Story archive for
Bob Kelleher
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| Date |
Title |
Description |
| 03/26/2001 |
Land of the Low Lakes |
The ships are moving again on Lake Superior, but Great Lakes freighters will be loading lighter than ever this year to stay above the bottoms of harbors and rivers between the lakes. |
| 12/15/2000 |
Minnesota's Hidden Workforce |
Unemployment remains low across Minnesota, despite a slowing economy. In Northeast Minnesota's Arrowhead, the jobless rate hovers around three percent, but new data shows that many of those with jobs are either working below their abilities, or making less money than they could elsewhere. |
| 10/26/2000 |
Trouble in Timber Country |
Minnesota's wood products industry is in trouble. The producers of Minnesota paper and lumber report poor earnings; some have laid off staff, others have closed. High interest rates, foreign competition and tight timber supplies are combining to squeeze profits from timber producers. |
| 10/12/2000 |
Fighting Fire with Fire |
The clear, blue skies over Snowbank Lake filled with billowing smoke on October 11, as the Forest Service set a prescribed fire in timber that was blown down in the July 1999 windstorm. Fire experts consider the controlled burn just the first of many more to come in and near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. |
| 07/28/2000 |
Sink or Swim: Duluth's New Aquarium Opens |
A year ago a massive storm roared through the Boundary Waters Canoe Area, damaging 350,000 acres of trees. This month's live Mainstreet broadcast from Ely will look at the impact the blowdown is having on the land and the people who love it. |
| 07/05/2000 |
Minnesota's Changed Wilderness |
A year ago, wilderness campers and vacationers in and around Northeast Minnesota's Superior National Forest were startled to see a looming black line of clouds darken the sky. It was a massive storm that over the next few hours flooded homes, blew out highways, and dropped millions of trees across the forest and the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Scores of people were injured, while the popular camping and canoe wilderness was forever changed. |
| 06/05/2000 |
The Sinking Lakes |
Ships are leaving Duluth with lighter loads than usual because of low water levels on the Great Lakes. Ships have to float higher in the water to clear the bottom in shallow areas. It takes more ships to carry the same tonnage of products like grain, coal and taconite ore. |
| 05/18/2000 |
A Matter of Time |
It's only a matter of time before a massive forest fire whips through the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Officials and residents bordering the region are using that time to prepare for the worst. |
| 05/08/2000 |
Trouble on the Bunny Trail |
Some residents of Duluth, are hopping mad about rabbits. A pair of domesticated rabbits was released into an isolated neighborhood about three years ago. As rabbits do, they've multiplied. Scores of big, black and white bunnies and their bouncy offspring are running around Park Point. The rabbits are a novelty but a nuisance to homeowners who find themselves in a turf war over gardens and shrubbery. |
| 02/04/2000 |
Organizers Try to Get Beargrease Back on Track |
Just 10 sled dog teams will head up a trail along Lake Superior's North Shore Sunday for the annual John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon. But new upstart events, with much larger purses, may be draining top competitors from the state's premier sled dog event. |
| 11/05/1999 |
Bringing Up the Rear |
The farm crisis has touched nearly every sector of agriculture in southern Minnesota but it may be hog producers who have suffered most. It was their fate to be caught between two profit-destroying events: record low prices and wrenching structural changes, which are transforming the hog industry. |
| 08/28/1999 |
The Need for Speed in BWCA Tree Removal |
The ongoing effort to reduce fire risk from felled trees has many concerned. |
| 08/23/1999 |
The Rise of the Disposable Computer |
Rapid leaps in technology are making the cost of upgrading a computer higher than buying new. |
| 07/12/1999 |
Willard Munger, 1911-1999 |
Minnesota's longest-serving legislator leaves a legacy in the environment of Duluth and the North Shore. |
| 07/06/1999 |
No Shelter From the Storm |
The BWCA recovers from a massive weekend storm and campers consider what to do in a future situation. |
| 06/21/1999 |
Arrest in Poirier Case |
The search for Katie Poirier resumes after police arrest a man in her disappearance. |
| 06/18/1999 |
Duluth Feels the Pinch |
Greater Minnesota - historically the area of greatest unemployment - is feeling the sting of a tight labor market too. |
| 06/09/1999 |
Where's Katie? |
Few searchers are showing up to help look for the missing Moose Lake girl. |
| 05/05/1999 |
Smelt Populations Dwindle |
People who depend on smelt for their livelihood on Lake Superior look for reason of species decline. |
| 04/22/1999 |
What's Happening to Minnesota's Forests? |
A new report suggests the state will run out of wood to harvest if present trends continue. |
| 04/07/1999 |
Plant Comes with Strings Attached |
Minnesota considers spending tax money on the largest private construction project in state history. |
| 03/31/1999 |
Willard's in the House |
Minnesota's oldest and longest-serving legislator in history returns to the Capitol. |
| 03/26/1999 |
Need a Locomotive Oiler? |
Chances are Berger Hardware in Superior, Wisconsin has it - somewhere. |
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