Perry Finelli Feature Archive

Nearly 200 people will have to find a new place to live following a fire last night that destroyed a 64-unit apartment building in Burnsville. (12/23/2008)
After more than a century of shouts and gestures, the trading floor at the Minneapolis Grain Exchange goes silent Friday afternoon. Friday is the last day of open outcry futures trading on the floor of the exchange. (12/19/2008)
MPR's Chris Farrell analyzes the financial markets and the economy. (10/06/2008)
The Republican National Convention is 18 days away. Tens of thousands of people are expected to come to the Twin Cities the week of the convention, but it might not be as many as boosters originally hoped. (08/14/2008)
There's an urgent call for volunteers in the search for a missing autistic Minnesota man who wandered away from a camp near grants, Wisconsin on Sunday. (06/19/2008)
Minnesota Public Radio chief economics correspondent Chris Farrell discusses the latest economic news. (04/07/2008)
The Minnesota Wild will face the Colorado Avalanche at home on Wednesday in the first round of the NHL playoffs. The team begins its march to the Stanley Cup as a No. 3 seed, having clinched its first Northwest Division title since the franchise was born in 2000. (04/07/2008)
The National Transportation Safety Board wants to examine the Highway 23 bridge because its design is similar to the collapsed I-35W bridge. (03/25/2008)
Participants in Minnesota's Super Tuesday caucuses selected delegates who will play an important role in the U.S. Senate race in Minnesota. MPR's Perry Finelli talked to two delegates chosen in Tuesday's DFL caucuses. (02/07/2008)
Carleton College political science professor Steven Schier provides analysis of Minnesota's Super Tuesday results. (02/06/2008)
Preliminary state traffic crash reports indicate this Thanksgiving travel period was one of the least deadly on record. (11/27/2007)
The gun deer hunting season begins on Nov. 3 in Minnesota. The venison donation program, in which hunters give deer meat to food shelves, has been around for three years. But this year, for the first time, the state is picking up the cost of butchering the animals. (10/24/2007)
Some communities north of the Twin Cities were hit by powerful hailstorms last evening. (06/21/2007)
A watchdog group says a Brooklyn Park church violated its tax-exempt status when its pastor endorsed Michele Bachmann during a service Sunday. (10/18/2006)
A Star Tribune poll shows DFL challenger Mike Hatch pulling ahead of incumbent Republican Tim Pawlenty in the Minnesota governor's race. (10/16/2006)