June 10, 2005 - Mainstreet Radio's Mark Steil reports on the death of 1st Lieutenant Michael Fasnacht, who was killed by a roadside bomb Wednesday near Tikrit, Iraq. The Minnesota soldier is being praised today for his love of family and country.
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June 13, 2005 - MPR’s Bianca Vazquez Toness profiles La Loma, a commercial kitchen in Minneapolis that makes about 13,000 tamales a week. Toness interviews the owners about how they started and there goals for the future.
June 17, 2005 - MPR’s Chris Roberts reports on the second annual Heliotrope Festival, a local underground music event. Roberts interviews co-founders Eric Wivinus and Rich Barlow about the festival creation and the unique acts that perform.
June 24, 2005 - The Minnesota Twins broke a four game losing streak by defeating the Detroit Tigers 6-2 at the Metrodome. Pitcher Carlos Silva threw a complete game and didn't walk any Tiger batters. The Twins got ahead of the Tigers early with a four-run rally in the first inning, and unlike the last few games, they didn't let the Tigers come back.
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July 1, 2005 - Mainstreet Radio's Tom Robertson reports that the Minnesota Legislature passed a $686 million dollar funding bill that averts a state park shutdown over the busy holiday weekend. Environmentalists are angry over one of the bill's provisions, which loosens restrictions on riding all-terrain vehicles in state forests north of Highway 2.
July 6, 2005 - A group of more than 6-thousand Hmong people in Thailand is reportedly without food or shelter today after the Thai government forced them from temporary homes. The group had apparently built shelters on the land of sympathetic landowners in Thailand's remote Phetchabun province. The government says they are illegal immigrants from neighboring Laos and is trying to force them to return to that country. The displaced Hmong are appealing to the United Nations for Help. Joung-Ah Ghadini, a spokeswoman for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees says her organization is trying to gain access to the group of 6,000 Hmong.
July 6, 2005 - A group of more than 6-thousand Hmong people in Thailand is reportedly without food or shelter after the Thai government forced them from temporary homes. The group had apparently built shelters on the land of sympathetic landowners in Thailand's remote Phetchabun province and is now seeking help from the United Nations. In May, a major camp for Hmong refugees in central Thailand was closed. Many of them came to Minnesota. Joung-Ah Ghadini, a spokeswoman for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, says her organization is trying to gain access to the newly displaced group.
July 8, 2005 - MPR’s Jeff Horwich takes a behind-the-scenes look at an area firm developing a Taco Johns national ad campaign…which includes a 19-year-old Capuchin monkey.