March 24, 1998 - Minnesota Public Radio announced yesterday that it's selling its for-profit catalog company to the Dayton Hudson corporation for 120 million dollars. About 90 million dollars in proceeds from the sale are expected to go into MPR's endowment... which would make it the largest in all of public broadcasting. Tom Thomas is with the Station Resource Group, an Washington D.C.-based organization of public radio stations from around the country. He says endowments are a relatively new development in public radio.
March 24, 1998 - Congress is considering a bill that would require many health insurers to expand their coverage of alcohol and drug addiction programs. The bill is co-sponsored by Minnesota's Republican Congressman Jim Ramstad and Democratic Senator Paul Wellstone. It's intended to force insurers to treat addiction as they would any other disease. We talk to Congressman Ramstad.
March 26, 1998 - MPR’s Bob Collins reports on a Ramsey County judge considering whether to order the Minnesota Twins and Major League Baseball to submit over 30 years of documents to Attorney General Skip Humphrey, whose office is investigating whether a threatened move of the Minnesota Twins to North Carolina violates federal anti-trust laws.
March 28, 1998 -
March 28, 1998 -
March 30, 1998 - Midday presents a special report on the tornadoes that destroyed large parts of St. Peter and Comfrey. MPR’s reporters detail the massive destruction in the Minnesota towns and provide updates on aftermath. Program also includes various interviews and accounts from listeners.
March 30, 1998 - MPR’s Mark Steil reports on the tornado that went through Comfrey, Minnesota. Local residents share their experiences during the twister, which damaged the economic heart of the town and caused more misery for farmers already facing challenging times.
March 31, 1998 - Midday presents a special report on the tornadoes that went through southern Minnesota and destroyed large parts of St. Peter and Comfrey. MPR reporters give updates on aftermath, followed by various interviews and accounts from listeners.
March 31, 1998 - MPR’s Bill Catlin traces path of the storm that devastated farms and towns in southern Minnesota. Reports includes firsthand accounts of the storm and tornadoes.
March 31, 1998 - Nature photographer Jim Brandenburg created the "ninety days project" to challenge himself, and to reconnect with the wilderness. He will appear tonight at the Bell Museum of Natural History in Minneapolis. His talk and slide show will feature images from the project, which will also be the subject of an upcoming book.