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Minnesota History

Duluth tries to trim budget hole with civic yard sale

Duluth tries to trim budget hole with civic yard sale

The City of Duluth, which is facing a large budget crisis, is considering selling part of its cultural and natural heritage to settle the budget gap.
by Bob Kelleher

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Minnesotan looks back on Iranian hostage crisis

Minnesota native L. Bruce Laingen was charge d'affaires of the American Embassy in Iran when radicals took over the building and held 52 Americans hostage from November 1979 to January 1981. Laingen joins Midday to talk about his experience during the hostage crisis.

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New sesquicentennial license plates unveiled

New sesquicentennial license plates unveiled

Minnesota's new sesquicentennial license plate was unveiled today in Duluth.
by Bob Kelleher

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Frank Lloyd Wright gas station turns 50

Frank Lloyd Wright gas station turns 50

It's the only gas station ever designed by Wright, and it's in Cloquet, Minn.
by Tom Weber

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Slideshow: The Wright gas station in Cloquet

Slideshow: The Wright gas station in Cloquet

The Lindholm service station in Cloquet, Minn. -- the only gas station designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, is celebrating its 50th anniversary. Here's a look at it.
by Tom Weber

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Minnesota entered statehood with an economic whimper

Minnesota entered statehood with an economic whimper

Our current mortgage meltdown crisis is a modern day version of a spectacular collapse 150 years ago.
by Dan Olson

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Split Rock gets a facelift

Split Rock gets a facelift

Split Rock Lighthouse has withstood everything Lake Superior could throw at it for almost a century. Now, just short of the landmark's centennial, this popular North Shore attraction is getting a badly needed facelift.
by Bob Kelleher

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Transcript of The Vietnam Tapes

Transcript of The Vietnam Tapes

To mark the Independence Day holiday, we're going to visit the front lines, and the home front, to tell the story of a young kid from Willmar who went to war in Vietnam.
by Sasha Aslanian and Gary Eichten

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The Vietnam Tapes: Letters from a Willmar soldier

The Vietnam Tapes: Letters from a Willmar soldier

The Vietnam Tapes is a special program featuring audio letters from the Vietnam War. Dan Kleven of Willmar, Minn., spent 11 months in combat in Vietnam in 1970. He recorded cassette tapes in the field and sent them back to his family.

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Reporter's notebook: Tapes take us inside history

Reporter's notebook: Tapes take us inside history

American RadioWorks producer Sasha Aslanian explains how she came across Dan Kleven's audio tapes from Vietnam, and why the story told on those tapes is so compelling.
by Sasha Aslanian

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