August 31, 2001 - In a broadcast from the MPR booth at Minnesota State Fair, Mainstreet Radio’s Rachel Reabe revisits the farmers of Chanarambie Township in Southwestern Minnesota.
August 31, 2001 - MPR’s Mark Zdechlik reports on Governor Jesse Ventura joining the throngs at the Minnesota State Fair to talk taxes and politics. Ventura promoted the idea of a national sales tax and banning elected officials from campaigning when he says they should be working.
September 3, 2001 - MPR’s Mary Losure reports on a union survey being highlighted at Minnesota State Fair that show issues in affordable housing for members.
September 4, 2001 - Minneapolis Mayor Sharon Sayles Belton's reelection campaign proudly touts the fact the city has its lowest crime rate since the 1960s. The mayor's three main opponents give at least qualified support for the computer crime-fighting effort known as CODEFOR implemented by Sayles Belton's administration. But they also want to distance themselves from racial profiling complaints about the program. Minnesota Public Radio's Art Hughes has this look at the candidates stands on crime.
September 12, 2001 - MPR’s Art Hughes reports on Minneapolis mayoral primary results. Political newcomer and internet consultant R.T. Rybak will face two-term incumbent Sharon Sayles Belton in the Minneapolis mayoral election in November. Rybak was the top vote-getter in a race that included two other viable challengers to Sayles Belton.
September 19, 2001 - MPR's William Wilcoxen reports on Minnesotans returning to the national pastime, after taking a week off from baseball to mourn the lives lost on September 11th, 2001. The Twins turned in a sparkling performance in front of a small crowd at the Metrodome. Several fans and players said it felt good to get back into the swing of life's routine.
September 20, 2001 - MPR’s Art Hughes reports on first public forum of Minneapolis mayoral candidates. Mayor Sharon Sayles Belton and challenger R.T. Rybak faced off on various city issues.
September 26, 2001 - Mainstreet Radio's Laurel Druley reports on the looming government workers strike. State agency officials say they have contingency plans in place to compensate for the void a strike could leave.
September 27, 2001 - MPR's Laurel Druley reports that Governor Ventura told the citizens of Rochester he supports President Bush's plan to call up National Guard troops to tighten security at airports across the nation. His comments came as the Governor spent the day in Rochester talking with state employees.
September 27, 2001 - Nearly 700 (698) people became United States citizens last night. At a naturalization hearing held at Bethel College in Arden Hills, people from 76 countries were sworn in. The country with the most people represented was Laos with 278 people. And about two dozen countries were represented by just 1 person. Coming just two weeks after the September 11th terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, the evening held an extra sense of importance for those conducting the ceremony as well as those sitting in the audience holding American flags, and singing the National Anthem with their hands on their hearts.