May 18, 1998 - In a surprise announcement, The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra appointed a new acting concertmaster. The selection of the violinist to lead the musicians in any orchestra is a complex, mysterious, process. Insiders expected the SPCO selection committee to take a year to choose a successor to Romauld Tecco, but they found someone they really wanted…Denver-based Steven Copes playing and they hired him on the spot.
May 15, 1998 - Frank Sinatra will be remembered in different ways by different people... for writer Frank Skillman the memories go way back... --------------------------------------------------------- | D-CART ITEM: 9263 | TIME: 5.11 | OUTCUE: "...cult of frank (plus :13 sec music) --------------------------------------------------------- Writer Frank Skillman and producer Peter Donalds write, create "NeoRadio" for the Pacifica Network in River Falls Sun 28-MAY 11:08:59 MPR NewsPro Archive - Wed 04/11/2001
May 14, 1998 - MPR’s Euan Kerr talks with St. Paul guitarist Dean Magraw about his album “Seventh One.”
April 15, 1998 - Colum McCann's novel "This Side of Brightness" tells the story, of amongst other people, the men who dug the railway tunnels under New York, and the homeless people who now live in those same tunnels. McCann, who is in the Twin Cities to read from his book tonight, was born in Dublin, but has lived in New York for some time. He told Minnesota Public Radio's Euan Kerr he was attracted to the story of the tunnel-diggers because they broke ground with more than just their shovels. Author Colum McCann will read from his novel "This Side of Brightness" at the Hungry Mind in ST Paul this evening at 8. Sun 28-MAY 11:36:39 MPR NewsPro Archive - Wed 04/11/2001
April 6, 1998 - Environmentalists today claimed a small victory in their effort to protect a raptor called the "Goshawk" in Northern Minnesota. The Forester in charge of the Chippewa National Forest has agreed to ban logging for two years in areas known as Goshawk habitat. While the situation is not as contentious as the fight over the spotted owl in the northwest, environmentalists say its a battle worth fighting. Brigit Hust prepared the case for the Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy and the National Audubon Society. Brigit Hust prepared the Goshawk case for the Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy and the National Audubon Society. The Goshawks habitat in Chippewa National Forest won't be logged for two years. Sun 28-MAY 11:47:53 MPR NewsPro Archive -
April 1, 1998 - MPR’s Euan Kerr presents yet another April Fools’ Day treat. In a secret location just a few miles over the Minnesota border into Wisconsin. Kerr interviews Milt Whiting, who is an attempting to bring the little known, but possibly illegal, European practice of fish-grooming to the Midwest.
April 1, 1998 - Olympic silver medal figure skater Michelle Kwan says she won't turn pro and instead has her sights on the 2002 Olympic competition in Salt Lake City when she'll be 21 years old. Kwan told reporters at the World Figure Skating Championships in Minneapolis today (WED) she is struck with the youthfulness of figure skaters getting high marks in competition. Kwan says she'll get her high school diploma this summer and intends to start taking some college courses soon after. She also says she'll retain her amateur figure skating status because she wants to compete in the 2002 Olympic games, but she keeps open the option of taking a year or two off. Kwan told reporters the problem with taking time off is the erosion of a competitive edge.
March 30, 1998 - A series of tornadoes crashed through south central Minnesota late yesterday, killing a six year old boy, wrecking buildings, and driving hundreds of people from their homes. Minnesota Public Radio's Lynette Nyman was in one of the towns worst effected, St Peter, as one of the tornadoes passed through. She filed this report. Sun 28-MAY 11:52:55 MPR NewsPro Archive - Wed 04/11/2001
March 30, 1998 - Hundreds of people are working to repair the damage left in the wake of a tornado that swept through the city of St. Peter last night. People are stunned but grateful. Looking across the cityscape, some residents say its is hard to imagine only one person was killed. Minnesota Public Radio's Lynette Nyman reports. Sun 28-MAY 11:52:28 MPR NewsPro Archive - Wed 04/11/2001
March 24, 1998 - MPR’s Euan Kerr interviews Minnesota poet Susan Carol Hauser about her book “Sugartime: The Hidden Pleasures of Making Maple Syrup with a Primer for the Novice Sugarer.”