January 11, 1999 -
January 11, 1999 - The cold weather is creating fast conditions for mushers competing in this year's John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon. The 330-mile race got underway yesterday in Duluth. One team dropped out after a dog died just beyond the first checkpoint. Dee Janis is volunteering at Beargrease Headquarters. She has been keeping a close eye on the race and says its shaping up to be tight finish.
January 11, 1999 - Poor crop yields and poor prices are forcing some farmers off the land and into new careers. For a few there's a stop-off in the classroom....two programs -- one in northwestern Minnesota and another in northeastern North Dakota are helping retrain farmers for new jobs.
January 12, 1999 - Paul Wellstone, Minnesota's DFL U.S. senator, discusses his decision not to run for U.S. president and his view of outcome on Senate impeachment trial. Wellstone also answers listener questions.
January 12, 1999 - In this sampling of opinion on the Senate impeachment trial of President Clinton, which starts Thursday, we hear from some prominent Minnesotans: writer Bill Holm, former Senator Dave Durenberger, playwright Kim Hines and financier Irwin Jacobs.
January 12, 1999 - MPR’s Chris Roberts talks with Andrew Curry, managing partner of Curry, Ferner, Scarpetta and Devries, a fundraising consulting firm in Minneapolis working with non-profits. Curry discusses the many ongoing arts organization capital campaigns.
January 12, 1999 - The Walker Art Center in Minneapolis has announced plans to purchase property next door, allowing it to potentially double in size. But the expansion won't happen for at least three years.
January 13, 1999 - Larry Pogemiller, state senator and chair of the Senate K-12 education committee, discusses new report on how much school districts think it would cost to get 80 percent of their students to pass the basic skills tests for graduation. Pogemiller also answers listener questions.
January 13, 1999 - In the art world, what's fashionable one year is sometimes passe the next. American artist Thomas Hart Benton is a case in point. Benton was wildly popular in the 20s and 30s -- even making the cover of TIME magazine. But then... with the advent of abstraction.... Benton's realistic paintings of Americana plunged in popularity. Now.... Benton is back. An exhibit of his paintings and drawings is showing at the Minnesota Museum of American Art in St Paul. And Minnesota Public Radio's Mary Stucky toured the exhibit with Kris Wetterlund the museum's director of education.
January 14, 1999 - Suzanna Sherry, and Michael Paulsen, both constitutional law professors at University of Minnesota, discuss the opening of the impeachment trial in the U.S. Senate.