September 18, 2006 - MPR’s Annie Baxter reports on residents and city officials working hard to clean up parts of the northern suburb of Rogers, after tornado level winds ripped through the town on September 16th.
September 18, 2006 - MPR’s Stephen Smith moderates a civil rights panel discussion with an author, an activist, a teacher and a former vice president of the United States at the Children's Theatre Company of Minneapolis.
September 19, 2006 - MPR’s Perry Finneli interviews "Mr. Mark" Thompson, a teacher at Como Park Elementary School in St. Paul, about being named as Minnesota's 2006 "American Stars of Teaching" by the U.S. Department of Education for his work with Hmong English Language Learner students. Thompson also discusses the creation of a Hmong-English dictionary to help students.
September 26, 2006 - Morning Edition sports commentator Steve Rudolph talks Minnesota Twins baseball with host Cathy Wurzer. For the fourth time in the last five years, the Twins are headed to the playoffs, clinching at least a wild card berth after a 8-1 game victory over the Kansas City Royals.
September 26, 2006 - MPR's Ambar Espinoza reports that for Spanish speakers, there are differences in accents, dialects and vocabulary, which can cause communication problems and confusion.
September 29, 2006 - MPR’s Brandt Williams reports on Twins dramatic 2-1 win over the Kansas City Royals at the Metrodome. The 10-inning game featured a return to the mound for injured pitcher Brad Radke and a couple clutch hits from Joe Mauer and Jason Bartlett.
September 29, 2006 - At this Talking Volumes event, MPR's Kerri Miller and author David Treuer discuss his book, The Translation of Dr. Apelles. David Treuer's sly and heart-pounding novel tells a story within a story: A reclusive translator of ancient American Indian texts stumbles across a love story that upends his workaday world and triggers his own need for love.
September 29, 2006 - A new movie called "Aurora Borealis" peers into some of the quirky scenes of life in Minneapolis, such as a conversation you might overhear in a bar about music.
October 2, 2006 - MPR’s Chris Roberts reports on the 26th annual Minnesota Music Awards. Roberts, who attended the First Avenue event, describes the evening and interviews award winners, including rapper P.O.S and members of Tapes 'n Tapes and The Hopefuls.
October 2, 2006 - MPR’s Jim Bikal recounts a most memorable ballgame, as the Minnesota Twins celebrated an American League Central Division championship on the last day of the regular season…along with Joe Mauer's batting championship! As the day unfolded, Twins players not only won their game, they also became fellow spectators with their fans, watching a Detroit Tigers/Kansas City Royals game play out on the Metrodome screen to determine AL Central pennant winner.