December 3, 1998 - MPR’s Mary Losure reports on Governor-elect Jesse Ventura touring the state’s Department of Natural Resources and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. Hundreds of state employees gave an enthusiastic welcome to Ventura as he visited the two state agencies that oversee Minnesota's environment.
May 20, 1997 - Public and private landholders are challenging Chippewa Indian's plans to take fish and other game in eastern Minnesota, under terms of an 1837 treaty. But miles north of the region under contention, Chippewa Indians have been harvesting fish and wild rice and hunting moose and deer on public lands with little fanfare, and no public protests.
August 30, 1994 - MPR’s Euan Kerr visits the location of “Great Hinckley Fire of 1894.” Kerr details the event and tours the museum that preserves aspects on the intensity and aftermath of disaster.
April 25, 1994 - Midday’s Gary Eichten interviews Rod Sando, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources commissioner, about Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa Indians v. Minnesota court case.