May 13, 1973 - Part two of the MER documentary series, A Sense of Place. Program is titled “Prairie People, River Folk and Denizens of the Big Lake Region” and focuses on how geography influenced the settlement of various regions in the state.
May 6, 1973 - Part one of the MER documentary series, A Sense of Place. Program is titled “Anishinaabe Means Original People,” and focuses on conversations with Indian people about their feelings about the place where they live.
October 31, 1972 - MPR’s Claudia Daly visits a pumpkin patch in Cable, Wisconsin, where the town’s 281 residents converge for pumpkin harvesting.
October 16, 1972 - Jerry Fryer assistant to ATW Sec. Elliot Richardson discusses funding for schools. State and Federal funds may not be available in the future for schools, but those funds may not be available in the future. The buildings will eventually need to be replaced and they believe that they should be replaced while they have additional money.
October 3, 1972 - Legislature has an opportunity to give a broad framework to county government to meet it's own needs, according to a violent opponent of regionalism for Dakota County.
October 2, 1972 - The merits of county government verses state government are debated.