Email Author Kelly Wittman

1998 Stories by Kelly Wittman

• Office Politics

  published December 16, 1998

  Never mind taxes, spending, education: Where's the shower? More >>

• Cheesehead Power?

  published December 9, 1998

  NSP says it needs to run high-voltage wires over the scenic St. Croix to keep the lights on in western Wisconsin. But critics charge the utility's... More >>

• Shake Your Booty

  published December 2, 1998

  Jerome Smith says his Payne Avenue office is simply a phone-dispatch center. So why are the neighbors all hot and bothered? More >>

• Unpaid Bills

  published November 11, 1998

  The People of Phillips group collapsed this year, but its ghost is still kicking where it counts. More >>

• The Bars That Bind

  published November 11, 1998

  Eight years for burglary. Eighteen for rape. Life for murder. Five women talk about doing time with their men behind bars. More >>

• Radiodead

  published October 21, 1998

  To celebrate its fifth annual fundraising drive, Radio K disappeared from the air for three and a half days. The reason? Cell phones. More >>

• Championship or Bust

  published October 7, 1998

  The Gophers' Women's Volleyball team is becoming one of the best squads in the nation. But can they satisfy their athletic director? More >>

• Surrender, or Else

  published September 23, 1998

  Corcoran neighborhood rebels rise up against the Minneapolis Park Board. More >>

• Little Orphan Orchestra

  published September 16, 1998

  Why the Minnesota Orchestra can't find a summer home. More >>

• Whitewater Affair

  published August 12, 1998

  The current investigation into rafting the rapids on Minneapolis's stretch of the Mississippi. More >>

• The Last Block Party

  published August 5, 1998

  St. Paul's Brewery District: Three blocks. Four generations. 35 eviction notices. More >>

• The Gospel According to the Army

  published July 15, 1998

  A Minneapolis congregation that preaches sobriety surrenders to the Salvation Army. More >>

• From Minneapolis, With Love

  published July 1, 1998

  Hennepin County wants to dump its incinerator ash in the metro's "environmental Bermuda triangle". More >>

• Goodbye Golden Boy

  published June 3, 1998

  The folks at City Hall wooed Paul Farmer to rediscover Minneapolis's urban soul. Three years later they'd had enough, and showed the planning... More >>

• Bidder Battles

  published May 20, 1998

  The MCDA's policy for dealing with contractors encourages lowball bids--and homeowners' headaches More >>

• Trial by Paper

  published May 6, 1998

  Millions of tobacco-industry documents find a home in the crammed back rooms of the Depot More >>

• Hired Help

  published April 22, 1998

  If for-profit career counselors don't promise anything specific, clients who fail to find the job of their dreams have little recourse More >>

• Prairie Dogged

  published April 8, 1998

  A fake flyer making the rounds at the Capitol suggests NSP wants to pay itself millions in fines for failing to move nuclear waste off Prairie... More >>

• Bow Wow

  published March 25, 1998

  Just like their people-treating counterparts, veterinarians are discovering that holistic therapies can be both good medicine and good business. More >>

• Screwed, and Depressed About It

  published March 25, 1998

  If the University of Minnesota is going to treat graduate school as a job, then teaching assistants say they deserve to be treated as well as... More >>

• A Dose of Reality

  published March 18, 1998

  After years of gathering dust on drugstore shelves, the female condom may finally be on its way to finding acceptance among gay men and Third... More >>

• Overpowered

  published March 4, 1998

  For 43 years, the Piekarskis cherished the peace and quiet that came with living on a large, wooded lot. Then NSP strung enough wires across the... More >>

• Breaking the Surface

  published February 18, 1998

  After nearly 10 rocky years on the job, UM Women's Athletic Director Chris Voelz finally has plenty to smile about. More >>

• Guess Again

  published February 11, 1998

  Mary Jo Nicolas knew something was wrong with the $700 gas bill she got from NSP. More >>

• Privacy Posturing

  published January 14, 1998

  US West wants to use information about who you call to increase its sales. Privacy advocates are screaming foul. More >>