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- 50 years later, the legacy of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald looms as large as ever
MPR’s Dan Kraker reports that fifty years after the sinking of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald, the loss of a ship known as the “Titanic” of the Great Lakes remains one of the most famous shipwrecks in history. Kraker takes a look at what is known…and what questions remain.
- In the Boundary Waters, tragedy highlights work of all-volunteer rescue squad
MPR’s Dan Kraker profiles the Saint Louis County Rescue Squad. For the past 66 years they've responded to emergencies across the Arrowhead, but none bigger than a recent one…in May of 2024, four canoeists were swept over a 30 foot waterfall in the Boundary Waters; two survived, and two disappeared. For more than two weeks, a small army of volunteers searched relentlessly for the missing paddlers.
- 'Run for your lives!' Remembering Minnesota's worst mine disaster
MPR’s Dan Kraker reflects on Minnesota’s worst mining disaster and the efforts to memorialize those lost in the tragedy with a park.
- In storm season, mobile home park tenants seek better shelter
MPR’s Matt Sepic reports on struggle some mobile home park tenants face in getting a state law required storm shelter on park grounds. Segment includes interviews with tenants, landlord, advocacy group member, and government official.
- Was 1997 Red River flood an anomaly or new normal?
MPR’s Elizabeth Dunbar reports on the repeated flooding conditions found in the Red River Valley. Dunbar interviews several scientists who have studied climate and hydrology in the Red River basin.
- Shipwrecks in the Great Lakes
On this MPR News with Tom Weber program, Ken Merryman discusses hunting for shipwrecks in the Great Lakes. Merryman and others discovered the Antelope, a Great Lakes steamship, that sank in Lake Superior in 1897.
- Inspectors find dozens of Minnesota rail bridges need repair
MPR’s Dan Gunderson investigates railroad bridge safety concerns in Minnesota. More than 330 railroad bridges pass over freeways, highways, and streets in Minnesota. Last year state and local inspectors determined that one in five of those was structurally deficient.
- Parents say school should have warned them of dangers before Lilydale Park landslide
A landslide killed two of the students and injured two others as they hunted fossils at the base of a Mississippi River bluff. Now, some of their parents, speaking publicly for the first time, say teachers at Peter Hobart Elementary School should have provided more information about the nature of the park.
- First Person: UMD student Nicole Kor talks about her experience with Duluth flooding
Nicole Kor, a student at University of Minnesota Duluth, talks about escaping from her basement apartment last night.
- A collection of experiences from the Duluth flood
MPR’s Dan Kraker interviews residents in Duluth about their experiences during intense rainstorm and subsequent flooding.