerned, Kennedy says the most progress is being made at the federal level.
October 11, 2001 - The additional permits are intended to give private owners day access by motorboats.
October 12, 2001 - Meterologist Mark Seeley forecasts that snow is on the way, but probably will not stay.
October 19, 2001 - Peter Razor's debut novel was a lifetime in the making. The 72-year-old Native American author spent the better part of his adulthood trying to forget his childhood as a ward of the state orphanage in Owatonna. But after his own children kept prodding him for details on their family history, he finally decided it might be worth dredging it all up. In his new memoir, "While the Locust Slept", Razor talks frankly about his life in the orphanage.
October 25, 2001 - Fifteen miles south of Wabasha, the Weaver Bottoms is a 4,000 acre wetland fed by the Mississippi River. The region was home to the midwest's most diverse array of vegetation and animal habitat. It has since lost that title. Mainstreet Radio reporter Rob Schmitz found a man who studies one species, in a fight to keep the Weaver Bottoms, and the the river, alive.
October 26, 2001 - A new report charges the Minnesota Department of Agriculture with failing its responsibility to protect the state's waters from pesticide contamination. A non-profit environmental group, the Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy, will release the report on Monday. It's based on two years of research by the environmental group. Minnesota Public Radio's Mary Losure reports.
October 26, 2001 - A rare October blizzard came to the Red River Valley.
October 30, 2001 - Rochester's four-year fight with the Dakota Minnesota and Eastern Railroad is about to come to a head. Sometime this fall the federal Surface Transportation Board releases its final ruling on the DME's 1-point-4 billion-dollar expansion plan. All indications suggest the rail project will get the go ahead. New track will be laid to haul coal from Wyoming through South Dakota and Minnesota. DME rail lines currently run through Rochester. But city officials insist if the expansion's approved trains should be rerouted around downtown, through farmland and countryside. It's a controversial and expensive proposition. Minnesota Public Radio's Erin Galbally has this Mainstreet report.