April 17, 1997 - (for ATC) Sgt Dave Bulik (boo-LIK) State Patrol Flooding continues to effect large areas of rural Northwestern Minnesota. State Patrol Sergeant Dave Bulik has been driving the roads between Detroit Lakes and Fargo today. He says while some towns such as Georgetown are almost completely evacuated.... most of the communities are continuing to work on their dikes and keeping the floods at bay. He says out of town the amount of water is astonishing. State Patrol Dave Bulik who has been patroling in Nort
April 16, 1997 - Over the last two weeks we have been hearing from the Reverend Craig Hanson through his flood diary. Today Minnesota Public Radio's Dan Gunderson visited the Hanson home on the banks of the Red River in Fargo. The dike behind the house has begun to leak.... and Craig Hanson is preparing for the worst. Reverend Craig Hanson talking to Minnesota Public Radio's Dan Gunderson on the banks of the Red River in Fargo Sun 28-MAY 19:57:11 MPR NewsPro Archive - Wed 04/11/2001
April 16, 1997 - Scientists who are trying to find causes for deformities in frogs found in Minnesota and other states are meeting at a national conference in Virginia organized by the Environmental Protection Agency. More than 50 scientists and EPA officials are trying to work out strategies for the summer's research. But the problem of the deformed frogs is intensely complicated and there are no clear answers. Minnesota Public Radio's Mary Losure reports from the conference.
April 14, 1997 - Its been a day of mixed emotions for the people living along the Red River. The river supposedly crested in Fargo/Moorhead Saturday, but today the river began to rise again... beating the 20th century record set Saturday... and challenging the all time flood level set in 1897. The good news.... the dikes constructed by a huge volunteer effort continue to hold. Reverend Craig Hanson has been sharing his thoughts in a flood diary from his home on the banks of the Red River in Fargo. In the latest entry he reflects on how the fight must go on. The Reverend Craig Hanson lives on the banks of the Red River in Fargo. And a reminder.... on Wednesday morning we will be having a special live broadcast from Moorhead on the flooding for both hours of the Midmorning program, starting at 9 am.
April 11, 1997 - The battle is far from over, but there is a feeling of optimism in Fargo Moorhead. Reverend Craig Hanson has been sharing his thoughts with us from his home on the banks of the Red River in Fargo. Today, the third installment of his Flood Diary finds him in bouyant mood. Reverend Craig Hanson lives in Fargo on the banks of the Red River Sun 28-MAY 19:59:03 MPR NewsPro Archive - Wed 04/11/2001
April 7, 1997 - Whenever there are floods there are the huge stories of damage and devastation... but there are also thousands of small personal stories... of everyday people in difficult times. We wanted to get to some of there stories and asked the Reverend Craig Hanson... a pastor who lives in one of the most threatened areas in Fargo on the banks of Red River... to share some of his thoughts as the battle goes on. This is the first part of his "Flood Diary" The Reverend Craig Hanson lives on the banks of the Red River in Fargo. We will hear from him again over the coming days. He comes to us with the assistance of MPR intern Judy Fossum. Sun 28-MAY 20:08:43 MPR NewsPro Archive - Wed 04/11/2001
April 1, 1997 - Peter Hutchinson from the Minneapolis School District says a systematic community effort is needed to help students be successful. Hutchinson outlined his challenge for increased community involvement in public education in his annual "State of the Schools" speech this morning. Minnesota Public Radio's Tim Pugmire reports.
March 21, 1997 - Have you ever flown through downtown Chicago and dropped down through one of its tallest buildings? Or taken a trip around the nether regions of an enzyme molecule? A little piece of computer animation history appears at the Science Museum of Minnesota this evening as "The Magic Egg" opens as part of the 2nd annual Omnifest. The film was made over a decade ago but as Minnesota Public Radio's Euan Kerr reports it broke new ground at the time and has lost little of its fascination.
March 10, 1997 - Morvern Callar is 18 years old, loves listening to loud music on her Walkman, and going to raves in the small Scottish port where she lives. She doesn't seem to care about much else in the novel bearing her name, even when her long-time boyfriend rather messily commits suicide in their kitchen. The book, written by first time novelist Alan Warner, is attracting a great deal of attention as a portrait of late nineties youth. It's also the latest in a stream of books from a group of Scottish Novelists, including Irvine Welsh of "Trainspotting" and James Kelman of "How Late it Was, How Late" who have taken the literary world by storm. Alan Warner reads from his work tonight at the Hungry Mind Bookstore
January 21, 1997 - (USED THIS VERSION FOR ME PLEASE, REMOVES DATED INFO) The proposed merger between Northern STates power and Wisconsin Energy has been put on hold by two Wisconsin judges. In a related action the Wisconsin Public service commission has decided not to investigate one of its members who allegedly had improper talks with Wisconsin energy officials. Wisconsin Public Radio's Churk Quirmbach reports from Madison Host Tag: On the Minnesota side of this story the State Public Utilities Commission has reversed itself and decided that two PUC commissioners also accused of improper contact with NSP do not have to remove themselves from the merger decision