Email Author Mike Mosedale

2000 Stories by Mike Mosedale

• Bad Deal

  published December 6, 2000

  Tim Kornwolf ran afoul of the feds for selling Indian artifacts. Now he wants to take his case to the Supreme Court. More >>

• Sharkey Mania!

  published November 15, 2000

  Wrestling legend Eddie Sharkey’s old-school smackdown. More >>

• The Ghost of Clyde Mudgett

  published October 25, 2000

  An ill-planned burglary. A macabre death. A gym legend. More >>

• Spa Wars

  published October 4, 2000

  A chic Uptown salon plays hardball with its ex-employees. More >>

• WCCO Survivor

  published September 27, 2000

  Surviving the News in the Hometown Team's Summer of Self-Love. More >>

• Dirty Tricks

  published September 13, 2000

  Minnesota's Fair Campaign Practices Act was designed to ensure fair elections. Critics say it's unconstitutional. More >>

• Invisible Man

  published August 30, 2000

  Jerry Janezich is staking his U.S. Senate campaign on a populist message and the DFL endorsement. But will any of that matter without TV ads? More >>

• Assisted Suicide

  published August 23, 2000

  If the Minneapolis police were better equipped to deal with the mentally ill, would Jim Erickson's friend still be alive? More >>

• The Searchers

  published August 23, 2000

  Bob Brown always knew he was Indian. Now he wants the government to recognize his tribe. More >>

• Low Blows

  published July 19, 2000

  Small-time boxing promoter Ron Peterson has been called a lot of things: Stand-up guy. Hustler. Parasite. But nobody ever said he was boring. More >>

• Speak No Evil

  published July 12, 2000

  Everyone applauded when the attorney general took a neo-Nazi letter writer to court. But is he pushing the constitutional envelope? More >>

• Megawatts and Margins

  published June 21, 2000

  NSP hands the keys for its Minnesota reactors to a holding company. Is this part of a dangerous chain reaction in the nuclear power industry? More >>

• Playing Hardball

  published May 24, 2000

  A fight over the fate of a public park turns ugly in Anoka. More >>

• Butt Ugly

  published April 19, 2000

  Minnesota's deal with Big Tobacco was supposed to be worth $6 billion. But what if the golden goose lays an egg? More >>

• Purple Stain

  published April 5, 2000

  Line up all the Vikings who've run afoul of the law through the years, and what do you get? The ultimate dream team, of course. More >>

• Members Only

  published March 22, 2000

  Did the feds turn a blind eye to the Shakopee tribal enrollment fight? Finally, Congress decides to take a look. More >>

• Cyanide Pact

  published March 15, 2000

  The Minneapolis river terminal agrees to clean up its poison salt piles. More >>

• Hook, Online, and Sinker

  published March 8, 2000

  Minneapolis neighborhood honchos are betting on Tyrone Reed's dot-com dream. But is there an operator error? More >>

• Hymie's World

  published March 1, 2000

  The late Hymie Peterson never made much in the vintage record business--except a city of grateful customers. More >>

• Bury My Heart

  published February 16, 2000

  A 24-year-old murder mystery returns to haunt the American Indian Movement. More >>

• Blood Money

  published January 26, 2000

  On the Shakopee Mdewakanton reservation, dissidents want to know: Who is an Indian? More >>

• Officer Down

  published January 12, 2000

  Tony DiIoia doesn't have a problem with guns. Or nightsticks. Or Mace. It's his ex-boss, and those money-grubbing lawyers, who've wrecked his... More >>

• In This Corner

  published January 12, 2000

  Ex-middleweight Paul Johnson's fight to unionize pro boxers. More >>