July 12, 2001 - For many lake cabin owners, those cattails and other plants growing along the shore are weeds cluttering the beach. But those plants are an important part of aquatic habitat, and the Department of Natural Resources is trying to reduce the amount of lakeshore cleared each year. It's prepared to use the courts in some cases.
July 11, 2001 - Mainstreet Radios Dan Gunderson reports from Fergus Falls, where Artspace, a Minneapolis non-profit agency, is hoping to renovate the Hotel Kaddatz. The empty historic building is the organizations first attempt to create space for artists in rural areas. Artspace builds affordable space for artists to live and work. It has developed projects in the Twin Cities and Duluth, as well as several large cities across the country. It was the organization behind the much publicized moving of the Shubert Theater across downtown Minneapolis.
July 6, 2001 - Square dancing is one of those things where you can learn a few basic steps in moments, then spend a lifetime practicing. Some people like to push the square dancing envelope. Take the Park Rapids Crazy Eights: four couples who traded their dancing shoes for wheels.... very LARGE wheels. Mainstreet Radios Dan Gunderson explains.
July 2, 2001 - A crackdown on drunk boaters in Minnesota lake country last summer caused some residents to cheer and others to angrily complain about harassment and a threat to vacation business. Mainstreet Radios Dan Gunderson recently rode along with a D-N-R water patrol to see if boaters have changed their habits.
June 25, 2001 - An Arkansas researcher is delving deep to uncover new information about how American Indians lived on the great plains hundreds of years ago.... without turning a shovelful of dirt. Mainstreet Radio's Dan Gunderson explains
June 1, 2001 - As populations decline in rural areas, providing access to medical care becomes more difficult. Medical providers attending a rural technology conference this week in Fargo had a chance to see how technology can improve access and quality of care. Mainstreet Radios Dan Gunderson reports.
May 28, 2001 - Most Minnesota hunters take to the fields in the fall, hoping to bag a deer, ducks, pheasants or grouse. But a growing number of hunters are heading for the woods in the spring in search of the wild turkey. Wild turkeys once inhabited only extreme southeastern Minnesota, but with human help their range has expanded far beyond what most experts thought possible just a few years ago. Mainstreet Radios Dan Gunderson reports.
May 14, 2001 - A Russian all star baseball team is traveling around the upper midwest this week, playing exhibition games with teams in the Northern League. The Russian team lost eight to three to the Fargo Moorhead RedHawks last night, but hope the tour through the Northern League will help improve their level of play. Minnesota Public Radio's Dan Gunderson Reports.
May 4, 2001 - A popular literary press is leaving the Twin Cities after more than 20 years of publishing the works of new and emerging authors. New Rivers Press closed its doors earlier this year because of financial difficulties. Now, it hopes a move to Minnesota State University Moorhead will revive the publishing house. Minnesota Public Radio's Dan Gunderson reports.
April 27, 2001 - As part of Mainstreet Radio series "Broken Trust: Civil Rights in Indian Country,” MPR’s Dan Gunderson reports on free speech within the Indian reservation.