May 24, 1999 - Monday at noon, about three-dozen University of Minnesota students protested the latest developments in an investigation of the U-of-M athletic department, and won a concession from the U.
May 25, 1999 - St. Paul Mayor Norm Coleman is floating an idea for a new outdoor ballpark for the Minnesota Twins. The mayor argues a stadium in St. Paul would help revitalize the city's downtown core. He hasn't offered any specifics yet, but already the proposal is drawing some criticism.
May 25, 1999 - After three years of national welfare reform, we know fewer Americans are getting benefits, but we have little other information on how they fare when the checks stop coming. Today, an amendment by US Senator Paul Wellstone to require federal tracking of welfare recipients failed by just one vote. Wellstone says he offered the amendment because states need to make sure people going off welfare aren't falling into poverty.
May 25, 1999 - State aid is nearly on its way to Minnesota farmers. The Revenue Department has begun mailing nearly 60-thousand applications for farm relief. The 1999 legislature approved 70-million dollars in one-time agriculture assistance, which farmers can apply for starting next Monday.
May 25, 1999 - A five-year breast cancer trial begins today testing two drugs--tamoxifen and raloxifene. 22-thousand post-menopausal women from the United States, Puerto Rico, and Canada will take part. Minnesota cancer specialists hope to recruit volunteers for the study from across the state.
May 26, 1999 - A Mainstreet Radio special broadcast from Lake Benton. Rachel Reabe hosts a discussion about Minnesota's wind farm on Buffalo Ridge and the greater wind-power industry with guests Marlin Thompson, Lake Benton mayor; Jim Nichols, a former agriculture commissioner who now heads economic development efforts for the area; and Audrey Zibelman, director of Energy Marketing for Northern States Power.
May 26, 1999 - MPR’s Mary Losure reports that Governor Jesse Ventura has vetoed a bill that would have loosened the Minnesota Pollution Control's regulation of animal feedlots. The bill would have exempted livestock farmers from state air quality standards when they were spreading manure on farm fields. It also would have eliminated a new set of rules that govern which feedlots are subject to environmental review.
May 28, 1999 - Fraternity leaders at the University of Minnesota say they're trying to set an example for all students on responsible drinking. A national survey this week showed alcohol-related arrests on the rise at the U of M, especially in campus dorms. But fraternities are claiming a decline in alcohol problems due to strict new rules on house parties and changing attitudes among members. Police, however, say they haven't seen much change.
May 28, 1999 - Six hundred people packed the Richard Nixon Library in Yorba Linda, California yesterday to hear Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura talk about politics and his new autobiography, I Aint Got Time to Bleed. The crowd cheered for Ventura's political successes, laughed at his jokes and bought hundreds of books at 20 bucks apiece.
May 28, 1999 - Minnesota Bankers and Banking regulators today tried to reassure the public that the industry has the millenium bug under control.