June 6, 1989 - MPR’s Dan Gunderson reports on the Carlisle Band, a community band in small town Carlisle, MN. The band is known as the longest continously active band in the Midwest. Gunderson interviews members of the band.
June 13, 1989 - MPR’s Mike Mulcahy reports on rock star Prince's theatrical songs for the Tim Burton movie “Batman.” Mulcahy interviews individuals in the music industry about album release.
June 14, 1989 - Today on Midday is South African journalist Dumisani Kumalo. Working as a reporter in South Africa, Kumalo exposed the working conditions of miners and others subjected to harsh treatment. Then, later, Kumalo reported on South Africa's police force and the use of detention without trial. Kumalo is a founding member of the Union of Black Journalists, a group banned by the white-ruled South African government. Kumalo became an activist in the Black Consciousness Movement during the time of Steven Biko. Kumalo now lives in the United States due to police harassment in his own country. He spoke recently at Augsburg College in Minneapolis .
June 17, 1989 - Mike Mulcahy with Jack from the American Refugee Committee. The organization started in Chicago and is now 10 years old. The organization provided medical care to refugees in different areas of the world and is currently serving in Thailand, in the refugee camps.
June 21, 1989 - MPR’s Kate Smith reports on a Minnesota Twins try-out camp being held at the Metrodome. 30 young players show their talents in hopes of catching the eye of Jerry Bell, director of Scouting for the Twins organization.
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August 9, 1989 - MPR’s Kate Smith reports on Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium, also known as MECC, which is being placed up for sale by the state. The corporation has helped Minnesota schools with software at cost, but legislators are looking to sell the company.
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August 19, 1989 - Naturalist Kathy Heidel from Hennepin Parks leads a field recording tour of three prairie areas near the Twin Cities. Hear her describe prairie plants and animals at Hyland Park in Bloomington, the University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, and Schaeffer Prairie near Glencoe, Minnesota.
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