April 5, 2004 - General Manager Terry Ryan gives an appraisal of The Minnesota Twins as they open 2004 Major League Baseball season with a home game against the Cleveland Indians. During the off-season, the Twins lost key players through free agency and traded others to cut payroll. Ryan says he doesn't think the roster changes will stop the Twins from winning a third straight division title.
April 6, 2004 - Marilyn Carlson Nelson, CEO of Carlson Companies and the co-chair of 44th annual Minnesota Prayer Breakfast, is interviewed about topics connected to event and business environment. Nelson says the growth of spirituality in the workplace is an outgrowth of several converging factors.
April 7, 2004 - Morning Edition’s Cathy Wurzer interviews Republican Representative Marty Siefert about legislation that would require drivers license tests be given only in English. The change was proposed as an amendment to a larger transportation bill. Currently, the written portion of the Minnesota drivers license exam is given in several languages, including Hmong, Somali, and Spanish.
April 19, 2004 - As part of the series “Keeping Track of Sex Offenders,” Mainstreet Radio’s Dan Gunderson reports on the debate over effectiveness of the Minnesota Sex Offender Screening Tool.
April 20, 2004 - As part of the series “Keeping Track of Sex Offenders,” Mainstreet Radio’s Erin Galbally reports on the success of a probation program that monitors sex offenders, which includes lower caseloads for probation officers.
April 21, 2004 - As part of the series “Keeping Track of Sex Offenders,” Mainstreet Radio’s Erin Galbally reports on sex offender ‘wound therapy’ programs in Minnesota.
April 22, 2004 - As part of the series “Keeping Track of Sex Offenders,” Mainstreet Radio’s Dan Gunderson reports that probation officers are overwhelmed with their growing workload.
April 22, 2004 - An interview with Jim Hoolihan, who has been named the new president of The Grand Rapids, Minnesota-based Blandin Foundation. Hoolihan is a business owner and the former mayor of Grand Rapids.
April 23, 2004 - Mainstreet Radio's Mark Steil reports on JOBZ (Job Opportunity Building Zones), a Minnesota jobs program. What Governor Tim Pawlenty calls the "mother of all economic incentives" has landed its first big out-of-state prize for rural Minnesota. A South Dakota company says Minnesota's JOBZ program played an important role in its decision to expand to Luverne…but despite Pawlenty's enthusiasm, officials with Total Card, Inc. say JOBZ was not the most important factor.
April 28, 2004 - Morning Edition’s Cathy Wurzer talks with MayKao Hung about her recent visit to a Hmong refugee camp in Thailand. Hung oversees adult services for Ramsey County and led the assessment team in Thailand.