June 27, 2005 -
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.
July 11, 2005 - MPR's Bianca Vazquez Toness reports on scouting and its appeal to Muslim girls. The scouts are adapting, changing their ways to attract and keep girls who haven't traditionally joined a troop, including the children of immigrants.
July 13, 2005 - MPR’s Marianne Combs reports that The MacPhail Center for Music is building a new home in Minneapolis…and a new future while breaking down old walls. MacPhail unveiled the design for an expanded music education center in the Mill District, in what's becoming a new cultural corridor.
July 15, 2005 - Mainstreet Radio’s Dan Gunderson reports that many farmers in northwest Minnesota aren't sure how much longer they can hang on after several years of crop failure. Minnesota Farm Service Agency officials are adding up the damage from wet fields in northern and western Minnesota. A report will go to Governor Pawlenty in preparation for seeking a federal disaster declaration.
July 15, 2005 - MPR's Brandt Williams reports on the Minnesota Twins loss in the first game of the second half of the season, falling to the Los Angeles Angels 3-2 at the Metrodome. The loss puts the Twins 10 games behind the division leading Chicago White Sox.
July 15, 2005 - Advocates for 6000 Hmong refugees forced out of camp in Thailand rallied at the Minnesota state capitol today to ask the U. S. Government for help. Nancy Meyer, an english teacher at Hmong American Partnership a St. Paul advocacy group says the communist government of Laos is refusing to allow the Hmong back into their homeland and Thailand will no longer care for them.