September 3, 1998 - Chris Farrell, MPR senior business and economics editor, presents MPR special report, "Make Change, Not Money: The Power of the Non-Profit Economy."
September 3, 1998 - MPR’s Bob Kelleher reports on the short and long term affects of a warming Lake Superior. While swimmers enjoy a comfortable swim in the usually frigid waters of Lake Superior, the conditions might help predict some troubling consequences should the region warm several degrees over the next decades.
September 3, 1998 - MPR’s Lynette Lyman profiles Cambodian poet U Sam Oeur. Lyman also reports on a perfomance of his work in the Twin Cities.
September 3, 1998 - Governor Carlson today asked President Clinton to intervene in the Northwest pilots' strike. The Governor says there's no end in sight to the walkout. A White House deputy press secretary says Clinton prefers to keep pressure on the parties to reach a settlement. The two sides are scheduled for exploratory talks in Chicago on Saturday. John Budd is a professor of industrial relations at the Carlson School of Mangement at the University of Minnesota.
September 3, 1998 - US Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater has ordered two Northwest feeder airlines to resume flying. The move means 17 small communities in the Midwest and south will now have air service again, six days into the Northwest pilots strike.
September 3, 1998 - Mesaba Airlines says it won't resume airservice to smalltown airports during the Northwest pilots strike, despite an order to do so by Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater, Mesaba says it depends heavily on Northwest for ticketing and ground crews amongst other things. Warren Wilkinson of Mesaba says resuming operations is not feasible logistically or economically.
September 4, 1998 - MPR’s Eric Jansen reports on status of Northwest Airlines strike. Report includes numerous clips of commentary, including Walter Mondale, who is an NWA board member. The U.S. Transportation Department has ordered Northwest Airlink flights to resume, despite Northwest Airlines being shut down by a pilot’s strike. Also, Northwest flight attendants who were laid off this week rallied at the state capitol to say they're 100 percent behind the pilots. The Federal Department of Transportation ordered Mesaba Aviation and Express Airlines to resume flights to 17 rural communities. The two airlines fly Northwest Airlink routes to Northwest Airlines hubs in Minneapolis.
September 4, 1998 - MPR’s Tim Pugmire reports that authorities in St. Paul say they were long aware of domestic problems at the apartment where six children were apparently killed by their mother. But Chief William Finney says there was never any indication the three boys and three girls were in danger. Police arrested the 24-year-old mother after responding to her frantic call for help.
September 7, 1998 - MPR's Tom Robertson reports from Bemidji, where It's harvest time for wild rice in Minnesota, and nowhere is the season more important than on the Leech Lake Indian Reservation in northern Minnesota. The reservation has more than 6,000 acres of wild rice beds within its boundaries.
September 7, 1998 - The last day of the Minnesota State Fair is more than just one last opportunity to walk around in public eating fried cheese on sticks. Today is the culmination of the 4-H livestock competitions, when all the prize-winning animals go up for auction. The bids are well above market price, and the money is split between local charities and the 4-H kids who raised the winning animals.