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Bob Reha
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| Date |
Title |
Description |
| 05/01/2001 |
Wind Power Gets a Lift |
The McKnight Foundation announced plans Tuesday to spend $2.5 million over the next two years on developing what it calls "clean energy." The money will fund in part the Wind on the Wires program, which is studying how to improve transmission line capacity to maximize use of wind power generated in the upper Midwest. |
| 01/29/2001 |
Energy Prices Spur More Talk of Wind Power |
America is facing an energy crisis. In Minnesota, energy experts say the state will soon need five new power plants. The crisis is making some folks look west to the Dakotas, which could produce more wind power than they need. The next problem is getting that energy to where it could be used. |
| 01/02/2001 |
Students Get Educated About Tattoos |
It's easier to get a divorce than to remove a tattoo. Once the marks of rebels and outcasts, tattoos and piercings have crossed into the realm of fashion accessories. Now one Minnesota college is trying to educate students and others about the risks of body art. The aim of the Peer Education Program at Minnesota State University-Moorhead is not to discourage individuals from acquiring body art, but to make sure it's done safely. |
| 06/07/2000 |
The Abstinence Debate |
Three years ago, a clinic in Fargo began an abstinence education program. At the time, abstinence education was considered unusual, even revolutionary. Not anymore. |
| 03/15/2000 |
A History in Dust |
There is growing concern much of the cultural history of American film is threatened because many of those films are literally falling to pieces. Time has destroyed thousands of early films. The Library of Congress is trying to raise public awareness of the problem. Its tour pulls into Fargo. |
| 02/29/2000 |
Unicameral Has Few Fans in Rural Minnesota |
Governor Jesse Ventura's push for a unicameral legislature is his top priority for the 2000 legislative session. The issue has spawned a loud and long debate. In outstate Minnesota, there is a growing concern that a one-house legislature would be bad news for rural areas. |
| 01/13/2000 |
Grand Forks Looks for a Place in the Amazon (.com) Jungle |
Given the excitement - at least on the stock market - over the Amazon.com Internet bookstore, it might seem like a no-brainer for a community to try to encourage a distribution center in its midst. However, when faced with just that possibility the city of Grand Forks is finding there is a lot to debate, and it's becoming a discussion on the city's whole economic future. |
| 11/16/1999 |
Grand Forks Conference Tries to Put Brakes on Global Warming |
Across the globe, the average temperature has been slowly but steadily rising. For years now, scientists, citizens, and industry experts have argued about the problem of global warming; first of all whether it exists, and then what to do about it. This week in Grand Forks, people from around the region have gathered to talk about climate change in the Northern Great Plains and Rocky Mountain region and how people can change the global warming trend. |
| 11/02/1999 |
Fighting Noise with Noise |
Saint Cloud area residents said no to a half-percent sales-tax increase for a proposed regional events center. The referendum was also tied to other regional amenties like park improvements and a remodeled regional library. Officials say they're now looking for ways to fund the library and parks. |
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