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The Stone Arch Bridge is an iconic part of the Minneapolis landscape. But it hasn’t always been just for looks and bicyclists and pedestrians. MN90 Producer Andi McDaniel discovers the hard-working past of this famous Minneapolis landmark. [Read Transcript...]
Twin/Tone Records has been around since 1978, when three Minnesota music-lovers decided to start recording some of the Twin Cities’ up and coming bands like The Suburbs, Soul Asylum and the Replacements. MN90 Producer Andi McDaniel takes a closer listen to some of the stars that this hometown record label made. [Read Transcript...]
In June, 1886, Taylors Falls, Minnesota, was the site of what is still called the “mother of all logjams.” For weeks, the annual log drive down the St. Croix River was moving slowly because water levels were unusually low. But then, everything changed overnight. As MN90 producer Marisa Helms tells us, a perfect storm of rainfall and bad timing hurled those logs, destined for mills downstream, into the biggest log jam anybody had ever seen, then or since. [Read Transcript...]
Known for their tight harmonies and vivacious personalities, the Andrews Sisters of Minneapolis topped the charts from the end of the Great Depression until the 1950s. MN90 producer Marisa Helms tells us that the three sisters, LaVerne, Maxene and Patty, had 15 gold records, 113 charted hits, and sold 100-million records in all, with more top-ten songs than Elvis Presley or the Beatles. [Read Transcript...]
