May 26, 1998 - MPR’s Gary Eichten presents a public reponse call-in show on the Minnesota Citizens’ Forum about crime. Various issues on crime, including racism, prevention, and poverty are commented upon.
May 20, 1998 - MPR’s William Wilcoxen reports that Tom Clancy has dropped his bid to purchase the Minnesota Vikings. The best-selling author had emerged as the surprise top bidder for the Vikings, but the efforts fell apart. The result is an open question on who will be the new owner of team.
May 19, 1998 - A Mainstreet Radio special broadcast from the small community of Comfrey, Minnesota. Following the destructive March tornadoes that struck the area, Mark Steil talks with residents and local officials about recovery, rebuilding, and remembering. The topic of small towns in general and their economic health is also discussed.
May 12, 1998 - The Minnesota Supreme Court has given the go-ahead for the state to sue an internet gambling site. The ruling gives Attorney General Skip Humphrey authority to sue a Las Vegas company for claiming on its Web site that people could bet legally online "from anywhere in the world." The website, Wagernet.com is actually based in Belize in Central America. Humphrey contends that such gambling is illegal in Minnesota, and he accuses the company of false advertising. I. Nelson Rose is professor of law at Whittier College in Costa Mesa, California. He says Minnesota will have to prove Wagernet purposefully targeted gamblers in Minnesota:
May 11, 1998 - MPR’s Dan Olson reports on a Minneapolis intersection once known for crime getting a big lift with the opening of a mercado, or marketplace. The city's burgeoning Spanish-speaking population is one of the factor's behind the creation of the business. Residents are welcoming the unusual development as the latest sign of economic revival on Lake Street.
May 7, 1998 - MPR’s Bob Kelleher reports on Lighthouse for the Blind, a Duluth plant that manufacturers a plain, white and rather sturdy roll of toilet tissue. But one of Duluth's most widely-distributed exports is in danger, as are the jobs of dozens of Minnesotans who are sight-impaired .
May 5, 1998 - MPR’s William Wilcoxen reports on RADIO REY, a Spanish-language radio service that broadcasts more than thirty hours a week from a grocery store on Concord Street in St. Paul’s West Side.
May 5, 1998 - On the day of the North Carolina public vote on baseball subsidies, MPR sports analyst Howard Sinker discusses it and the future of the Minnesota Twins. Sinker also answers listener questions. Programs begins with report from MPR's Martin Kaste in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
April 29, 1998 - MPR’s Todd Moe reports on a narration service known as 'audio description' being utilized at the Guthrie Theater. Audio describers provide information on things sighted theatergoers take for granted -- costumes, lighting effects and movement.
April 21, 1998 - Mainstreet Radio's Dan Gunderson reports that while farmers across the region are getting their machinery lined up for an early start on spring planting, in northwestern Minnesota and eastern North Dakota, hundreds of farmers are lining equipment up to be sold at auction. Some are angry…but many are relieved.