April 9, 1998 - MPR’s Hope Deutscher reports on eight wrestlers at the University of Minnesota-Morris that are gaining international recognition. They are not only overcoming an opponent, but also stereotypes as they train for the future…even a potential Olympics.
April 9, 1998 - One of the people keeping a close eye on how things shake out at the Capitol is former State Senator Kevin Chandler. Chandler is now a lobbyist and President of the Minnesota Credit Union Network. He disagrees with the speculation that Senate Majority Leader Roger Moe was holding out on the hockey deal as a way to damage the gubernatorial ambitions of Saint Paul Mayor Norm Coleman.
April 10, 1998 - At first glance, many of the photographs in the new Suburban Landscapes exhibit at the Weisman Art Museum in Minneapolis have the same mundane quality as an urban commute. For example, curator Colleen Sheehy points to a picture of a huge banner hanging across the back of a new home in a metro area subdivsion which reads, "model home." Seen from the highway says Sheehy, it's another banal image flashing by. On the wall in a museum the layers of meaning behind the words "model home," reveal themselves.
April 10, 1998 - Steven Schier, chair of the Carleton College Political Science Department, discusses politics of the Session.
April 10, 1998 - It will take months... and probably years for Saint Peter, Comfrey and other towns to rebuild following last week's tornadoes. It's likely to take just as long for residents to recover psychologically from the blow. Dr. Gerard Jacobs is Director of the Disaster Mental Health Institute at the University of South Dakota. He says right after a disaster people are running on adrenaline, then there is a period of thankfulness that it wasn't worse. After that, the mental stress can take its toll.
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April 13, 1998 - A special Talk of Minnesota call-in related to the Minnesota Citizens’ Forum on public financing of sports. Program begins with a report summary of forum; then MPR listener’s views are presented.
April 13, 1998 - MPR political commentators Bob Meek and Tom Horner will be in the studio to assess the Wellstone Presidential bid, the governor's race and other political issues. Program begins with report from Mark Moran in Iowa.
April 13, 1998 - Itchy eyes, sneezing, stuffy nose, coughing and wheezing...if you suffer from allergies it's probably obvious to you that spring is running ahead of schedule. Thanks to the mild weather, tree pollen and mold counts are higher than normal for this time of year. That's according to Dr. Rolf Sigford, head of the department of allergy and asthma for Health Partners. He says even though the allergy season has started early, it's hard to say just how bad things will get.