January 9, 2007 - As you know, Minnesota is home to the largest population of Somalis in the United States. Most of them live in Minneapolis. To hear how some of them feel about the U.S. airstrikes in their home country, Minnesota Public Radio News reporter Toni Randolph visited the Karmel Mall on Pillsbury Ave near Lake Street. We'll hear from four Somalis who weighed in on the issue.
November 21, 2006 -
August 31, 2006 - The Guthrie Theater recently opened its Dowling Studio, announcing a line-up of 17 plays for its first season. It's been two months since the Guthrie Theater moved from its original location on Vineland Place to the bold blue building on the Minneapolis riverfront. Now that the theater has settled into it's new space we thought it was about time to check into how the company and its audience have received it.
August 30, 2006 - US Senator Mark Dayton finished his visits to the Canadian and Mexican borders with the news that 44 North Dakota National Guard members have volunteered to help the Customs and Border Patrol along the U-S - Mexican border and are planning to leave today. Volunteers from the Minnesota Air National Guard are currently working border patrol duty in Arizona, Texas, and New Mexico.
August 8, 2006 - After an especially violent week in Minneapolis comes the timely open of a new academy at St. Cloud State University. More than 40 people are the first students being trained on how to help people deal with being the victims of a major crime.
June 22, 2006 - The new Guthrie Theater opens this weekend. After over forty years on Vineland Place in Minneapolis, The Guthrie has moved to the banks of the Mississippi and into the international spotlight. The new, blue building, designed by French architect Jean Nouvel, sits on the riverfront in downtown Minneapolis. To celebrate its new home, the theater will host a weekend full of events.
September 22, 2005 - MPR’s Sam Choo reports on storm that rocked areas of the Twin Cities, including Andover, which had severe property damage. Choo interviews residents about what happened in the storm. On the night of September 21, 2005, a series of supercells produced four tornadoes, widespread wind damage (gusts of 75+ miles per hour), large hail (up to three inches), and flash-flooding in east central Minnesota. Three damage was present in tree damage in Maple Grove, Brooklyn Center, Brooklyn Park, and north Minneapolis, with one fatality from a fallen tree branch. In the worst hit areas there were downbursts…such as in Andover, where wind gusts reached 100 miles per hour.