August 15, 2001 - Minnesota's two largest food banks have announced they will merge at the beginning of October. Second Harvest Greater Minneapolis will combine with Second Harvest St. Paul to create a new organization that will be able to provide an extra 5-million pounds of food annually. Dick Goebel has been the executive director of Second Harvest St. Paul for nearly 20 years. that's Dick Goebel who is retiring after 20 years with the Second Harvest Food Shelf of St. Paul.
August 14, 2001 - Morning Edition’s Cathy Wurzer talks with Minneapolis Star Tribune sports commentator LaVelle Neal about the Minnesota Twins struggling with the pressures of a pennant race.
August 14, 2001 - St. Paul mayor Norm Coleman will deliver his final budget address later today. His budget will go to the St. Paul City Council where it must be approved by the end of December. After leading the city for nearly eight years, Coleman has decided NOT to seek re-election. He will instead run in next year's Senate race in an attempt to unseat DFLer Paul Wellstone. Mayor Coleman is on the line now. that's St. Paul Mayor Norm Coleman, who will deliver his final budget address today at 3:00.
August 14, 2001 - Morning Edition’s Cathy Wurzer interviews Jim Dreyer, a 37-year-old man from Michigan, as he prepares to swim across Lake Superior. The 62-mile swim will start in Grand Portage, on Minnesota's North Shore, and end at the F.J. McLain State Park on Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
August 14, 2001 - It's easy to forget, given this morning's fine weather, but last week at this time we were sweltering in a thick heat. The miserable weather was in part caused by high dew points. That means there was a high amount of water vapor in the air. Some climatologists have noticed dew points in Minnesota may be on the rise... and if that true, one reason could be our corn fields. Dr. Jeff Basara (ba SAIR --rhymes with bear -- ah) is a scientist at Oklahoma's State Climate Office. He's studied the connection between crops and dew point that's Dr. Jeff Basara (ba SAIR --rhymes with bear -- ah), a scientist at Oklahoma's State Climate Office.
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August 13, 2001 - That's Minnesota Public Radio's Chief Economics Correspondent Chris Farrell.
August 7, 2001 - A new study ranks the Twin Cities as the ninth in the nation for high tech. The study by the Project on Regional and Industrial Economics at the University of Minnesota uses a broad definition of the term high tech. It says Chicago has the largest number of high tech jobs, followed by Washington DC, the Silicon Valley, and Boston. Professor Ann Markusen is one of the authors of the study.
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