Past Issues of Midwest Today
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PREMIER (Summer 1992)

Special Investigative Report: The Secret JFK Files, New Evidence and the Midwest Connection; Gambling Fever; Interpreting Your Dreams; David Sanborn and His Sensational Sax; Outlet Malls Hurting Main Street USA?; Saving and Sewing Heirloom Seeds; Singer Ralna English; Exploring Door County, Wisconsin; Artist Terry Redlin Romanticizes Rural America; Automating Your Home; Putting Family First; Jessica Lange: Fire and Ice; Serious Injuries Linked to Inept Fitness Instructors; The Omaha World-Herald's Letter Bias; Why Is Everyone Having A Baby?; Living In A Chicago Skyscraper; Reflections On the Beauty of Rain.
 
HOLIDAY 1992

What Do Men Really Want?, (plus sidebar) Interview with Playboy's Asa Baber; Investigative Report: The Troubling Legacy Of Ronald Reagan; The "Nutcracker" Ballet Turns 100; Home for the Holidays; Iowa's David Collins Is the "King of Children's Biographies; Skiing Our Slopes; Michael Blaser Paints Nautical Nostalgia; Illinois Native Suzy Bogguss Takes Nashville By Storm; Big Brother Is Watching; An Old-Fashioned Christmas; Throw Another Log On the Fire; The Hallelujah Chorus; In Praise of the Snowwalkers; "Goin' to Kansas City"; A Minnesota Country Inn Christmas; Do You Sleep In the Nude?
 

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ISSUE #3

An interview with Bill Clinton; Sex Is Back...Sort Of; Deifying Elvis; Chasing Spring Up the Continent; Borderline Personality Disorder; Native American Renewal, (with sidebar) Russell Means Speaks Out; Animal Rights Versus Carnivorous Consumers; Enjoying A Fling With Winter; St. Louis Is the Gateway to Popular Attractions; Games People Play; Artist Kevin Daniel Depicts the World's Quiet Places; "I Don't Eat..." Plays Havoc With Parties; In Praise Of the Martini; Country Singer Janie Frickie from Indiana Interviewed.
 
ISSUE #4

An Investigative Report: The Trouble With Cocaine; Cindy Crawford, Up Close and Personal; Civil War Re-enactors Recreate the Battles; The Joy of Gardening; Omaha Millionaire Phil Sokolof Crusades to Lower Our Cholesterol; A Springtime Tea Party; Take Me Out to the Ball Game; Iowa's Historic Amana Colonies; The Allure of Derby Day; The Revolution In Agriculture; The Naked Truth: Men Pursue Beauty.
 
ISSUE #5

Wind Power Returns to the Heartland; Our Best New Public Golf Courses; Elijah Wood: Iowa's New Child Star; Doing Right by Frank Lloyd Wright; Was "Little House" Author a Fraud?; Probing the Mysteries of Violent Storms; Touring Missouri Wine Country.
 
ISSUE #6

Could the Midwest Floods of 1993 Have Been Prevented?; The Untold Story of Baby Jessica's Heartache; A Football Widow's Guide to the Game; How Safe Is the Food You Eat?; Why the Heartland Is the "New Hollywood"; Lorrie Morgan's Star Is Rising; Magic With Mincemeat; Artist Bryan Moon Is An Adventurer; Branson and Nashvhile Vie For Country Market; Farewell to the Autumn Garden; Country Cooks Favor Cast-Iron Skillets.
 
HOLIDAY 1993

Special Report: What's Happening To Our Children?; The New, Improved David Letterman; A Warm Talk With Ohio's Erma Bombeck; A Beginner's Guide to Skiing the Heartland; Clinton's First Year; Jack Horkheimer Keeps Looking Up (astronomy); Illinois Artist Darrell Bush Brings Fresh Perspective; In Praise Of Champagne; Symphony Dischords?; Remembering Family Traditions At Christmastime.
 



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ISSUE #8

Indian Casinos Under Seige: A Case Of Deja Vu?; Kirstie Alley: Funny, Sexy and Serious About Her Work; A Hitch-hiker's Guide To the Information Superhighway; "Sustainable Farming": The Quiet Revolution; The Splendor Of Flowering Bulbs; Indiana Watercolorist Tim Liess Favors Wisconsin Landscapes; Weighing the Risks Of Adolescent Workouts; Celebrate Spring With Tempting Cheesecakes; Recalling Farm Life In the 1940s; Debate Rages Over the Jesus Seminar; Classic Mother Goose Rhymes Are Revised for the 1990s.
 
ISSUE #9

Special: The Real Hillary Clinton; How Safe Is bST In Milk?; A Beginner's Guide to Bicycling; Glen Campbell Is Singing A New Song; Touring Ohio's Wine Country; A Summer Picnic Menu; Enjoying Safe Sun: A Few Kind Words About Old Sol; Michigan's Beaches.
 
ISSUE #10

Home Schooling Pros and Cons; Why We Love Our Soaps/Interview With Deidre Hall; The Lyin' King: Rush Limbaugh's Reign of Error; Autumn Heralds Many Changes for Nature; Spilling the Beans for Great Soups; Painter Charles Peterson Depicts Ghosts of Times Past; Actor Tom Arnold Interviewed; Home Canning Is Popular Again; Hot On the Trail of the Ruffed Grouse; Gays and Bisexuals Are "In" At Schools.
 
