October 24, 2000 - The long awaited decision on NCAA sanctions against the University of Minnesota men's basketball program has been made. The NCAA Committee on Infractions has put the basketball program on four years probation for the academic cheating scandal that involved several players. In addition, the university will lose several scholarships and the school's 1997 final four appearance and its 1998 NIT championship will be erased from the record books. The team will be allowed to participate in post season play. Jim Dutcher is a former Gopher men's basketball coach who was hired after a previous scandal. He says the ruling was predictable.
October 20, 2000 - A large brush fire continues to burn, out of control, just north of the Twin Cities, around the Stacy area. Four to five thousand acres have already burned and crews are preparing to send up six planes that will begin dropping water on this fire. Up to 15-hundred residents in Stacy were evacuated late last night, as the fire began spreading toward the small town, just off of I-35.
October 19, 2000 - From Bob Dylan, to Prince, to the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Minnesota has a long and varied musical tradition. An exhibit opening this weekend at the Minnesota Historical Society in St. Paul takes a look at that tradition.
October 9, 2000 - Twin Cities Marathon took place on October 8th. Two Russians won races. MPR's Tom Scheck ran the marathon and he discusses his experience.
October 3, 2000 - MPR’s Cathy Wurzer interviews David Lillehaug, former Democratic Senate candidate and advisor to Vice President Walter Mondale, discusses preparing for the 1984 presidential debate.
September 28, 2000 - The odor of a Saint Paul brewery is becoming too much to handle. Mayor Norm Coleman discusses his plans to get rid of the odor.
September 21, 2000 - Two hundred and fiftey people from across the country are in Minneapolis this week talking about the work of architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Wright fans, ranging from historic preservationists to scholars, are attending the annual conference of the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy. Conference participants are discussing how to preserve Wright's buildings, right down to proper remodeling of bathrooms in vintage Wright homes. One of those homes is in Minneapolis, known as the Willey House. It's now empty, and in need of repair. Lynda Waggoner, the head of the Wright conservancy, says the house marks a transition period between Wright's early and later styles.
September 21, 1995 - NewsNight Minnesota KTCA special on Rudy Perpich's death. Includes various interviews and speeches form Perpich over the years, and comments on Perpich's legacy from Minnesotans.
December 30, 1994 -
December 30, 1994 -