Climate change, industry, parks, air and water quality are issues that are debated in congress, compete for funding and enpassion many Minnesotans.
September 15, 2004 - Seth Binau, a forecaster with the National Weather Service, breaks down the flood warnings and rainfall totals in south-central Minnesota. Biau also describes the makeup of front that brought about torrential rain.
September 15, 2004 - MPR’s Erin Galbally reports on flooding in Austin, Minnesota after a massive rainstorm in area.
September 28, 2004 - Commercial fisherman Walter Sve recounts story about the dangers of being a commercial herring fisherman on the North Shore of Lake Superior. He's been at the job for decades. We talked with him while he was cleaning fish in his fish-house.
January 5, 2005 - Duluth and St. Paul moved a step closer today (WED) to winning millions of dollars to build new community centers to be run by the Salvation Army. The money comes from the estate of Joan Kroc, the widow of McDonald's founder Ray Kroc. Mainstreet Radio's Stephanie Hemphill reports. {
March 17, 2005 - The boy's state high school basketball tournament is underway, and another tournament storm seems likely in 2005. "Tournament storms" are legendary in Minnesota -- but, it turns out, they aren't much more than that…legends.
March 18, 2005 - MPR’s Steven John checks in with Mainstreet Radio’s Erin Galbally about heavy snow in southern Minnesota. Galbally describes closed roads and blowing snow.
June 23, 2005 - It's hot and muggy in the Twin Cities, the kind of day when many people long for air conditioning…and that got us thinking. MPR went to one of the largest air-conditioned buildings in the state, the Metrodome, to see what Twins fans thought about the idea of an outdoor stadium on a very steamy Minnesota day.
July 4, 2005 - Eighty eight years ago this country entered World War 1, a conflict far more unpopular than the current war in Iraq. Then as now officials worried how the country could protect itself at home and how many civil liberties should be restricted in the interest of national security. The reaction by Minnesota officials was extreme. In l917, they created a commission on public safety. The commission suspended civil rights, set up an armed militia and created a network of spies. Minnesota business leaders encouraged and supported the move because of their own agenda. They worried about union organizers and striking workers affecting their businesses, and they were counting on the state to keep workers in line. Minnesota Public Radio's Dan Olson reports.
July 22, 2005 - THAT'S TIM PRENDIVILLE, EPA PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE SUPERFUND SITE IN MINNEAPOLIS' PHILLIPS NEIGHBORHOOD. FOR MORE ON THIS STORY AND TO TAKE PART IN THE CONVERSATION, JOIN KERRI MILLER FOR MIDMORNING AT 9 O'CLOCK MONDAY.
September 8, 2005 - All Things Considered’s Tom Crann interviews Mary Harbeck, a nurse serving with the Minnesota Disaster Medical Assistance Team in Biloxi, Mississippi. The team is providing medical care in the hurricane-affected region amidst aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.