July 4, 1997 - State Senate Majority Leader Roger Moe will become the latest white Minnesotan to be adopted by the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians on Saturday. Like several others prominent Minnesota politicians before him, Moe will become an honorary member of the band. Red Lake leaders say they feel a real sense of friendship and kinship with Moe and the other white people who've been adopted by the tribe. Minnesota Public Radio's Christina Koenig (KAY-nig) reports.
June 20, 1997 - The Red Lake Nation in northern Minnesota is holding its Second Annual Economic Development Summit today . The conference will encourage the expansion or start up of businesses near the Indian reservation. Red Lake and Beltrami County are facing some tough challenges as the state gears up to meet the requirements of the new welfare-to-work laws. The area has a high number of welfare recipients and unemployment, and a chronic shortage of jobs. Forty percent of Beltrami County's 1200 welfare caseloads come from the remote Reservation. That means about 580 Red Lake welfare recipients will have to find jobs to comply with new laws. Minnesota Public Radio's Christina Koenig.
April 29, 1997 - It's been more than a week since residents of Grand Forks and East Grand Forks were evacuated from their homes because of rising flood waters. About 37-hundred evacuees have ended up in Bemidji. Some of the refugees have been told they may be able to return to their homes this week. Others are settling in for the long run. Coping with upturned lives has been easier for some than others, as Minnesota Public Radio's Christina Koenig (KAY-nig) reports.. Kristy Erickson watches her son play with baseball cards on the floor of the Evangelical Covenant Church in Bemidji as her mother-in-l
April 25, 1997 - One of the biggest challenges for people who left the Red River Valley because of flooding has been getting information about their homes, towns and loved ones. Communication for evacuees who fled in every direction has been set up through the internet, ham radio, cellular phones, videos and teleconferences. We have two reports on communication efforts. In a moment we will hear from Minnesota Public Radio's Laura McCallum about a grass roots communications center, but first Minnesota Public Radio's Christina Koenig looks at a high tech approach to disaster communications.
April 23, 1997 - Pronouncer = STAUSS = rhymes with house The mayor of East Grand Forks now says it could be a month before city residents can go back hom. He says sewage in the flood waters has contaminated their homes. That was tough news to more than two thousand flood victims who have come to stay temporarily in Bemidji. East Grand Forks Mayor Lynn Stauss (stouse) travelled to several northwestern Minnesota towns where flood victims have congregated, as Minnesota Public Radio's Christina Koenig (KAY-nig) reports. Several hundred of the flood victims gathered Bemidji State University's Hockey arena to hear the mayor. Lynn Stauss told his fellow flood victims
February 12, 1997 - In Minnesota's northern counties, snowmobiling isn't just a business or a sport: it's a lifestyle. Long, snowy winters and the north country's rural landscape make for perfect conditions for snowmobiling. Minnesota Public Radio's Christina Koenig reports from Bemidji.