April 18, 2004 - Mainstreet Radio’s Dan Gunderson reports that searchers found the body of Dru Sjodin in a ditch northwest of Crookston on Saturday, April 17th. The 22-year-old University of North Dakota Student had been missing since November 2003. Police believe she was taken from a Grand Forks mall parking lot by a convicted sex offender.
December 29, 2003 - The Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy case in Washington state has Minnesota farmers and ranchers concerned about the future. Prices for cattle have been strong for several months, but fell sharply the past few days. Some farmers and ranchers are nervous as they wait to see how far the cattle market will drop. Others see an opportunity to buy more cattle while prices are down. Farmers say the future of the beef industry depends on the reaction of American consumers. Meanwhile, politicians are lining up to call for food safety reforms. Mainstreet Radios Dan Gunderson reports.
December 12, 2003 - National Guard troops join law enforcement officers today (starting about 7:30am) in the ongoing search for 22-year old Dru Sjodin. The University of North Dakota College student was allegedly kidnapped from a mall parking lot nearly three weeks ago. Convicted sex offender Alfonso Rodriguez Junior is accused of committing the crime. Mainstreet Radios Dan Gunderson reports.
December 10, 2003 - National Guard troops from Minnesota and North Dakota will help search for Dru Sjodin later this week. Some law enforcement officials now say they doubt the 22-year old college student will be found alive. New details about the case against the man accused of kidnapping Sjodin have been released by a North Dakota judge. Mainstreet Radios Dan Gunderson reports.
December 5, 2003 - American steel companies fear this weeks lifting of foreign steel tariffs will flood the U-S with cheap imports. U-S sugar producers say a pending trade agreement threatens their industry with the safe fate. Sugar production has an estimated two billion dollar annual economic impact in Minnesota and North Dakota.
December 3, 2003 - The man who allegedly kidnapped University of North Dakota student Dru Sjodin appeared in a Crookston courtroom today.In the surrounding countryside, hundreds of people continuedto search for any sign of the missing woman. Mainstreet Radios Dan Gunderson reports.
December 2, 2003 - Minnesota programs for crime victims are learning how they will be affected by state budget cuts.The programs help battered women and abused children. They provide a variety ofservices from emergency shelter to help navigating the judicial system. Some service providers and state lawmakers say rural areas were unfairly targeted for cuts. But a state official says the money should go to the metro area, where it's most neededMainstreet Radios Dan Gunderson reports.
November 25, 2003 - A new diabetes prevention program is showing kids the painful results of an unhealthy lifestyle. More than 275-thousand Minnesotans have diabetes. A new caseis diagnosed somewhere in the state every 30 minutes. AmericanIndians are twice as likely as the general population to get diabetes. A new diabetes prevention project on the White Earth reservation is givingkids a dose of reality.
September 17, 2003 - Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty and North Dakota Governor John Hoeven (HOE-vehn) will meet soon to discuss a dispute over hunting. North Dakota is restricting where and when people from out of state can hunt . And license fees are going up. That's angered many Minnesota hunters. But the changes have also upset a lot of North Dakota business owners. Mainstreet Radio's Dan Gunderson reports.
September 10, 2003 - Flying a hot air balloon can be a time consuming and expensive hobby. The colorful balloons cost tens of thousands of dollars. You can only fly when the weather is good, and you go where the wind takes you. But for a Fargo Attorney it's an avocation that's allowed him to meet interesting people around the world. For this week's edition of our series, "The Enthusiasts," Dan Gunderson climbed aboard with a man who's floated on the wind more than 900 times.