April 30, 1996 - Mainstreet Radio’s Catherine Winter reports on efforts of a restorative justice program in Bemidji. Winter talks with criminal justice officials about the approach to better connect criminals to understanding and addressing their unlawful acts beyond the sole consequence of incarceration.
April 22, 1996 - On today's Voices of Minnesota, we'll hear from newspaper editor and publisher Veda Ponikvar. On Minnesota's Iron Range, everybody knows the name Veda Ponikvar. She has been the editor of the Chisholm Free Press for nearly fifty years. She's also been involved in just about every democratic political campaign, and counted among her friends congressman John Blatnick from the 8th district and senators Hubert Humphrey, and Eugene McCarthy. She has watched the Iron Range towns boom and bust, and she has championed countless projects to try to keep the Range on its feet -- projects such as Iron World, the creation of the Bounday Waters Canoe Area, and, more recently, the Northwest Airlines Reservation Center in Chisholm.
April 22, 1996 - A Voices of Minnesota segment feature. MPR’s Catherine Winter speaks with Veda Ponikvar, Iron Range newspaper editor of Chisolm Free Press. Ponikvar talks of the history and economy of Iron Range, and selling of the newspaper. This is part 2 of discussion.
April 19, 1996 - Maple syrup time in Minnesota means warm days when the nights stay cool. Spring has been teasing us this year, but still the sap is running in the maple trees. Ojibwe storyteller Ann Dunn recently received a gift from her mother that brought back sweet and sticky maple-flavored memories.
April 18, 1996 - Commentator Gary Eustice has seen a lot of people who've gone through tough times in his years as a therapist. But sometimes, a particular case, a particular person, proves to be haunting. Sometimes, Gary Eustice says, it's too much to ask people to rise above what has happened to them.
April 10, 1996 - Mainstreet Radio’s Catherine Winter reports on the Bovey Police Department, which may cease to exist due to financial costs for the small city. Bovey is located on the northern edge of the Iron Range in Minnesota and there is an open debate in town on if that will be trouble for the town.
April 1, 1996 - This year's cross country ski season has been extraordinarily long. In northern Minnesota, people are still out on the trails and that suits commentator Gary Eustice just fine. Gary Eustice skis near his hometown of Hibbing. He recently made an unexpected discovery on the trail.
March 25, 1996 - On this Voices of Minnesota segment, Catherine Winter continues interview with Justine Kerfoot, an author notable for her stories about the Boundary Waters. Kerfoot speaks to her experiences as a hunter, fisher, and guide at her family's lodge in Gunflint, Minnesota, and how the area and the lodge has changed over time.
March 25, 1996 - On this Voices of Minnesota segment, Catherine Winter interviews Justine Kerfoot, an author notable for her stories about the Boundary Waters. Kerfoot speaks to her experiences of wanting to be a doctor and not being able to pursue it because of the Great Depression, and her work as a hunter, fisher, and guide at her family's lodge in Gunflint, Minnesota.
February 16, 1996 - Mainstreet Radio’s Catherine Winter profiles Minnesota carpenter John Harren. The Warroad resident makes the long narrow sled for Canadian hunters and trappers in the far north of Canada.