October 7, 1998 - MPR’s Amy Radil reports on the gubernatorial candidates Skip Humphrey, Norm Coleman, and Jesse Ventura debating at Hibbing High School in the Iron Range. They tailored their messages to the audience by taking on subjects like tourism, recreation and education in northeast Minnesota and invoking the image of a favorite son.
September 28, 1998 - Gubernatorial candidates Norm Coleman and Skip Humphrey exchanged fire over their respective budget plans today, accusing each other of bad money management. Coleman toured the state with Governor Arne Carlson. The Republican candidate promised to lower taxes if elected, and charged Humphrey with making too many campaign promises that cost money to keep. Humphrey made much the same charge about Coleman
September 9, 1998 - Minnesota Public Radio's "Campaign 98". From now to the primary in September, we're presenting in-depth interviews with candidates on the issues. This week we're focusing on the environment. In this segment, Minnesota Public Radio's Amy Radil talks with D-F-L gubernatorial candidate Doug Johnson. BACK ANNOUNCE: You can hear the next segment of our Campaign 98 focus on the issues tomorrow on Morning Edition when Laura McCallum talks with Jesse Ventura about the environment. And visit our Election 98 web site at www.mpr.org.
September 8, 1998 - MPR’s Amy Radil reports that Duluth's Lake Superior Zoo is on the lookout for Mel, a kangaroo that jumped the zoo's 8-foot fence Saturday morning. West Duluth residents have called in a few sightings, but zookeepers have yet to lay hands on their missing marsupial. Zoo visitors pursued him, but kangaroos can hit 45 miles an hour, and Mel soon vanished down a bike trail.
September 7, 1998 - Readers of the Douglas Wood best-selling fable "Old Turtle" know the work of Duluth artist Cheng-Khee Chee, who brought the book's world to life with stunning watercolors. Since the book's publication in 1992, Chee has been wined and dined by the publishing industry, but has yet to accept any more commissions. Instead, these days he is working on his own, painting full time and teaching, as he always has, about the creative act.
September 7, 1998 - Readers of Douglas Wood's best-selling fable "Old Turtle" know the work of Duluth artist Cheng-Khee Chee, who brought the book's world to life with stunning watercolors. Since the book's publication in 1992, Chee has been wined and dined by the publishing industry, but has yet to accept any more commissions. Instead, these days he is working on his own, painting full time and teaching, as he always has, about the creative act. Minnesota Public Radio's Amy Radil has this report. When two students went on a shooting spree in Jonesboro, Arkansas, the Duluth publishing firm Pfieffer-Hamilton responded by sending copies of its book "Old Turtle" to the grief-stricken town. Cheng-Khee Chee created the book's memorable images of an abundant earth, a bustling human population, and the wise central character. Chee says he was impressed by the
September 3, 1998 - From now to the primary in September, we're presenting in-depth interviews with candidates on the issues. This week we're focusing on crime. In this segment, Minnesota Public Radio's Amy Radil talks with DFL gubernatorial candidate Doug Johnson.
August 26, 1998 - Minnesotans have the opportunity this week to help decide the future of Voyageurs National Park. National Parks officials are convening informal meetings throughout the state in order to develop a management plan for Voyageurs. The park is relatively young; it was created in 1975. But in its short life it has been the subject of litigation, mediation, and now, some fear, overcrowding. Minnesota Public Radio's Amy Radil has this report. The prevailing wish among people at the Voyageurs Park planning session held Tuesday in Duluth was for the park to stay essentially
May 29, 1998 - Senator Paul Wellstone is definitely campaigning for health care reform and possibly for President. Wellstone has introduced a bill in the Senate that would provide health coverage for all Americans. He has been traveling around the country talking about his proposal.
May 28, 1998 - "Boreal" means northern, as in "aurora borealis." The terms is also used to describe the forests of northern Minnesota, full of pine and spruce, and the birds that live there. Today (Thursday) the Gunflint Trail in Cook County kicks off its first annual boreal birding festival, celebrating the variety of birds to be found in the northwoods. Minnesota Public Radio's Amy Radil reports. Driving up the Gunflint Trail, a paved road that begins in the town of Grand Marais on Lake Superior, Sue McDonnell points excitedly out the windows at an ever-changing forest. McDonnell: We have the north shore hardwoods area, maples, poplar, then get into the decisuous/conifer mix, and then the conifers