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Ground Level

MPR News How communities are facing the future

Archives for February 2014

Broadband

$100 million broadband bill at least will make waves

Dave PetersDave Peters February 28, 2014, 11:30 AM Feb 28, 2014
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For the first time, legislators are proposing to put state money into broadband infrastructure. Read more →

Why would a farmer drain land and irrigate it?

Dave PetersDave Peters February 27, 2014, 11:42 AM Feb 27, 2014
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The short answer is he or she doesn’t very often. • Beneath the Surface: Minnesota’s Pending Groundwater Challenge To a number of questioners in the Public Insight Network, it seems an anomaly that Minnesota experiences two things that seem contradictory: a lot of irrigation and a lot of land drained to dry it out. A Read more →

Water

Bonding to fill White Bear Lake, other water proposals surface at Capitol

Elizabeth DunbarElizabeth Dunbar February 26, 2014, 10:34 AM Feb 26, 2014
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Lawmakers will consider at least several water-related proposals this session, evidence of increasing interest in making sure Minnesota maintains reliable sources of water. Read more →

International Falls

Amid economic angst, International Falls looks back at labor unrest

Dave PetersDave Peters February 25, 2014, 8:00 AM Feb 25, 2014
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Residents of International Falls, Minn., are hosting two performances of “The Mill,” a play that is a fictional treatment of some tense and violent times in town 25 years ago. Read more →

Water

Daily Circuit asks: How sustainable is our water use?

Dave PetersDave Peters February 21, 2014, 11:26 AM Feb 21, 2014
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Minnesota is rich in water, but our use of it seems less sustainable than it once did. Two state officials talked about water issues with Daily Circuit host Tom Weber. Read more →

Should farmers be forced to change?

Dave PetersDave Peters February 20, 2014, 7:00 AM Feb 20, 2014
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Farm practices are a key part of the conversation about groundwater sustainability in Minnesota. Are voluntary efforts enough? Read more →

Water

In west central Minnesota, ‘I thought water was limitless’

Dave PetersDave Peters February 19, 2014, 10:43 AM Feb 19, 2014
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Farmers in west central Minnesota have real reasons to conserve water. Read more →

Water

The science of water, fertilizer and the perfect potato

Dan Gunderson February 13, 2014, 2:00 PM Feb 13, 2014
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Growing a perfect potato depends on the right amount of water and fertilizer, and growers are trying to figure out how to use just the right amount. Read more →

Water

The layer cake beneath Park Rapids

Dan Gunderson February 13, 2014, 10:00 AM Feb 13, 2014
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Figuring out the geology beneath Park Rapids, Minn., is a good primer for how Minnesota’s groundwater situation is important, complicated and very local. Read more →

Water

DNR seeks tougher groundwater measurement

Dave PetersDave Peters February 12, 2014, 4:17 PM Feb 12, 2014
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Suspecting it is getting bad information from some water users, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has asked the Legislature for stricter requirements and penalties for measuring what wells are pumping. Read more →

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