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• Former Viking Eller sentenced to workhouse
  Eller, 67, was convicted of driving while intoxicated and assault after a confrontation with two police officers who followed Eller's vehicle to his house in April.February 23, 2009
• Mahnomen County deputy making 'remarkable progress'
  A doctor says a Mahnomen County sheriff's deputy shot who was shot in the head is making remarkable progress and can now stand with some assistance.February 23, 2009
• The cherry takes a trip
  A Twin Cities icon heads off on a restorative vacation today. The cherry from the Walker Art Center's famed "Spoonbridge with Cherry" will be lifted off its mount in the Sculpture Garden and sent away to get a little work done.February 23, 2009
• Minn. city considers in-city golf cart travel
  Golf carts might be a common sight on city streets in Sun Belt states, but a Minnesota city is considering allowing them on roadways, too.February 21, 2009
• Two former Jayhawks make music together again
  Minneapolis alt-country pioneers The Jayhawks may no longer be a band, but two of its co-founders have reunited as a folk duo. Mark Olson and Gary Louris have released a new CD entitled "Ready for the Flood."February 20, 2009
• Cottonwood marks anniversary of school bus crash
  Residents of Cottonwood are looking ahead today as they put behind them the first anniversary of a fatal school bus crash that killed four students. On Thursday, students, parents and residents looked back on 12 months that changed each one of them forever.February 19, 2009
• Minn. sheriff thinks wounded deputy will survive
  A Mahnomen County sheriff's deputy who was shot in the head and abdomen remained heavily sedated Thursday, but the sheriff thinks Christopher Dewey is going to make it.February 19, 2009
• Identity of historical bones remains a mystery
  A skeleton that's said to be that of Jesse James gang member and bank robber Charlie Pitts has been held by a couple of historical groups in southern Minnesota for more than 25 years. But now there's some question whether the skeleton is, in fact, Charlie Pitts.February 19, 2009
• Family secrets kept close
  The best-selling author of "Reading Lolita in Tehran" gives us a new memoir and a glimpse of her prominent Iranian family; a complex mother and fascinating father, a mayor of Tehran who was jailed under the Shah.Midmorning, February 17, 2009
• Fort Snelling Army Reserve program first on YouTube
  The Army is embracing online media to reach potential recruits.February 16, 2009
• A father's tragedy shadows the son
  In his 2005 memoir, David Vann attempted to come to terms with his father's suicide by taking a voyage on a hopelessly unprepared boat. In his new novella and collection of short stories, "Legend of a Suicide," Vann comes back to the themes of loss and a father's legend that haunts his son.Midmorning, February 16, 2009
• Dr. Billy Taylor comes to celebrate MLK
  There is a rare treat for Twin Cities music fans this weekend when jazz piano legend Dr. Billy Taylor comes to perform with the VocalEssence.February 13, 2009
• Midmorning Weekend
  The new Midmorning Weekend show revisits some of the best recent conversations from the daily call-in program.Midmorning, February 13, 2009
• Tying the knot gets put on hold in tough economy
  Valentine's Day is a popular day for popping the question. But brides and grooms-to-be are planning their weddings during a tough economy and the recession has couples cutting back, or trying to wait it out for better times. It's not a fairy tale for the wedding industry either.February 13, 2009
• Jon Hassell takes the trumpet to the Fourth World
  Trumpeter Jon Hassell knows the phrase "new music" is enough to get some people to turn and run. He includes himself in that group. That's a little strange because he has been at the forefront of new music for decades. Now he's on his first U.S. tour in two decades.February 12, 2009

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