November 8, 2005 - MPR’s Bob Kelleher reports on how Wisconsin hunting officials are renewing their efforts to reach out to thousands of hunters from the Hmong community. This comes in the wake of the confrontation between Chai Vang and a group of Rice Lake hunters, which left six people dead.
November 7, 2005 - Ads of a different sort are airing on some Wisconsin radio stations this fall. The commercials are urging hunters to be courteous and respectful to each other.
September 17, 2005 - MPR’s Bob Kelleher reports that a Wisconsin jury has convicted 36-year old Chai Vang of St. Paul on all counts in the shooting deaths of six Wisconsin deer hunters, and wounding of two others.
September 14, 2005 - MPR’s Bob Kelleher reports on the Chai Vang murder trial. More details of the angry confrontation that escalated into the shooting emerged in testimony yesterday. One of the hunters who was wounded and survived said Vang was threatened. And he says racial slurs were used in the confrontation.
September 13, 2005 - MPR’s Bob kelleher reports that one of the hunters who survived a shooting in Wisconsin's woods last fall has testified in the murder trial of Chai Vang. Vang is the 36-year old St. Paul man charged with shooting six deer hunters to death, and wounding two others. The shooting happened after Vang was found in a deer stand on private property.
September 12, 2005 - All Things Considered’s Greta Cunningham talks with reporter Bob Kelleher about Terry Willers testimony during Chai Vang murder trial. Willers was with a group of six hunters who were shot and killed by Vang last fall in the woods of Sawyer County.
September 11, 2005 - MPR’s Bob Kelleher reports on opening statements in the murder trial of Chai Vang, a St Paul man accused of killing six hunters and wounding two others during last November's Wisconsin deer hunt. Prosecutors say he shot the others without good reason. The defense says he feared for his life.
September 8, 2005 - MPR’s Bob Kelleher reports that the jury has been selected to try a St. Paul man in the shooting deaths of six Wisconsin deer hunters. Jury selection occurred in Madison, Wisconsin. Now the trial moves to Hayward.
July 29, 2005 -
June 9, 2005 - MPR’s Bob Kelleher reports that a Sawyer County judge heard pre-trial motions, setting the stage for the September date on Chai Vang's murder trial which will be held in Hayward, Wisconsin. Vang is the Twin Cities Hmong man charged in the shooting deaths of six Wisconsin deer hunters last November, and the wounding of two others.