August 25, 1999 - The US Forest Service will be able to side-step some regulations, to remove dead timber near Northeastern Minnesota's Gunflint Trail. Officials are worried about the danger of fire from millions of trees downed in a Fourth of July Storm. The waiver allows the Forest Service to go ahead with salvage timber sales with an abbreviated environmental review process.
August 23, 1999 - Yesterday's Personal Computers are becoming today's junk. It's often less expensive to purchase a new PC than it would be to repair or ugrade even a slightly used model. Meanwhile, the replaced computers, are piling up in closets and storerooms across the state, leaving Minnesotans wondering how to get rid of the things.
August 10, 1999 - Wildlife officials say unprovoked bear attacks - like one on a Wisconsin Boy Scout Monday morning - are extremely rare. But they caution that a growing population of black bears in Minnesota and Wisconsin are likely to result in more human and bear encounters.
July 26, 1999 - Federal Officials could decide as early as today whether the July 4th storm qualifies Northeastern Minnesota for disaster aid. The Storm caused extensive flood and wind damage across much of Northeastern Minnesota. Resort owners and residents of the Gunflint trail say they need help in removing downed trees and clearing trails.
July 12, 1999 - Minnesota's oldest serving lawmaker died Sunday. Eighty-eight-year-old Duluth DFLer Willard Munger was diagnosed with liver cancer this spring, in the middle of his 43rd year in the Minnesota House. No House member has ever served longer. Widely acknowledged as a leading state and national environmental leader, Munger was also deeply respected for his support of people and social issues.
July 9, 1999 - Preliminary testing on some of the human bones found on Donald Blom's Carlton County property, indicate they do not belong to missing Moose Lake teen Katie Poirier. The findings were revealed during Donald Blom's arraignment on Federal firearms Charges.
July 7, 1999 - MPR’s Euan Kerr interviews campers Jennifer Sly and Mary Marrow of Minneapolis about their experience during the blow down in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. The two recall lightning while paddling across Lake Saganaga with two other friends, and heading for shore to set up a temporary campsite.
July 6, 1999 - MPR’s Bob Kelleher reports on impact of ferocious storms that hit the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. The wind and rain downed trees and power lines across much of Northeastern Minnesota. Residents of Hibbing were assessing flood damage, while resorters on the Gunflint Trail were taking stock of damaged buildings.
June 28, 1999 - The official search for a missing Barnum woman has again ended near Moose Lake. Meanwhile, the man accussed of kidnapping Katie Poirier has a new defense attorney.
June 22, 1999 - The Carlton County sheriff says the man suspected of kidnapping Katie Poirier was in Moose Lake without his family when the 19-year-old was apparently taken from a convenience store there last month. Sheriff Dave Seboe also said this afternoon that the suspect has changed his looks considerably since the abduction, cutting his hair and growing a beard. The man remains in the Carlton County jail, awaiting formal charges. While his arraignment was delayed, authorities continue looking into the suspects past to determine whether he should be considered a suspect in another Minnesota crime.