September 15, 2010 - Laurie Hertzel got her start as an unlikely reporter in Duluth Minnesota. She describes her evolution from shy newsroom observer to an international correspondent on an assignment in Russia and her current gig at the Star Tribune.
September 16, 2010 - MPR’s Sasha Aslanian profiles Ruth Frost and Phyllis Zillhart, the first lesbian couple ordained without the blessing of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. On Saturday, for only the second time in the country, the Lutheran Church will officially welcome them to its roster of clergy.
September 16, 2010 - On this Midday program, Ben Santer, research scientist at Program for Climate Model Diagnosis & and Intercomparison at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California; and Doug Kluck, central region manager for NOAA Climate Services, forecast the changes in natural resources, weather, and animal/human activities that might be needed to adapt to a changing climate.
September 16, 2010 - MPR’s Kerri Miller interviews Minnesota writer Louise Erdrich about The Guthrie Theater production of Erdrich's novel The Master Butchers Singing Club. Francesca Zambello, internationally renowned opera and theater director, is also interviewed.
September 16, 2010 - Morning Edition’s Cathy Wurzer talks with Mike Link, as he and Kate Crowley near their completion of walking the shoreline of Lake Superior. The Minnesota couple spent five months traversing the nearly 1,600 miles of the lake’s shoreline, which ends as they near Canal Park in Duluth. They will be the first people in recorded history to accomplish that feat.
September 17, 2010 - Minnesotan and #1 best-selling author John Sandford joins Midday to talk about his 4th book in the Virgil Flowers series. It takes place in southern Minnesota. Under his real name, John Camp, he was a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist for the St. Paul Pioneer Press.
September 20, 2010 - As part of MPR's Youth Radio Series, Youth Radio reporter Mara Kumagai Fink explores her family’s memories of internment camps for Japanese Americans during WWII. Mara spent the summer visiting these camps and uncovering what happened to her family during the war.
September 23, 2010 - MPR’s Elizabeth Baier reports on flooding conditions in Owatonna and Medford, where heavy rains and flash flooding inundated streets, as residents and officials prepared for more torrential rains overnight.
September 23, 2010 - MPR’s Tom Weber reports that after recent student suicides, there are efforts to change Anoka-Hennepin School District's sexual orientation curriculum policy. The policy states that sexual orientation topics aren't part of the curriculum, and it instructs teachers to remain neutral if the subject comes up in class.
October 1, 2010 - MPR’s Chris Roberts reports on local band Roma di Luna’s CD "Then the Morning Came." Roberts interviews band members Channy and Alexi Casselle about album.