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Northern Minnesota's St. Louis River comes back to life, but it's still not in the clear

Northern Minnesota's St. Louis River comes back to life, but it's still not in the clear

The lake sturgeon are returning. Pollution levels are lower than they've been in years. And the Lake Superior waterway is in a tenuous period of revival after years of languishing under industrial decay.
by Dan Kraker

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With 4 days left to work, lawmakers can't agree on big issues

With 4 days left to work, lawmakers can't agree on big issues

Despite this week's exchange of offers on transportation funding, negotiators have set that issue aside to focus instead on taxes, bonding and how to spend the state's $900 million budget surplus.
by Tim Pugmire

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Appetites: The Water Bar

Appetites: The Water Bar

Northeast Minneapolis' Water Bar aims to share the importance and process behind getting clean tap water to your faucet, on demand.
by MPR News Staff

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Should farmers or city pay to clean the water? Iowa may decide

Should farmers or city pay to clean the water? Iowa may decide

A Des Moines Water Works lawsuit could bring historic change to water regulation and farm economics across the country. A key question: Should farmers be held liable for the pollution draining from their fields?
by Clay Masters

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Hodges: Help on the way to stem north Minneapolis violence

Hodges: Help on the way to stem north Minneapolis violence

Minnesota's largest city is both awesome and divided. That was the assessment Tuesday of Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges as she delivered her third annual State of the City address.
by Brandt Williams

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Oakdale settlement spotlights communication gap between cops, deaf

Oakdale settlement spotlights communication gap between cops, deaf

A Minnesota Department of Human Rights investigation into how an east metro police department treated a domestic assault suspect highlights a problem many hearing-impaired people experience when they interact with police.
by Riham Feshir

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Random acts of conservation: Water quality depends on farmers' willingness, not regulation

Random acts of conservation: Water quality depends on farmers' willingness, not regulation

Roughly 40 percent of Minnesota's lakes and streams are polluted, mostly thanks to soil, fertilizer and other contaminants flowing off farm fields. With little regulation, reversing that trend is almost solely reliant on the goodwill of farmers.
by Dan Gunderson

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Mississippi River carp barrier plan snagged by U internal dispute

Mississippi River carp barrier plan snagged by U internal dispute

Plans for an invasive carp barrier on the Mississippi River near Winona are caught in a dispute between a key scientist and the University of Minnesota. As a result, the future of the project is uncertain.
by Dan Gunderson

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