November 16, 1998 - THE MINNESOTA VIKINGS WILL BRING THE BEST RECORD IN THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL CONFERENCE TO THEIR REMATCH WITH THE GREEN BAY PACKERS THIS SUNDAY. THE VIKINGS EARNED THEIR NINTH VICTORY IN TEN GAMES THIS SEASON WHEN THEY DEFEATED THE CINCINNATI BENGALS TWENTY-FOUR TO THREE YESTERDAY (SUNDAY). MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO'S WILLIAM WILCOXEN HAS THIS REPORT... MORE THAN SIXTY-FOUR THOUSAND FANS SQUEEZED INTO THE METRODOME, MAKING IT THE LARGEST CROWD EVER TO ATTEND A VIKINGS HOME GAME. THEY WATCHED A GAME IN WHICH THE VIKINGS COMMITED ELEVEN PENALTIES AND THREW THREE INTERCEPTIONS ... BUT WON HANDILY, NONETHELESS. THEIR THREE TOUCHDOWN LEAD EVEN ALLOWED THE VIKINGS TO REST SOME OF THEIR STAR PLA
November 10, 1998 - NORM COLEMAN HAS BEEN THROUGH THREE POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS IN FIVE YEARS. WITH HIS UNSUCCESSFUL GUBERNATORIAL BID BEHIND HIM, THE MAYOR OF SAINT PAUL NOW SAYS HE'S READY TO FOCUS ON CITY BUSINESS FOR THE REST OF HIS MAYORAL TERM. MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO'S WILLIAM WILCOXEN REPORTS... AT ONE PUBLIC APPEARANCE THIS SUMMER NORM COLEMAN ACKNOWLEDGED THE HECTIC TRAVELLING SCHEDULE OF THE GOVERNOR'S RACE CAN MAKE IT HARD TO TELL GRANITE FALLS FROM INTERNATIONAL FALLS. BUT NOW THAT HE FINISHED SECOND TO GOVERNOR-ELECT JESSE VENTURA, THERE ARE NO LONGER ANY DOUBTS ABOUT WHAT CITY COLEMAN WILL BE IN FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS. HE SAYS HE WILL FINISH
November 5, 1998 - JESSE VENTURA'S SURPRISING VICTORY IN THE MINNESOTA GOVERNOR'S RACE IS ATTRACTING ATTENTION FROM AROUND THE WORLD. ONCE VENTURA TAKES OFFICE HIS PERFORMANCE IS ALSO LIKELY TO BE SCRUTINIZED NATIONALLY ... ESPECIALLY BY THOSE SEEKING TO GAUGE THE VIABILITY OF THE REFORM PARTY AND THIRD PARTIES GENERALLY. MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO'S WILLIAM WILCOXEN REPORTS... AT ONE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING -- LESS THAN AN HOUR AFTER JESSE VENTURA PROCLAIMED HE'D SHOCKED THE WORLD -- QUESTIONS ABOUT THE REFORM PARTY'S STAYING POWER WERE ALREADY FILTERING THROUGH THE SMOKE FROM VENTURA VICTORY CIGARS. MEDIA CONSULTANT BILL HILLSMAN SAID THE PARTY DID NOT PRODUCE JESSE'S WIN BUT IT MIGHT BE ABLE TO BUILD ON IT...
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September 14, 1998 - As part of a series of stories following the path of the "Father of Waters,” aka the Mississippi River, Minnesota Public Radio's William Wilcoxen has this Mainstreet report on recreational growth on the river and the implications for industries that has traditionally used the water.
August 17, 1998 - MPR’s William Wilcoxen joins a crowd of women basketball fans near Detroit, Michigan and discuss the new Minnesota WNBA team coming the next year.
June 2, 1998 - MPR’s William Wilcoxen visits St. Paul’s Highland Park neighborhood, where the clean up along the Highland Parkway is taking place after a windstorm downed much of the tree canopy in area. Along with trees, homes and cars were left damaged or destroyed.
May 28, 1998 - WITH THE TWINS SEARCHING FOR A NEW STADIUM AND THE VIKINGS LOOKING FOR A NEW OWNER, MINNESOTANS HAVE HEARD PLENTY IN RECENT MONTHS ABOUT THE TRIBULATIONS OF PRO SPORTS OWNERSHIP. BUT THERE ARE STILL SOME FOR WHOM THE PLEASURES OF OWNING A TEAM OUTWEIGH THE PROBLEMS. MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL TEAMS IN THE NORTHERN LEAGUE OPEN THEIR SEASON TONIGHT (THURS) AT SITES INCLUDING DULUTH AND FARGO. MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO'S WILLIAM WILCOXEN REPORTS SOME NORTHERN LEAGUE OWNERS SAY THEY'RE HAPPIER IN THE THEIR LEAGUE THAN THEY WOULD BE IN THE MAJORS... SINCE THE NORTHERN LEAGUE WAS ESTABLISHED SIX YEARS AGO, ITS EXECUTIVES HAVE EMPHASIZED THAT HAVING FUN IS THE LEAGUE'S PRIORITY. THE EIGHT TEAMS NOT ONLY PLA
May 21, 1998 - morning version OWNERS OF THE MINNESOTA VIKINGS ARE CONTEMPLATING THEIR NEXT MOVE NOW THAT TOM CLANCY'S EFFORT TO PURCHASE THE TEAM HAS ENDED. CLANCY'S WITHDRAWL OF HIS BID TO PURCHASE THE FOOTBALL TEAM ENDED AN UNUSUAL CHAPTER IN THE VIKINGS' OWNERSHIP SAGA AND LEFT ONLY QUESTION MARKS ABOUT THE TEAM'S FUTURE OWNERSHIP. MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO'S WILLIAM WILCOXEN REPORTS.... TOM CLANCY'S WHIRLWIND RELATIONSHIP WITH THE MINNESOTA VIKINGS LASTED LESS THAN FOUR MONTHS AND SEEMED TO GO STRAIGHT FROM HONEYMOON TO DIVORCE. IN FEBRUARY THE BEST-SELLING SUSPENSE NOVELIST EMERGED AS THE SURPRISE TOP BIDDER FOR THE VIKINGS ... AND HE CAME TO MINNEAPOLIS PROMISING TO PRESIDE OVER A TEAM THAT