Mark Steil
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- Walz faces mostly friendly crowd at a town hall meeting....and lots of questions about President Trump
MPR’s Mark Steil reports on southern Minnesota town hall meeting U.S. Representative Tim Walz had with constituents. There was a lot of interest regarding President Trump’s allegation that his phones were tapped and Trump’s recent immigration policies.
- Trouble in the Water: Saving Minnesota's polluted lakes takes science, political will
As part of MPR's “Trouble in the Water” series, MPR’s Mark Steil reports on the pollution problem of when rainfall washes soil and nutrients down from the town of Worthington and thousands of acres of farmland, and into Okabena Lake.
- Hundreds of water permit holders pumping more than allowed
MPR’s Mark Steil investigates DNR records that show scores of water permit holders in Minnesota are illegally using billions of gallons more water then they're supposed to, at a time when drought threatens state water supplies.
- 1970 Sherburn High School Raiders - Underdog team's championship season brought purpose to underdog in life
MPR’s Mark Steil takes a look back at Sherburn High School Raiders’s win of the 1970 Minnesota Boys Basketball Tournament.
- Minnesota's 1st Congressional District a key 2010 race
MPR’s Mark Steil reports on the three candidates vying to represent Minnesota's 1st Congressional District. DFL incumbent Tim Walz, Republican Randy Demmer, and Independence Party candidate Steven Wilson are all campaigning into the final stretch of race.
- Fighting obesity one meal at a time
On this Midday program, a collection of reports in which MPR News explores how changing our food culture could help cure obesity.
- Minnesota potter makes art at 2,400 degrees with kiln firing
MPR’s Mark Steil visits potter Pete Landherr as he oversees his kiln firing near Walnut Grove.
- Bill Holm Missed
Several hundred people attended funeral services for writer Bill Holm Sunday in Minneota. Holm lived most of his life in the small southwest Minnesota community. Minneota mayor Paul Larson says Holm touched many residents in town through his writing and community service.
- Bill Holm's Funeral was Yesterday, and Hundreds Attended
The town of Minneota, the region and the world said goodbye to Bill Holm on Sunday. The funeral service in southwest Minnesota brought together hundreds of people. All of them touched in some way by the author, musician and teacher.
- Old Document
A nearly century-old oral history of a band of Lakota Indians in South Dakota has been found in the Twin Cities. It's one of the oldest examples of a tradition known as the winter count.
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