August 25, 1999 - Nation-wide in-patient treatment for eating disorders has become increasingly rare in the last decade. In Minnesota, for example, hospital stays for even the most severe cases of anorexia nervosa face coverage restrictions from health maintenance organizations. One effort is underway to find common ground between doctors and HMO's in treating anorexia nervosa, a psychiatric illness that kills one in ten of its sufferers.
August 26, 1999 - The organization Missing Children of Minnesota spent thousands of hours trying to find Jessica Swanson. Carol Watson is the executive director.
August 26, 1999 - The Duluth media market has a new player. Red River Broadcasting of Fargo has bought one television station and four radio stations in recent months. The move gives Duluth its first local Fox-TV affiliate -- plus a strong group of radio stations to help promote it. The company's entry into Duluth broadens the public's programming choices but will also heat up competition for advertising sales.
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August 26, 1999 - A Goodhue County judge set bail today for Michelle Swanson and her boyfriend, Dale Jenson. Jenson is accused of kidnapping Michelle's 3 year old daughter, Jessica, in 1995 and police believe he killed the girl. Swanson is charged with being an accomplice after the crime. Authorities are examining the remains of what appears to be a young child they found yesterday at the site where they say Jenson told them he dumped the body. But Jenson's lawyer says his confession and the evidence of the body may have to be thrown out if police denied his right to an attorney during the interrogation.
August 26, 1999 - Searchers looking for the body of three year old Jessica Swanson found skeletal remains wrapped in a sheet yesterday evening at a site about ten miles from her former Cannon Falls home. Authorities arrested Swanson's mother and her boyfriend yesterday morning in connection with Jessica's disappearance four years ago and the Goodhue County Sheriff says the boyfriend confessed to killing the girl and led investigators to the site where they unearthed the remains.
August 27, 1999 - Northwest Airlines flight attendants have REJECTED a tentative contract agreement by a wide margin. The Teamsters union announced the results of the ballot last night in Detroit, home to Northwest's largest hub. The union and the airline say they're hopeful a new agreement can be reached without work interuptions like the pilot's strike which shut down the airline a year ago.
August 27, 1999 - A Goodhue County judge set bail yesterday for Michelle Swanson and her boyfriend, Dale Jenson. Jenson is accused of kidnapping Michelle's 3 year old daughter, Jessica, in 1995 and police believe he killed the girl. Swanson is charged with being an accomplice after the crime. Authorities are examining the remains of what appears to be a young child they found Wednesday at the site where they say Jenson told them he dumped the body. But Jenson's lawyer says his confession and the evidence of the body may have to be thrown out if police denied his right to an attorney during the interrogation.
August 30, 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 the story of Rhoda Emery, a young woman who thought she would never make it as a schoolteacher, but ended up dedicating 50 years to the profession.
August 30, 1999 - The comfort level in many schools changed forever last April when 14 students and a teacher died in Colorado's Columbine High School. The school year ended last spring under a cloud of fear and confusion. Threats and rumors of violence disrupted the routines in many Minnesota schools. Most Minnesota students return to school this week, and school administrators say they're trying hard to assure parents their children will be safe.