August 8, 2007 - A week after the I-35W bridge collapsed, Midday marks the occasion with a special one-hour broadcast featuring the latest on the investigation and the stories of the survivors. MPR’s Lorna Benson provides a remembrance of the 13 victims…Sherry Engebretsen; Artemio Trinidad-Mena; Julia Blackhawk; Patrick Holmes; Peter Hausmann; Paul Eickstadt; Greg Jolstad; Scott Sathers; Christina Sacorafas; Sadiya Sahal and two-year-old daughter Hannah; Vera Peck and her 20-year-old son Richard Chit.
August 26, 1998 - James Oberstar, Minnesota congressman and Alfred Kahn, former Carter administration official and professor emeritus at Cornell University, discuss the threatened Northwest Airlines strike and changes in the airline industry. Kahn also answers listener questions. Alfred Kahn is often referred to as the "the father of airline deregulation.” Program begins with a brief report on status of pending strike.
August 21, 1998 - Retired Admiral Eugene Carroll, Deputy Director of the Center for Defense Information and Ambassador Bruce Laingen, the Minnesota native who was Charge D'Affaires at the US Embassy in Tehran and held captive for 444 days starting in November 1979, discuss strategies for dealing with terrorism. Osama Bin Laden is briefly mentioned. Carroll and Laingen also answer listener questions. Laingen is now President of the American Academy of Diplomacy in Washington. MN Congressman Jim Oberstar also makes appearance on program.
March 5, 1988 - On this Midday call-in program, MPR’s Bob Potter interviews James Oberstar, U.S. congressman from Minnesota's 8th district, about current national and world issues. Topics include Northwest Airlines and land rights, amongst others. Oberstar also answers listeners questions.
July 10, 1986 - James Oberstar, Minnesota U.S. congressman (DFL), discusses his legislative concerns: aircraft safety, economic development, and trade. Oberstar also answers listener questions.
March 2, 1982 - House Inter-American Affairs Subcommittee, meeting at Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C., continues hearing on human rights progress in El Salvador, with witnesses including Congressmen James Oberstar of Minnesota and Tom Harkin of Iowa, both of whom have recently returned from trips to El Salvador.
November 4, 1978 - MPR’s Dick Daly reports on President Jimmy Carter’s visit to Duluth in support of Minnesota DFL candidates before 1978 elections.
May 12, 1977 - Congressman Jim Oberstar, of the 8th district, took part in a seminar on the BWCA, sponsored by the Anoka-Ramsey Community College in Coon Rapids. Oberstar, who represents an area which includes the BWCA, spoke on his bill proposing legislation which would add more territory to the existing million acres of the BWCA and roughly split the land between a wilderness area for hiking and canoeing only, and a "recreational area" where motorboats, snowmobiles and some logging would be permitted.
December 28, 1976 - Excerpts from a hearing on welfare reform, held by U.S. Rep. Jim Oberstar, D-Minn. The hearing features testimony from welfare recipients and from several Minnesota community officials.
November 8, 1974 - MPR’s Dick Daly reports a hearing on lake water use held in Duluth. All the Great Lakes have had too much water in recent years and high water and strong winds have eroded shorelines and caused flooding. Lake Superior water levels are held artificially high by the IJC, a US joint commission with Canada.