Thousands of Minn. contractors will miss EPA's lead deadlineApril 20, 2010 12:00 AMBy Elizabeth DunbarOnly a fraction of Minnesota contractors will receive lead training by this Thursday's deadline, and the rest could face hefty fines if they continue to work on homes built before 1978.
Volcanic ash delays wounded troop flightsApril 19, 2010 12:30 PMThe Pentagon said Monday that medical evacuation flights out of Iraq and Afghanistan are taking eight hours longer because of the cloud of volcanic ash hanging over Europe.
Sherpa team plans to clean Everest's death zoneApril 19, 2010 11:52 AMA team of 20 Sherpa mountaineers plans to remove bodies of climbers who died in Mount Everest's "death zone," a treacherous stretch that has claimed some 300 lives since 1953, the team leader said Monday.
Fish dump threatens to ignite tensions over tribal fishingApril 16, 2010 5:34 PMBy Madeleine BaranSeveral hundred walleye carcasses were dumped in a field near Mille Lacs Lake in central Minnesota. A neighbor found the heap of rotting fish, including hundreds of filleted walleyes and several whole northern pike, on Tuesday afternoon.
Play53min 53secHabitat concerns for birds and other wildlifeApril 16, 2010 9:25 AMOn the day of the White House Conference on America's Great Outdoors, two nature experts join MIDDAY to answer questions about wildlife habitat and the spring bird migration.
Road, trail closures lifted in many Minn. forestsApril 16, 2010 6:36 AMThe Department of Natural Resources has lifted many - but not all - of its road and trail closures in Minnesota state forests.
Play2min 43secSome affected businesses unaware of new stormwater rulesApril 15, 2010 3:00 PMBy Dan GundersonNew stormwater regulations will require as many as 19,000 Minnesota businesses to monitor potential pollution on their property, but business leaders say many small businesses don't even know about the new rules.
Iceland's volcanic ash halts flights across EuropeApril 15, 2010 9:23 AMAsh from Iceland's spewing volcano halted air traffic across a wide swathe of Europe on Thursday, grounding planes on a scale not seen since the 9/11 terror attacks.
Fish-killing virus found again in Lake SuperiorApril 14, 2010 4:38 PMThe Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources reports that more fish infected with the fish-killing VHS virus have been found in Lake Superior.
Play53min 54secAward-winning reporter Hedrick Smith on water pollutionApril 14, 2010 3:58 PMPulitzer Prize and Emmy Award-winning reporter Hedrick Smith comes to the Twin Cities for a Freshwater Society speech April 27th. The producer of the acclaimed PBS Frontline documentary "Poisoned Waters" joins MIDDAY to answer listener questions.