November 29, 1996 -
December 2, 1996 - Economist Dean Ramos comments on the business health of Dayton’s department store and the possibility of being sold.
December 6, 1996 -
December 7, 1996 - This time of year makes many people think about family - their own family and the relationships within that define it. Commentator Gary Eustice thinks there are ways generations both weaken and stregthen us.
December 13, 1996 - An essay on "look at me" houses by Voices from the Heartland contributor Mike Perry.
December 14, 1996 - Lessons passed from one generation to another are an important part of the continuity of family. However, commentator Ann Dunn recalls one time when the lesson was that of disappointment.
December 20, 1996 - Voices from the Heartland: Kent Nerburn, "Blue" from his new book, A Haunting Reverence: Meditations on a Northern Land.
December 25, 1996 - Minnesota author Ann Daly Goodwin commentary on the holiday surprise of cookies and joy of togetherness.
December 27, 1996 - We'll hear a few of the winning entries in the Children's Museum annual short story contest. “Feelings Don’t Mix with Maggie” by Ellen Finnegan, 5th grade at Oak Point Intermediate School in Eden Prairie. Read by 10 year old Ben Wareham of Expo Elementary School in Saint Paul.
December 27, 1996 - We'll hear a few of the winning entries in the Children's Museum annual short story contest.Untitled story by 6 year old Corey Kryszak, 1st grade at Saint Rose School in Roseville. Read by Molly Nelson, 4th grade at Bailey Elementary School in Woodbury