April 24, 1997 - Even though the public's attention is focused on the devastating flooding in the Red River valley, it wasn't long ago that places like Granite Falls and Montevideo in southwestern Minnesota were the center of attention. The clean-up is well underway in those cities overrun by the Minnesota River earlier this month. Busloads of Twin Cities residents have been making the daily trek to help area residents for more than week...and will continue to do so until they're no longer needed. Minnesota Public Radio's Perry Finelli went along for the ride...and has a report... 8505 sfx...bus rider commenting on what he sees as the bus travels through Montevideo...
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February 18, 1997 - Midday talks with National Public Radio's Linda Gradstein, who has been NPR's Israeli correspondent since 1990. Her visit is part of MPR's Broadcast Journalist Series. Listeners call in with questions.
February 12, 1997 - As state officials wrestle with various ways to reduce the number of snowmobile injuries and fatalities in Minnesota, some residents of one local community are taking matters into their own hands. The Brooklyn Park Safety Snow Patrol, which is made up of volunteers from the Minneapolis suburb, observed its 25th anniversary last year, making it the oldest existing snowmobile safety group in the country. Minnesota Public Radio's Perry Finelli reports.
December 30, 1996 - A year-in-review Midday program about key issues in the field of biomedical ethics. Guest Arthur Caplan, former University of Minnesota bioethicist and now director of the Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania, discusses assisted suicide and answers listener questions.
December 13, 1996 - Midday airs the Governor's "State of the Arts" address", given Thursday at the Children's Theater in Minneapolis. Guest is State Senator Dick Cohen (DFL-St. Paul), chairman of the State Government Finance Committee which will oversee the budget of the State Arts Board.
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July 31, 1996 - "Garden guru" University of Minnesota Extension Horticulturist Deb Brown visits Midday to answer questions about lawns, gardens, trees and shrubs.