August 19, 2005 - Governor Tim Pawlenty says he's been urging both Northwest Airlines and its mechanics to settle their differences, but he says a strike is likely. Minnesota Public Radio's Stephanie Hemphill reports. {
July 20, 2005 - MPR’s Stephanie Hemphill reports on a recent discovery 400ft below the surface of Lake Superior…the Benjamin Noble, a ship lost with all 20 crewmen, back in 1914. It disappeared into the depths of the lake during an April storm, and it's been the target of numerous unsuccessful searches over the years.
May 4, 2005 - Duluth cookbook author Bea Ojakangas has won an award from the James Beard Foundation in New York City. Chefs and food writers around the country voted to induct Ojakangas into the Cookbook Hall of Fame. They cited her "Great Scandinavian Baking Book" as having lasting impact in the field. She published it 15 years ago, after research on recipes in the Scandinavian countries.
February 24, 2005 - Retired federal judge Miles Lord is calling on Governor Pawlenty and the legislature to do more to protect the health of taconite miners -- before they go ahead with several new taconite projects on the Iron Range. Lord issued the landmark ruling that forced Reserve Mining Company to stop dumping its waste rock into Lake Superior, because scientists had found asbestos-like fibers in the rock. Now he says those fibers could be making a lot of miners sick.
February 23, 2005 - Retired federal judge Miles Lord is calling on Governor Pawlenty and the legislature to do more to protect the health of taconite miners -- before they go ahead with several new taconite projects on the Iron Range. Lord issued the landmark ruling that forced Reserve Mining Company to stop dumping its waste rock into Lake Superior, because scientists had found asbestos-like fibers in the rock. Now he says those fibers could be making a lot of miners sick.
February 23, 2005 - Retired federal judge Miles Lord says Minnesota should do more to protect the health of taconite miners -- before the going ahead with several new taconite projects on the Iron Range. Minnesota Public Radio's Stephanie Hemphill reports. {
February 23, 2005 - Retired federal judge Miles Lord is asking Governor Pawlenty and the legislature to put a moratorium on new taconite projects on the Iron Range, until questions are answered about health concerns. Lord issued the landmark ruling in 1974, that forced Reserve Mining Company to stop dumping its waste rock into Lake Superior. Scientists had found asbestos-like fibers in the rock. Now Lord says the state hasn't done enough to find out whether those fibers are making miners sick. Minnesota Public Radio's Stephanie Hemphill reports. {
January 5, 2005 - Duluth and St. Paul moved a step closer today (WED) to winning millions of dollars to build new community centers to be run by the Salvation Army. The money comes from the estate of Joan Kroc, the widow of McDonald's founder Ray Kroc. Mainstreet Radio's Stephanie Hemphill reports. {
December 25, 2004 - The Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra is offering hundreds of student violin players a chance to rehearse with classical superstar Midori. The symphony received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to organize a ‘giant youth orchestra’ event in May 2004. Orchestra Director Andrew Berryhill discusses how his group wants to encourage youth orchestras…and not just because they can produce adult players someday.
December 7, 2004 - In the early 1930s, Soviet recruiters persuaded thousands of Finnish-Americans from northern Minnesota to move to Stalin's Russia. They thought they were going to build a utopia, but many ended up as Stalin's victims. A new book for youngsters, "The Darkest Evening," describes the painful episode. The author is William Durbin. He talked with Mainstreet Radio's Stephanie Hemphill. William Durbin will be reading from "The Darkest Evening" at Back To Books in Hudson at noon on Sunday (Dec 12).