September 22, 2003 - The Minneapolis Planning Commission will hear a proposal today for a downtown development project adjacent to the Target Center. It would include two thousand housing units as well as retail establishments, all built around a 40 thousand seat outdoor baseball stadium. The housing would be privately-financed. It is unclear where the money would come from for the ballpark. This is the latest in a flurry of stadium news that have been reported in recent weeks. MPR Sports Commentator Jay Weiner is the author of "Stadium Games: Fifty Years of Big League Greed and Bush League Boondoggles."
September 18, 2003 - The Central Standard Film Festival is underway in a variety of theaters around the Twin Cities. It features independent American films that come not from either coast, but from the middle of the country. Several of the films were shot in Minnesota including "Polka Time" about the annual festival in Gibbon, Minnesota.
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September 17, 2003 - Over the next five weeks, the public will have a chance to weigh in on what students in Minnesota should learn in social studies class. Education Commissioner Cheri Pierson Yecke is touring the state to hear public comment on the new proposed social studies standards. Those standards emphasize names, places events, and other facts. The final version will replace the more process-oriented Profile of Learning. That is Bill Walsh, a spokesman with the Minnesota Department of Education. We also spoke with Marc Doepner-Hove (DEP ner HOE vee), chair of the social studies department at Mound Westonka High School.
September 17, 2003 - One of Minnesota's most well-known sculptors has died. Paul Theodore Granlund was internationally recognized for his bronze sculptures, which are found in private collections and public installations throughout the world. They're also scattered across Minnesota... in churches, hospitals, public spaces, and on college campuses. From 1971 to 1996, Granlund worked as a sculptor in residence at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter. Will Freiert (FREE ert) is a classics professor at Gustavus and the author of, "Paul T. Granlund: Spirit of Bronze, Shape of Freedom." Professor Freiert joins us now. That is Gustavus Adolphus Classics professor Will Freiert (FREE ert). We'll get some pictures of Paul Theodore Granlund's sculptures on our web site in an hour or so. Select Morning Edition from the programs menu at Minnesota Public Radio dot org.
September 17, 2003 - After months of work, a group of parents, staff, and students at an international school in Minneapolis will get their wish later today when the school officially changes its name. It will be named after the late Senator Paul Wellstone, and become known as the Wellstone International School. The school serves a group of older immigrant students... usually between the ages of 17 and 21, who have little or no previous education before coming to Minnesota. Joining us on the line is Luis Ortega (loo-EES or-TAY-ga), principal of the school.
September 16, 2003 - A citizen advisory committee that will help select a new Minneapolis Police Chief will meet for the first time tonight (TUESDAY). The 21-member group includes the chair of the city's school board, the head of the city's chapter of the NAACP, and a Hispanic college student, among others. The group's job is to help the mayor choose a replacement for Police Chief Robert Olson, whose contract expires in January. Tom Johnson is on the advisory committee. He's also president of the Council on Crime and Justice, and a former Hennepin County Attorney. Tom Johnson is president of the Council on Crime and Justice.
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September 12, 2003 - A dry spell lead people to hope that the dormant mosquito eggs were killed off, but that's not the case. Jim Stark, with the Mosquito Control District talks more on the mosquito hatch and potentials for West Nile Virus.
September 11, 2003 - Two years ago today, the terrorist attacks changed our world dramatically. This week we asked you to tell us if the attacks have made a lasting impact on you or your family and whether that impact has faded. Letty, who lives in St. Louis Park writes that she has been permanently affected: