June 21, 1996 - A Saint Cloud theatre company is dedicating its entire next season to the works of Minnesota playwrights and composers, an idea that could prove risky if theatregoers are reluctant to try new or unknown plays, some never before performed. But the New Tradition Theatre Company has a ten-year history of tackling innovative projects. The theatre has survived leaking roofs, several moves, box-office bombs, and the departure of its two founders, somehow always managing to pay its talent as the only professional theatre in outstate Minnesota.
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June 24, 1996 - Mainstreet Radio’s Leif Enger reports on ‘fiber farming’ in Minnesota. Northern Minnesota farmers are trying to grow and harvest hybrid poplar trees as a new source of pulp for the paper industry and even a possible savior of Minnesota forestlands.
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July 2, 1996 - A federal judge has allowed ousted White Earth tribal leaders to remain free before they are sentenced on corruption charges. Prosecutors wanted former White Earth tribal chairman Darrell "Chip" Wadena jailed along with co-defendants, former secretary-treasurer Jerry Rawley and council member Rick Clark.
July 3, 1996 - Mainstreet Radio’s Leif Enger visits the central Minnesota town of Crosby, which is having a comeback of sorts…from prospering former mining town to bustling “antique” town. Those windows now contain 40 antique stores. Locals are hoping the recovery expands to other businesses for community.
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