September 8, 1986 - On this MPR Journal program, a collection of reports, interviews, and a news rundown hosted by Gary Eichten.
September 1, 1986 - MPR’s Paula Schroeder talks with Gale Frost, fair museum curator; and Clarence, a longtime 4H member about some memorable moments of the Minnesota State Fair.
August 25, 1986 - MPR’s Stephen Smith profiles Minnesota Governor Rudy Perpich as he walks the Minnesota State Fairgrounds, shaking a lot of hands and dispensing brochures.
August 25, 1986 - From people watching to making yard a parking lot, neighbors of the Minnesota State Fairgrounds adjust to the ordeal of hundreds of thousands of people descending on the Como area. MPR’s Kate Moos talks with a few of the local residents.
August 22, 1986 - MPR’s Euan Kerr reports from the poultry barn of the Minnesota State Fair. Kerr interviews breeders about their chickens and hopes for a prized animal.
August 19, 1986 - MPR’s Kate Moos reports on the many preparations involved in getting the Minnesota State Fairgrounds ready for its end of summer event. Moos interviews numerous parties as they work and fails at her attempt to become an extra judge for the baking submissions.
August 8, 1986 - MPR’s Mark Steil reports on massive hailstorm that pounded farmland in Lincoln County. Steil interviews famers about the damage from softball-sized hail.
July 17, 1986 - MPR’s Mark Steil looks back to the month of July in 1936, when Minnesota suffered through an oppressive heat wave. Steil interviews residents in southern Minnesota that endured the extreme temperatures.
June 27, 1986 - MPR’s Jim Bickal reports on Minneapolis Police Band. Bickal interviews various members of the band, both former police officers and the general public.
June 26, 1986 - MPR’s Beth Friend looks at Dinkytown in the late 1950s-early 1960s. It was a musically and literary rich community, which included The Scholar coffee shop, McCosh bookstore…and a certain Hibbing musician.