April 8, 1977 - As part of KCCM's Our Home Town series, this program is on Mott, North Dakota, documenting attitudes, culture and character of life in the prairie town. Through various interviews and sound segments, program highlights community, history, family life, church, drug use, role of women, and thoughts on the land.
April 12, 1977 - MPR’s Rachel Krantz talks with makers of ‘bone’ instruments for use in theater and dance. Segment includes examples of sounds created by the various instruments.
April 16, 1977 - Neal St. Anthony reports on Hennepin County's plan to build a steam plant powered by garbage.
April 16, 1977 - State Energy Director John Millhone offered this synopsis of Minnesota's energy future at meeting of the Minnesota Planning Association. After the speech, reporter Neal St. Anthony asked Millhone if he had any plans to amend President Carter's forthcoming energy message with complementary programs in Minnesota.
April 18, 1977 - Dr. Philip Raup, agricultural economist and professor at the University of Minnesota, speaking on land use and growth in Minnesota at conference of the Minnesota Planning Association. The Minnesota Planning Association Annual Conference theme was "Who Says Planning is for Pros?" and at held Sheraton Inn Northwest, Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. Objectives of the conference were to identify issues in state & regional planning; identify means of coordinating planning with other governmental agencies; and determine economic and environmental impacts of planning.
April 19, 1977 - During a special hour-long evening program, Governor Rudy Perpich answers questions from callers. Topics include education, energy, environment and social issues.
April 19, 1977 - This Midday program features highlights from a conference on space colonization held last fall sponsored by the Minnesota Humanities Commission, the Minnesota Futures Society, and the Science Museum of Minnesota. It was designed to explore the ethics of sending people to live and work in outer space.
April 21, 1977 - Governor Rudy Perpich "Arts" speech to the 70th Session of the Minnesota State Legislature at the Arts and Science Center. Major points of speech were adoption of his budget towards state arts board, allocation for works of art in state buildings, and increase in public sector support.
April 22, 1977 - Midday presents segments of a sound portrait on Dunn Center, a small town in Western North Dakota, whose fate will be determined by the massive coal development scheduled for the area.
April 22, 1977 - MPR’s Bill Siemering interviews Minnesota author and environmentalist Sigurd Olson, who shares his view of the importance and beauty of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area.