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Archives for June 2011

Local governments win with shutdown ruling

Michael OlsonMichael Olson June 29, 2011, 10:49 AM Jun 29, 2011

A Minnesota judge has ruled that core services and local aid must continue to be funded in the event of a government shutdown. Ramsey County Judge Kathleen Gearin is ordering Minnesota budget officials to keep paying for “critical core functions” in a shutdown and has appointed former Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Kathleen Blatz as Read more →

DEED awards 51 Small Cities Development Grants

trobertson June 28, 2011, 10:03 AM Jun 28, 2011

Fifty one small cities in Greater Minnesota will share $18.5 million in grants designed to improve housing and infrastructure in small communities.

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Emergency management, Midwest style

Dan Gunderson June 27, 2011, 2:36 PM Jun 27, 2011

Would you trust a stranger who backed into your driveway and offered to haul your worldly possessions to high ground? Lot’s of people along the Souris river apparently did.

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Souris crests, evacuees receive help from near and far

Michael OlsonMichael Olson June 27, 2011, 8:24 AM Jun 27, 2011

The Souris River is slowly retreating in Minot, N.D., where the river peaked early Sunday at levels not seen in more than a century. About 4,000 homes are flooded and a quarter of the town’s 40,000 residents are displaced.

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Efforts to sway farmers to make own fuel falling flat

Dan Gunderson June 24, 2011, 11:46 AM Jun 24, 2011

Few Minnesota farmers adopted the practice of making their own renewable fuel.

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Mother nature a bigger problem than farmers for Sauk canoeists

Michael OlsonMichael Olson June 23, 2011, 10:26 AM Jun 23, 2011

While they have decreased in numbers over the years, illegal fences remain a problem along the Sauk River.

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Jackson ends city police department

Mark SteilMark Steil June 22, 2011, 12:17 PM Jun 22, 2011
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The Jackson City Council voted Tuesday to disband the city police department and contract with the county sheriff for its law enforcement.

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Cold hard truth for anglers seeking walleyes

Michael OlsonMichael Olson June 22, 2011, 10:48 AM Jun 22, 2011
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The weather outside is having a chilling effect on success for anglers in search of the state’s prized catch.

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Flooding swamps Minot, St. Cloud

Michael OlsonMichael Olson June 22, 2011, 7:21 AM Jun 22, 2011

Heavy rains flooded streets in St. Cloud last night. Residents are concerned about additional precipitation in the forecast.

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Poverty growing problem in Northern Minnesota

Michael OlsonMichael Olson June 21, 2011, 10:01 AM Jun 21, 2011
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New census data shows some of the state’s poorest counties are in northwestern Minnesota, where living wage jobs are limited and geography isolates rural residents.

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