Elizabeth Baier
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- God to Go: Rochester church has prayers to go in the church parking lot
MPR’s Elizabeth Baier reports on Bethel Lutheran Church in Rochester, which offers prayers to go in the church parking lot. The church, and others like it, are looking at ways that allow ministers to reach people where it is convenient for them.
- Southern Minnesota under a blizzard warning after a major winter storm
Morning Edition’s Cathy Wurzer checks with Elizabeth Baier in Rochester on the blizzard conditions in area. Much of the state was covered in snow, including southeastern Minnesota, which closed roads and schools.
- A summary report on Walz and Quist's first debate
MPR’s Elizabeth Baier gives a summary report on first debate between DFL Congressman Tim Walz and his Republican challenger former State Representative Allan Quist as they battle for 1st Congressional District seat. The debate included some feisty exchanges between the candidates, who met in the town of Byron, just west of Rochester.
- Granny basketballers: 'You've got to keep active'
MPR’s Elizabeth Baier profiles the Faribault Hot Shots and the Wanamingo Bulldogs, the only two granny basketball teams in Minnesota. Players share their love of the game and physical activity.
- Minnesota farmland holds wealth in sand mining boom
MPR’s Elizabeth Baier reports on how some landowners in southeast Minnesota are considering the option of selling or leasing their land to big companies who want to explore the area's natural resources and alternative forms of energy.
- For Latino immigrants, good health hard to maintain
MPR’s Elizabeth Baier reports on the struggles Latino immigrants have with various health conditions and healthcare access. Like most people who immigrate to the U.S., Latino immigrants are usually healthier when they first arrive in the U.S. than U.S. born residents. But within a generation, many Latino immigrants lose that health advantage. And they are almost twice as likely to develop diabetes and other chronic diseases, compared to people who are born here.
- Red Bull wedding
When soldiers find out they may deploy to a war zone, leaving their affairs at home in order for themselves and their loved ones becomes top priority. In just a couple months, nearly 24-hundred citizen soldiers from the Minnesota National Guard's 34th Infantry Division Red Bulls will be shipped to Kuwait as part of the U.S. drawdown phase in Iraq. For one soldier from Dodge Center, the uncertainty of a deployment meant scrambling to plan his bride's dream wedding ... in less than a week.
- U.S. Representative Tim Walz and his two challengers debate in Mankato
MPR’s Elizabeth Baier reports on debate in Mankato between candidates battling in Minnesota's 1st District. DFL Congressman Tim Walz has two challengers in the 2010 election season, Republican Randy Demmer and Independence Party candidate Steven Wilson. The three candidates gathered to debate several key issues, including healthcare and debt.
- Tim Walz defends his vote on the federal health care overhaul
Audio clip of U.S. Representative Tim Walz defending his vote on the federal health care overhaul.
- In Owatonna and Medford, rivers and creeks come out of their banks
MPR’s Elizabeth Baier reports on flooding conditions in Owatonna and Medford, where heavy rains and flash flooding inundated streets, as residents and officials prepared for more torrential rains overnight.
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