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Opponents say wind farm will destroy eagle habitat

Opponents say wind farm will destroy eagle habitat

The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission has approved the plan to place the turbines on 32,000 acres of land in Goodhue County.

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Bear killed by police near downtown St. Paul

Police have shot and killed a bear that wandered into a neighborhood near downtown St. Paul. Police received at least two calls about bear sightings in the Dayton's Bluff neighborhood just before 7:30 p.m. Saturday.

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Central Minnesota chooses a future

Central Minnesota chooses a future

About 200 central Minnesota residents are in the midst of a two-year effort sponsored by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to plan a vision of what central Minnesota should look like by 2035.
by Dave Peters

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Backers of bridge replacement concede vote this year unlikely

Backers of bridge replacement concede vote this year unlikely

Backers of a replacement for the aging Stillwater Lift bridge concede that Congress is unlikely to act before the end of this year.

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Potential new pollution permit causes concern

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency plans to issue a new permit that would raise the levels of air pollution allowed from a North Minneapolis plant.
by Stephanie Hemphill

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Hundreds pack hearing on NW Wis. mining bill

Hundreds pack hearing on NW Wis. mining bill

Supporters of a bill that would scale back the state's rigorous permitting process to kick-start a northwestern Wisconsin iron mine pleaded with legislators during a hearing Wednesday to pass the measure, calling the mine an economic god-send that will save the depressed region.

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Paynesville wants state to speed up pollution cleanup

Fourteen years after two dangerous chemicals were found in water samples from two Paynesville city wells, city officials want to know why the state has been so slow to clean the contamination.

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