February 16, 1998 - Jay Weiner reports from the Olympics in Nagano on men's hockey, Minnesota ski jumper, speed skater Amy Peterson, and women's figure skating.
February 6, 1998 - Opening ceremonies will be held tonight for the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. Among the hundreds of athletes competing for medals this year are fifteen Minnesotans. Minnesota Public Radio's Perry Finelli reports on some of them, and attempts to get more of the state's athletes into future olympics.
February 3, 1998 - Best-selling author Tom Clancy is the new majority owner of the Minnesota Vikings. The offer is for about $200 million and surpasses the record price paid for a National Football League franchise. Clancy pledges to keep the team in Minnesota and wants to make the Vikings one of the premier franchises in the NFL. Minnesota Public Radio's Perry Finelli reports.
January 9, 1998 - On Sunday, two National Football League games will be played to decide who will appear in this year's Super Bowl. Earlier this season, the Minnesota Vikings harbored hopes of making it back to the Super Bowl for the first time in nearly two decades. But, the season ended on another disappointing note, and the team now finds itself facing critical questions about the future ownership and who will lead Vikings on the field.
September 5, 1997 - Midday presents a report by Dan Olson about the prospects for a Light Rail Transit line in the Twin Cities, followed by a discussion of the transit issue with guests Nacho Diaz, Transportation Planning Director for the Metropolitan Coucil, and Ken Stevens, Director of the Hennepin County Regional Railroad Authority. Listeners call in with questions. (program ends early due to special coverage)
August 21, 1997 - A new report from the federal Education Department finds high school enrollment this fall will reach an all-time high and continue to break records for the next ten years. The reason: children from the baby boom generation of the Forties and Fifties. Education Secretary Richard Riley calls it a severe crisis that will have many implications, including the need for new school buildings. Dan Bryan is in charge of school facilities for the state department of children, families and learning. He says overall Minnesota doesn't expect the kind of growth seen nationally. But, there are other considerations.
August 18, 1997 - A Midday call-in program about ecumenism in religion and other trends in organized religion with studio guest Clark Morphew, St. Paul Pioneer Press religion writer and nationally syndicated columnist.
August 1, 1997 - Midday discusses the daily lives of Minnesota prisoners, what they do, and what they are allowed to have with guests David Crist, Stillwater Prison Warden, and Connie Roehrich, Shakopee Women's Prison Warden..
August 1, 1997 - Midday presents converations with former Governor and Agriculture Secretary Orville Freeman and the former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General John Vessey, as part of the continuing "Voices of Minnesota" series, with reporter Dan Olson.
July 31, 1997 - MPR’s Perry Finelli talks with Becky Rom, of the Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness; and Mike Forsman, St. Louis County Commissioner about BWCA legislation in Congress and the mediation process.