April 14, 1998 - A decade ago in Wisconsin, angry racial confrontations became everyday news when Indians began spearfishing under restored treaty rights. The same rights have been upheld in Minnesota. This spring members of the Mille Lacs and seven other Ojibwa bands are spearing and gillnetting walleye on waters in east-central Minnesota, including Lake Mille Lacs. Some worry the same kinds of confrontations could happen here. But as Leif Enger reports, the long battle over treaty rights has already strained relations between Indians and whites.
April 13, 1998 - Ojibwa Indians are gillnetting and spearing this spring, under rights first granted in 1837. After a long court battle, the Mille Lacs and other tribes were given authority to regulate their own hunting and fishing in a large section of east-central Minnesota -- including Lake Mille Lacs, the state's most popular walleye lake. It is a historic spring for the tribes -- and a dark one for treaty opponents, who still hope the Supreme Court will take up their cause. Leif Enger retraces the eight-year dispute. The 161-year-old treaty is a short, simple document -- you could read it twice before this story's over. In plain language, the Ojibwa yield t
April 2, 1998 - Life in St.Peter won't begin to fully return to normal until the town's children are back in school. St. Peter's students will return to class next week. But because of tornado damage to the towns high school, they will be forced to share classroom space. Minnesota Public Radio's Mark Zdechlik reports from St. Peter Sun 28-MAY 11:50:03 MPR NewsPro Archive - Wed 04/11/2001
March 12, 1998 - Huge images of young immigrants will dominate the atrium of the Hennepin County Government Center in Minneapolis for two days. They are part of a video installation by artist Laurie Phillips who says she wants to give visibility to the powerless and allow them to tell some of their own stories.
February 10, 1998 - It's been six months since a suspected dumping of a toxic chemical wiped out 7800 trout in one of Minnesota's most popular trout streams. Authorities still don't know who is responsible. Even as the investigation continues, there are indications the stream is healing itself and will soon replenish the trout lost last August. Minnesota Public Radio's Mike Edgerly reports Hay Creek is one of the most studied, accessible and productive of southeast Minnesota's trout streams: The creek is a spring fed series of shallow rif
November 18, 1997 - Much of what we know as Minnesota's fertile farmland would still be swamp had it not been drained. A hundred years ago it was common practice to dig ditches and dredge rivers, and today those ditches and rivers keep the land arable. But conservationists say increasingly, it's a practice out of sync with environmental biology; and a proposal for a major ditch overhaul in northwestern Minnesota has divided local residents.
June 2, 1997 - Larry Watson's literary world is a town of a couple thousand people in northeastern Montana. Watson has set two critically acclaimed novels in the town of Bentrock, Montana. Watson's new novel is "White Crosses" and takes place in 1957. The title refers to the wooden crosses placed roadside in rural areas marking where people have died in car crashes. Larry Watson told Minnesota Public Radio's Mike Edgerly "White Crosses" is not a sequel to "Montana 1948" or "Justice", but all three novels share the same isolated terrain.
April 11, 1997 - The state patrol has been using helicopters this week to rescue families stranded by flood waters. On Monday, Minnesota State Patrol pilot Gary Pierce helped rescue five farm families from homes with no power and cut off by flood water in the Red River Valley area. He says the hardest part was finding a place to LAND the helicopter. --------------------------------------------------------- | D-CART ITEM: 6514
April 7, 1997 - Mainstreet Radio's Leif Enger reports on impending Indian spearfishing and netting in East Central Minnesota. The Mille Lacs and other Ojibwe bands will begin taking fish under the terms of a treaty signed in 1837. The treaty harvest has raised tensions, especially around Mille Lacs Lake, one of the state's most popular fisheries.
December 6, 1996 - Authorities have blocked off a portion of East Hennepin Avenue in the 3100 block because of a chlorine leak at a chemical company. Reports from the scene indicate a two block area around a pool supply company has been evacuated. The evacuation includes an apartment building. There are no reports of injuries. The area affected is just west of Highway 280.