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.
May 2, 1977 - MPR’s Kate Williams profiles Earl Craig, Jr., president of the Minneapolis Urban Coalition and chairman of the political organization of the Black Unity and Futurism Conference. Craig says it's been hard for Blacks to organize a political force here in the Twin Cities because what few Blacks live in this area don't live in a centralized place as in many larger cities.
May 3, 1977 - MPR’s Alan Searle looks at Minnesota DNR attempts to bring more order to smelting activities along the North Shore with a Smelt Information Center. The goal is to provide better communication and education to public, both local and from afar.
May 16, 1977 - MPR’s John Merli reports that Minnesota Vikings General Manager Mike Lynn and Twins President Calvin Griffith were among the large crowd of onlookers who packed into the governor's reception room to watch the signing of one of the most controversial bills to pass through the legislature.
May 28, 1977 - On this regional public affairs program, an investigation of latest research at the University of Minnesota into agriculture. A tour of University of Minnesota Agricultural Experiment station is presented, highlighting food science, plant genetics, and animal science.
May 30, 1977 - Sam Ervin, former United States Senator from North Carolina and chairman of the Senate Watergate Committee, delivered the commencement address at St. John's University in Collegeville, Minnesota. Ervin also interviewed at the airport about his reaction to ex-President Nixon's interviews and his own opposition to gay rights and the Equal Rights Amendment.
May 30, 1977 - MPR’s Rachel Kranz reports on the efforts of local The Playwrights’ Lab. Kranz speaks with playwright Terry Lappin about the organization.
June 7, 1977 - Steven Weinberg, a Harvard University physicist talks with Rachel Kranz about some underlying concepts of nature. Weinberg attended the annual Nobel Conference at Gustavus Adolphus College in Saint Peter, Minnesota.
June 8, 1977 - MPR’s Rich Dietman reports on the fight over local laws protecting homosexuals from discrimination. Dietman talks Florian Chmielewski, DFL state senator of Sturgeon Lake; and Jack Baker, a Minneapolis attorney and a coordinator of the Target City Coalition.