HOLIDAY 1994

Exploring the Last Frontier Of Space/John Glenn, James Van Allen Speak Out; "Hard Copy's" Terry Murphy Interviewed; The Round House Advantage; Cigar Power; Eagles Make a Comeback; Jivin' to the Java (Coffee Houses); Christmas At the Westerfield House; The Truth About Angels; Celebrate the Season With Lush Desserts; Rust Belt Beginning to Shine Again; Lincoln's Radiance; Primitive Artist Eileen Doman; Illinois Aglow This Season; Office Party Follies; Ice Fishing Devotees Enjoy A Solitary Pursuit; Winter Comes to the Country.
 



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ISSUE #12

What the War On Welfare May End Up Costing You; South Dakota Native Tom Brokaw Interviewed; Clinton's Unknown Record; Artist Steven Kozar; Romancing the Stoic; Kansan Bill Koch's All-Women America's Cup Yacht Team; Hades Revisited?; Fearful Little Hearts (Commentary About Children); Indians Gambling On a New Life; A Strange Thing About the Clarence Thomas Hearing; Men's Health Crisis; Kansas Is a State Of Many Faces; Recalling Those Old Parlor Stoves; How Government Adds to the Family Food Bill; A Child to Love. 
 
ISSUE #13

Special Report: Shocking New Assaults On Your Privacy, (and sidebar) Hacker for Hire Ian Murphy; Iowa Wildlife Painter Robert Sissel; Library Moochers; A Wisconsin Country Brunch; Repairman Woes; New Bible Translation; Nebraska-born Actress Swoosie Kurtz Interviewed; Wisconsin Dells A Fun Spot; Arlen Specter, GOP Voice of Moderation; Enjoying Strawberry Season; Michigan's Psychic "Char"; An Old-Timer's List of Spring Chores; Why Critics Love to Hate Robert Waller; Reba McEntire Profiled.
 
ISSUE #14

How GOP Budget Cuts May Imperil Your Children, Job and Health; At Home With St. Louis Native Stone Phillips; The Truth About the Cyberporn Debate; Four Left Feet; A Fan-tastic Football Bash; The Power of Devotion; Southern Heartland Travel; Howling At the Moon (astromomy); Hog Lots Pose Big Controversy; Clinton Cuts Flood Control; In Praise Of the Lowly Squash.
 
HOLIDAY 1995

Family Farmers Under Assault; What Really Happened At Ruby Ridge?; Christmas Tree Angst; Winter Fun In Wisconsin; What Is Advent?; National Pride In Arts (by playwright Arthur Miller); An Intimate Visit With Barbara Mandrell; Christmas At the Palmquist Farm; Rejoicing In Angels; Snowmobile Fun; A Christmas Sampler; Just Desserts.
 



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ISSUE #16

Do High-Voltage Power Lines Cause Cancer?; The Promise Keepers: Good Concept, Bad Theology?; Detroit Native Tim Allen Profiled; Influx Of Immigrants Changing the Heartland; Storm Chasers: On the Trail of Violent Weather In Tornado Alley; Fun Food for Entertaining; Grant Wood Revisited; The Timeless Rhapsody Of Spring; Grandmother Lived For the Little Things; Kneeling In a Garden; Squire Parsons Is Gospel Music's Shining Star; A Very Special Buddy (Tribute To An Unforgettable Dog); Restoring a Dayton, Ohio Victorian Home; Fun Family Getaways; Pitting Young Against Seniors In the Budget Debate.
 
ISSUE #17

Special Investigative Report: Big Tobacco's Deadly Deceits; CBS News Star Paula Zahn from Illinois Interviewed; An Elegant Garden Party; Remembering Erma Bombeck; Romance Still Rides the Rails; Dale Chihuly's Blown Glass Art; The Flames Of Religious Hatred; Is College For Suckers?; The Real Game of Golf; Doing Dubuque; Saving Money On Auto Insurance; Genetically Engineered Crops Debut; Tubing Down the River; In the Corporate-Dominated Food System, the Farm Crisis Continues; Tapwater Pollution Is Widespread; Is Wisconsin Now A Police State?
 
ISSUE #18

Investigative Report: The Truth About Bill Clinton and Bob Dole; Exclusive Interview with Actor Don Johnson; Applying Football's Lessons to Life (by Tom Brokaw); The Great Smoky Mountains; Help For Stay-At-Home Fathers; It's Sneezin' Season; One-Room School Idea Revisited; Plight Of the Canadian Geese; A Log Home Primer: What You Should Know; CB Radios Are Back; Halloween Memories; Colby-Swiss Cheese Soup; Black Church Enthusiasm.
 
CHRISTMAS 1996

Medical Discoveries That Could Save Your Life; Interview with The Rev. Billy Graham; Michael Jordan, Nike and the Exploitation of Slave Labor; Ode To A Fallen Christmas Tree; Don't Blame the Jury; Adoption Program For Birds; Iowa's Treasure: The Loess Hills; Remembrances Of Christmases Past; Gingerbread A Holiday Tradition; Experiments In Education; American Indian Viet Vets Ignored; Coffee Debate Continues; Snowmobiling Takes On a New Look; Holiday Lights Soporific; The Perfect Hot Toddy; Drug Prohibition Doesn't Work (by Hugh Downs).
 
 


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ISSUE #20

Danger In the Skies: The Best And Worst Airlines; Missouri Native Walter Cronkite Interviewed; Harbingers Of Springtime; The Power Of Healing Prayer; An Asparagus Lover's Delight; Detroit Previews the 1998 Models; Morels A Tasty Sign of Spring; Internet Gambling Is Targeted; Early Crops For Your Vegetable Garden; What's New In Kitchens; Fanatical About Walleye; Re-Use of Disposable Surgical Gear Is Risky; State Tax Windfalls Ignore Basic Needs; Missouri Is the "Sue Me" State; A Revolutionary New Radio.
 


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