September 14, 2006 - Seven members of the Twin Cities Hmong community were poisoned by eating wild mushrooms last weekend. The toxic mushrooms, known as the Eastern American Destroying Angel, were gathered in Keller-Phalen Regional Park in St. Paul. Buddy Ferguson is a spokesman for the Minnesota Department of Health.
September 14, 2006 - The Minnesota Department of Health is warning people to take extra precautions when eating wild mushrooms. Seven members of the Twin Cities Hmong community were hospitalized after eating poisonous mushrooms last weekend. Three are still in the hospital, with two in the intensive care unit. The patients consumed a mushroom known as the Eastern American Destroying Angel. Health Department Spokesman Buddy Ferguson says the toxic mushroom is easily confused with edible mushrooms. He says people who consume it experience intense abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea for the first day of exposure.
September 15, 2006 - MPR's Ambar Espinoza reports on New Immigrant Agriculture Project, a specialized project that helps immigrant farmers continue their agrarian lifestyle in this country. Almost 80 farmers (mostly Hmong, Latino and Somali) pay subsidized lease rates to rent crop land. The program leases acreage to farmers for three years, until they're eligible for loans to buy land.
September 15, 2006 - Seven members of the Twin Cities Hmong community were poisoned by eating wild mushrooms last weekend. The toxic mushrooms, known as the Eastern American Destroying Angel, were gathered in Keller-Phalen Regional Park in St. Paul. Buddy Ferguson is a spokesman for the Minnesota Department of Health.
September 15, 2006 - The Minnesota Department of Health is warning people to take extra precautions when eating wild mushrooms. Seven members of the Twin Cities Hmong community were hospitalized after eating poisonous mushrooms last weekend. Three are still in the hospital, with two in the intensive care unit. The patients consumed a mushroom known as the Eastern American Destroying Angel. Health Department Spokesman Buddy Ferguson says the toxic mushroom is easily confused with edible mushrooms. He says people who consume it experience intense abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea for the first day of exposure.
September 25, 2006 - The Minnesota Poison Control System is reminding people about the potential dangers of eating wild mushrooms. Spokesman Kirk Hughes says there have been 41 reported cases of mushroom poisoning in September. He says kids are especially at risk.
October 2, 2006 - Governor Pawlenty was in Duluth today (Monday) campaigning with Eighth District Congressional candidate Rod Grams. Grams is challenging Jim Oberstar, who has represented northeastern Minnesota for more than thirty years. Pawlenty acknowledged that Republicans face an uphill battle. But he asked voters to consider whether the region's perennial economic problems should be blamed on Democrats.
October 9, 2006 - MPR’s Dan Olson reports on the Bruce Vento Nature Sanctuary on the edge of downtown St. Paul. The land occupies an area that used to be the home of Native Americans, and Dakota want to reclaim Wakan Tipi, a cave they consider a sacred site.
October 13, 2006 - Morning Edition’s Cathy Wurzer interviews Duluth Mayor Herb Bergson about his opposition to the U.S. Coast Guard conducting periodic training exercises on the Great Lakes to prepare for law enforcement and homeland security missions. The exercises have included live machine gun fire.
November 1, 2006 - The American RadioWorks documentary “Reports from a Warming Planet” takes you to parts of the planet where global warming is already making changes to life and landscape, and demonstrates how climate change is no longer restricted to scientific modeling about the future. It's happening now.