Dan Olson's 'Minnesota Sounds and Voices' special

MPR reporter Dan Olson at work
MPR News reporter Dan Olson spent more than four decades telling Minnesota's stories. He retired from the organization on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015. Here, Olson delighted in his work during the John F. Kennedy Senior High School graduation ceremony at Mariucci Arena in Minneapolis, Minn., Monday, June 1, 2015.
Jennifer Simonson | MPR News file

Highlights from Dan Olson's "Minnesota Sounds and Voices" series. Included in this special are: forest ecologist AmberBeth Van Ningen, dancer Nancy Raddatz, Kathy Dummer of Blue Mounds State Park, educator Jamal Abdur Salaam, Dakota educator Sisoka Duta, jazz man Butch Thompson, the Rev. Dr. Barbara Holmes and piper Dick Hensold with members of Messiah's Men.

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