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.
May 28, 1999 - Twin Cities' school bus drivers -- employed by Ryder Student Transportation Services -- have voted NOT to unionize. The results of last night's balloting came as a surprise to the Service Employees International Union which was attempting to organize some 15-hundred drivers.
May 28, 1999 - Minnesota refugee resettlement agencies now have official word that Kosovar refugees could arrive in Minneapolis and Saint Paul as early as next week. The agencies started preparation for their arrival several weeks ago, but the work is only the beginning of making Minnesota "home" for a while for the Kosovars.
May 28, 1999 - Mosquito experts are expecting a bumper crop after all the recent wet weather. That's troubling for health officials in the Twin Cities and southeastern Minnesota - areas of the state with mosquitos that carry encephalitis. Nearly a quarter of the state's encephalitis cases since 1985 were recorded in sparcely populated Houston County in the far southeast corner of the state.
May 31, 1999 - To close out the millennium, Minnesota Public Radio's All Things Considered presents a look back at Minnesota life in 1900 via a 12-part series, entitled “A Minnesota Century.” This segment profiles the Merritt brothers and their Minnesota ore discovery.
May 31, 1999 - Tucked away in a small patch of southwestern Minnesota prairie is one of the state's enduring mysteries. Centuries ago people carved thousands of symbols into rocks near the small town of Jeffers. Who were they, and why did they painstakingly carve petroglyphs of animals and other figures? This summer archeologists will take another crack at answering the questions. But in the meantime, the site is becoming a hot spot for visitors interested in the carvings.
May 31, 1999 - Hundreds of volunteers spent part of their Holiday weekend searching swamps and roadsides near Moose Lake, for evidence into the disappearance of 19-year old Kathryn Poirier.
May 31, 1999 - The Grand Portage National Monument has opened for the summer season at the site of an 18-Century fur trading post a few miles down the North Shore from the Canadian border. For the first time, monument maintainance is being provided by the Grand Portage Band of Chippewa instead of the National Park Service.