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 25, 1998 - With 1998 Major League Baseball season coming to a close, MPR’s William Wilcoxen looks at the gloomy outlook for Minnesota Twins as play on the field and empty seats in the Metrodome do not bode well for the future.
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 - With a new Women's National Basketball Association team being formed in Minnesota for next season, MPR’s William Wilcoxen joins a crowd of women basketball fans near Detroit, Michigan to discuss their take on the WNBA. As the WNBA nears the end of their second season, it has plans to expand to Minnesota in a team that would develop into the Minnesota Lynx.
July 24, 1998 - MPR’s William Wilcoxen reports that the Minnesota Twins and Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission have agreed to a short term two-year lease at Metrodome. While it does not solve anything, it does allow time for continuing new stadium options.
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.