April 5, 2001 - THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA IS LAUNCHING AN INVESTIGATION INTO IT'S WOMEN'S BASKETBALL PROGRAM. HEAD COACH, CHERYL LITTLEJOHN, HAS BEEN PLACED ON A PAID LEAVE OF ABSENCE AS THE SCHOOL INVESTIGATES POSSIBLE NCAA VIOLATIONS. MARK ROTENBERG IS THE UNIVERSITY'S GENERAL COUNSEL. OC: "PROGRAM LAST YEAR"
April 4, 2001 - MPR’s Cathy Wurzer talks with Lucky Rosenbloom, son of longtime Saint Paul icon Tiger Jack Rosenbloom, who may have a street named after him. The St. Paul city council is expected to approve a measure that would co-name a short stretch of Dale Street "Mr. and Mrs. Tiger Jack Street."
April 3, 2001 - Lavelle Neal, who covers the Minnesota Twins for the Minneapolis Star Tribune, sees a promising season for the team as the 2001 Major League Baseball season begins. Neal says the Twins have a lot of developing ballplayers that are starting to figure out their way around the league.
March 30, 2001 - A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, ON THIS DATE, IT WAS 73 DEGREES. THE ICE WAS GONE OFF OF LAKE WACONIA, AND LAKES CALHOUN AND HARRIET IN MINNEAPOLIS. TODAY, THERE'S STILL ABOUT EIGHT INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND, AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN CHANHASSEN....UP TO TWO FEET STILL REMAINS AT THE TIP OF THE ARROWHEAD, AROUND GRAND MARAIS. JUST HOW LONG WILL THE SNOW HANG ON? MARK SEELY CAN'T ANSWER THAT QUESTION THIS MORNING, HE'S IN GREAT BRITAIN. STILL STATESIDE IS PAUL DOUGLAS, CHEIF METEORGIST WITH WCCO TV.
March 22, 2001 - Minnesota River is looking at potential flooding. National Weather Service's Gary McDevitt is interviewed about the situation.
February 23, 2001 - LaVelle Neal, who covers spring training of the Minnesota Twins for the Minneapolis Star Tribune, gives his hopeful appraisal of the team. The Twins' front office has been busy signing their best young players, which has the team thinking about reaching the .500 mark this year.
February 15, 2001 - Morning Edition’s Cathy Wurzer talks with DFL State Representative Betty Folliard, a supporter of Displaced Homemaker Program, which a Senate committee has unanimously approved a bill that would continue funding. The 23-year-old program is designed to help stay-at-home moms who are widowed, divorced, or abandoned and Folliard says the program is still necessary.
February 15, 2001 - Suicide depression campaign, working with Suicide Awareness Voices of Education (SAVE), is raising awareness about suicide.
January 24, 2001 - Corina Eckl, policy director for fiscal affairs at the National Conference of State Legislatures, states that Minnesota is one of many states to have extra money in recent years. The NCSL conducts an annual survey of year-end balances or surpluses. Right now the state's surplus is projected at three billion dollars over the next two-and-a-half years.
January 22, 2001 - Morning Edition’s Cathy Wurzer talks with Laura McCallum, MPR’s capitol bureau chief. McCallum previews Governor Ventura’s budget address and probable abortion topic in legislature.