June 17, 1999 - The 23-year-search for a suspected member of the group that kidnapped newspaper heiress Patty Hearst ended yesterday morning in St. Paul. FBI agents and police arrested Kathleen Soliah as she was driving near her home in the Highland Park neighborhood. The alleged former member of the Symbionese Liberation Army was leading a relatively quiet life as an actress and mother of three.
June 18, 1999 - There's no sign of snow in the weekends forecast, but winter... and the sound of roaring engines... will be a focus this weekend in Roseau. The northern Minnesota town of 23-hundred will host more than 15-thousand guests for a birthday bash.... for the snowmobile.
June 18, 1999 - Governor Ventura today invited people who support public financing for a new Twins stadium to donate their own money to the effort. On his weekly radio show today, Ventura said he intends to set up a state-run gift fund for new sports stadiums. Some state leaders have dismissed the surprise proposal as a joke, but the donation fund may undermine the current effort by Minneapolis and St Paul officials to build a new stadium with tax dollars.
June 18, 1999 - A Ramsey County judge has again denied bail for a St. Paul woman accused of being a former member of the Symbionese Liberation Army. Authorities say Kathleen Soliah wanted in California on charges of conspiracy to murder police officers - has been living quietly in St. Paul as Sara Jane Olson for more than a decade. Governor Ventura said today he will not block her extradition to California.
June 18, 1999 - The University of Minnesota today dismissed the academic counselor for the men's basketball team. Alonzo Newby was a key figure in the academic fraud investigation. His testimony could have clarified what role coach Clem Haskins had in alleged improprieties in the basketball program. University counsel Mark Rotenberg says Newby was fired because he wouldn't cooperate with the investigation.
June 18, 1999 - The House of Representatives soundly defeated a wide-ranging gun control bill this afternoon. After hours of debate and votes on ten amendments addressing such things as background checks, saftey locks and age requirements for gun owners, the measure was defeated 280 to 147. The bill would have strengthened some current controls and weakened others. Minnesota's congressional delegation largely opposed the bill as Emily Harris reports from Washington.
June 21, 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 is the story of journalist Eva McDonald. Her work exposing the harsh conditions endured by women in the new factories propelled her into the forefront of the very male world of labor politics.
June 21, 1999 - Mike Yost recently testified before Congress on the trade embargo issue. Yost is the president of the American Soybean Association and farms near Murdoch, Minnesota. He says Congress should consider the potential gains for struggling American farmers.
June 21, 1999 - Greater Minnesota employers are starting to feel the pinch of a tight job market; much like that endured by Twin Cities employers for the past couple of years. But most say they're still in better shape than their Twin Cities Counterparts.
June 21, 1999 - The arrest last week of a St. Paul woman accused of being a former member of the Symbionese Liberation Army is generating intense public debate. Law enforcement authorities say Sara Jane Olson is actually fugitive Kathleen Soliah who is wanted in California for conspiring to murder police officers in the mid-'70s. Olson's friends and associates, however, are stunned, and some question the wisdom of pursuing the charges.