In a crowded ballroom, they urged state pollution regulators to consider the impacts on local communities. Environmentalists said the standard was attainable and long overdue.| Park Rapids Enterprise
Miners say the stringent limit on sulfate released into wild rice waters puts their jobs at risk, while environmental groups and Indigenous tribes maintain the protection of wild rice is overdue.| Park Rapids Enterprise
Cyle Cramer, of Chisago City, and Emanuel Anastos, of Tower, are challenging U.S. Rep. Pete Stauber, a Republican from Hermantown who has held the seat since 2019.| Park Rapids Enterprise
Miners say the stringent limit on sulfate released into wild rice waters puts their jobs at risk, while environmental groups and Indigenous tribes maintain the protection of wild rice is overdue.| St. Cloud Live
The former standout at Hibbing/Chisholm and Minnesota Duluth was remembered as "a great person, who also happened to be a great hockey player," by those who knew him best.| Duluth News Tribune
Authorities said the 36-year-old disappeared and didn’t take her belongings.| Cloquet Pine Journal
Documents detail an Arabian horse in Minnesota from the Polish communist party, plans to covertly sterilize the stallion, and a possible informant in a newsroom.| Mitchell Republic
Where did an infamous mobster go when he needed a little rest and relaxation? Residents of the North Shore and Iron Range have long boasted their backyard as the bootlegger’s land of leisure.| St. Cloud Live
Where did an infamous mobster go when he needed a little rest and relaxation? Residents of the North Shore and Iron Range have long boasted their backyard as the bootlegger’s land of leisure.| Bemidji Pioneer
The suspected was also treated for stab wounds.| Duluth News Tribune
One of four fairs in the county, the Chisholm event bills itself as "the five best days of summer."| Duluth News Tribune
The company said it hadn't abandoned earlier plans, the focus of a Minnesota DNR review on whether the mining permit should be denied.| Duluth News Tribune
NewRange is clearing out the quarter-mile-long concentrator building, which it hopes to use as a processing plant for a copper-nickel mine. But several key permits have been revoked or are on hold.| Duluth News Tribune
In a non-binding opinion, an administrative law judge said adding bentonite clay to the mine-waste slurry and lining the tailings basin with bentonite was impractical and would not meet state law.| Duluth News Tribune
The state agency must now allow the EPA to provide written comments on the proposed copper-nickel mine's permit. The MPCA previously insisted the federal agency read the comments over the phone.| Duluth News Tribune
Different tailings disposal and dam construction methods are under review. So is processing more ore per day, a move that could shorten the project's 20-year mine life by five years.| Duluth News Tribune