People & Places

• Alligator found in Eagan pond
  An alligator wound up in the Eagan jail Friday after being spotted in a local pond.July 4, 2009
• Vibrant music scenes an important draw for cities
  One of the most overlooked and under-valued reasons new college grads and young professionals move to the Twin Cities is its vibrant local music scene.July 3, 2009
• Cirque de Soleil influence ripples through Minnesota performers
  Over the next few weeks thousands of people are expected to enter the big top on the edge to downtown St Paul to see Cirque de Soleil. The Canadian troupe has brought acrobats and clowns from all over the world to perform it's new show called "Kooza." The show is of special significance to the growing number of Minnesotans who are honing their own circus skills.July 3, 2009
• Leonardo DaVinci, man of mystery
  Scholars debate the role of Leonardo Da Vinci's artistry and technology in creating the scientific revolution, while popular culture has newly embraced his mysterious persona thanks to Dan Brown's novels. Midmorning searches for the true Da Vinci.July 2, 2009
• After 35 years with APHC Keillor looks back and forward
  This weekend a large crowd is expected in Avon, Minnesota, for the special 35th-anniversary broadcast of A Prairie Home Companion.July 1, 2009
• Grizzly exhibit helps Minnesota Zoo set attendance record
  The Minnesota Zoo set an attendance record in the last fiscal year, fueled by the opening of the popular Russia's Grizzly Coast exhibit and a nationwide increase in zoo attendance.July 1, 2009
• 'What's the Big Idea?' at the Aspen Ideas Festival
  Nine speakers from a variety of fields give short presentations on their big ideas, at the opening of the 2009 Aspen Ideas Festival in Aspen, Colo.Midday, June 30, 2009
• 1 drowned, 1 missing in Pokegama Lake
  The body of a swimmer has been recovered, but another person is still missing after the two disappeared in wind-swept Pokegama Lake in Itasca County.June 29, 2009
• Cemetery's new site designed for Asian families
  A large Minneapolis cemetery has developed a new burial site aimed at attracting Asian-American families.June 29, 2009
• Michael Jackson dies in LA hospital
  Pop star Michael Jackson died Thursday afternoon in a Los Angeles after suffering cardiac arrest and could not be revived. He was 50.June 25, 2009
• Summer camp helps soldiers' kids adjust
  A summer camp in Hudson, Wis. is helping provide a bit of normalcy for kids whose military parents have been deployed overseas.June 24, 2009
• Local rally calls for violence to stop in Iran
  About 100 people, many of them Iranian-Americans, rallied in downtown Minneapolis Wednesday to call for the violence against pro-democracy demonstrators in Iran to stop.June 24, 2009
• 35W bridge memorial making slow progress
  The memorial to those killed in the Interstate 35W bridge collapse has a long way to go before construction, because planners are well short of their $1 million fundraising goal.June 24, 2009
• Judge orders Daniel Hauser to continue chemotherapy
  A Minnesota judge has ruled that a 13-year-old boy who fled the state last month to avoid chemotherapy must continue getting the treatment because it appears to be working.June 23, 2009
• Food for thought
  The man known for the "Endless Soup Bowl" and other eating experiments joins Midmorning to discuss the latest on food and diet research and his time at the USDA.Midmorning, June 23, 2009

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