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Citizens' group files lawsuit to block Google's proposed Hermantown data center

Citizens' group files lawsuit to block Google's proposed Hermantown data center

Stop the Hermantown Data Center has sued the city of Hermantown to try to block a massive data center proposed by Google. The group alleges the city improperly changed zoning rules and violated state open meeting laws.
by Dan Kraker

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Lakeville's population is booming. So why is the city pressing pause on new housing?

Lakeville's population is booming. So why is the city pressing pause on new housing?

The new housing pause in Lakeville comes as legislators are considering state policy proposals on housing density. Lakeville is waiting to see what regulations it will need to comply with before it continues to build new housing in the growing city.
by Nina Moini and Aleesa Kuznetsov

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Feds, state execute search warrants at Twin Cities daycares and autism centers

Feds, state execute search warrants at Twin Cities daycares and autism centers

The Department of Homeland Security announced Tuesday that it executed search warrants in the Twin Cities as part of an ongoing criminal investigation related to fraud. The state Department of Children, Youth, and Families confirmed the operation — and said state and county officials were involved.
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Search for suspect prompts shelter-in-place in Brooklyn Park

Residents in parts of Brooklyn Park were told to shelter in place on Monday night as police searched for a suspect who reportedly fired a gun during a family dispute.
by MPR News Staff

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City of Monticello sets stage for allowing data centers, with restrictions

City of Monticello sets stage for allowing data centers, with restrictions

The ordinance includes new restrictions for large data centers, which city officials say are aimed at reducing negative impacts on people living nearby. The ordinance also ensures Monticello residents don’t bear any financial costs.
by Kirsti Marohn

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Thoroughly Modern Lisl: A new book tells the story of the woman who was Minnesota's first Modern architect

Thoroughly Modern Lisl: A new book tells the story of the woman who was Minnesota's first Modern architect

Architectural historian Jane King Hession has been studying the work of Minnesota’s first Modernist architect Elizabeth “Lisl” Scheu Close for decades, even conducting an oral history with the architect in 2000 for the Minnesota Historical Society.
by Alex V. Cipolle

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Trump ends ban on mining near the Boundary Waters

Trump ends ban on mining near the Boundary Waters

President Trump has signed into law a resolution that ends a 20-year mining moratorium on about 350 square miles of federal land just south of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.
by Dan Kraker

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