April 15, 1998 - A special Mainstreet Radio report from East Grand Forks, a year after the severe spring 1997 flood. MPR’s Laura McCallum interviews current and former residents of Lincoln Drive about their experience in the aftermath of disaster. Some have rebuilt; others have moved away.
April 16, 1998 - Tom DeLoughery, managing editor of Internet World Magazine, discusses the future of the internet. Topics include email, research, and the growth of commerce. DeLoughery also answers listener questions.
April 16, 1998 - MPR’s Todd Moe presents a historical look at the Minnesota State Band, which began in 1898. Members continue both the band's music, its long history, and its traditions. Segment includes various interviews and commentary about organization.
April 16, 1998 - Mainstreet Radio's Leif Enger speaks with Mille Lacs Band member Vince Merrill about gillnetting, the warrior society, and whether tradition can survive as written law.
April 16, 1998 - Marge Anderson, chief executive of the Mille Lacs Ojibwe Band, comments on treaty rights. She says her nation has waited a long time for the word "sovereign" to gain meaning.
April 16, 1998 - The little girl with the big voice and the ruby slippers is an American icon--but for Lorna Luft, Judy Garland is also "mama." In her new book "Me and My Shadows", Luft chronicles life as Judy Garland's daughter and Liza Minelli's sister. She says about 30 books have been written about her mother and her family--but her book is the only one written by an actual family member.
April 16, 1998 - Students have ended their eight day hunger strike at the University of Minnesota. The students were protesting what they say is a lack of support for the Chinese language and literature program at the university. Student Ben Ridgeway says they ended their hunger strike so they could carry on the cause in good health. Less than half of the original 25 strikers were still fasting when the protest was called off. The hunger strike was staged outside the office of University of Minnesota President Mark Yudof. President Yudof joins us now by phone.
April 17, 1998 - Midday presents Governor Arne Carlson's speaking to the Minnesota Business Partnership and higher education groups about his ideas to improve Minnesota's public schools. Carlson highlights the definition of the “American Dream.” Following broadcast of speech, MPR’s Gary Eichten gets reaction from Joe Nathan, director of the Center for School Change at the University of Minnesota.
April 17, 1998 - As part of Mainstreet Radio’s Treaty Rights and Tribal Sovereignty series, Catherine Winter presents report on the concept called tribal sovereignty, and a look at the where this complex set of rules comes from, and how it affects Indian people today. Report includes various interviews with tribe members.
April 17, 1998 - This is a big weekend for Minnesota writers and literature. Tonight the winners of the tenth annual Minnesota Book Awards will be announced. Then on Sunday, the Marshall festival 5 gets underway. It's a week of readings, roundtables and workshops packed with familiar names...Carol Bly, Robert Bly, Bill Holm and Will Weaver just to name a few. Rosalie Maggio is a writer who's a veteran of both events. She'll be giving a workshop on "Wordsmithing" in Marshall, and she's twice won Minnesota Book Awards. Maggio says the book awards have really grown in stature.