Elizabeth Baier
Todd Hoffner, former head coach of at Minnesota State University, Mankato was named head football coach position at Minot State University. Read more →
MPR News From our outstate correspondents
Archives for January 2014
Elizabeth Dunbar
The public’s last chance to speak in front of hundreds about why they like or loathe PolyMet’s plan to mine copper and nickel in northeastern Minnesota went out with a bang. More than 2,100 people packed a Saint Paul RiverCentre ballroom, matching in size but surpassing in feistiness the combined 2,000 or so people who Read more →
Kate Smith
When I saw the photos from Derek Montgomery today at MPRNews.org I just knew I had to know more. The men and women who enter the Arrowhead 135 Ultra run, bike or ski in a 135-mile race through Minnesota’s north woods. Daunting – period. The athletes take their preparation seriously since their lives can depend on it. Read more →
Dan Olson
The Chester Bowl partisans rallied and created a 501c3 that funnels donations to pay salaries of as many as 20 part time and full time workers including Thom Storm. Read more →
Dan Gunderson
A Grand Forks company that uses goose antibodies to prevent and treat disease is close to marketing its first product, a treatment for parvovirus in dogs. I reported in 2012 on the work Avianax is doing to develop a treatment for West Nile and other diseases. Because animal treatments require much less stringent testing than human testing, that’s Read more →
Molly BloomTemperatures will struggle to reach zero across the state tomorrow — and a number of schools will be closed due to the frigid weather. The list of districts that will be closed tomorrow includes: Anoka-Hennepin Bloomington Eastern Carver County Eden Prairie Edina Hudson, Wis. Minneapolis Minnetonka Orono Prior Lake-Savage Richfield St. Louis Park St. Paul Read more →
About 650 people gathered in Aurora tonight for the second of three public meetings on the proposed PolyMet copper-nickel mine. Although the crowd was about half the size of last week’s meeting in Duluth, about the same number of people — 170 — had signed up to speak in the three hours designated for public Read more →
Dan Kraker
Despite DNR concerns, the first PolyMet public hearing in Duluth was marked by civility and informed comments. Read more →
Most Americans are spoiled when it comes to water, according to Robert Glennon. We open the tap and get as much water as we want and it costs us less per month than a cellphone. • Beneath the Surface: Minnesota’s Pending Groundwater Challenge Glennon, a professor of law and public policy at Arizona State University Read more →
A new office tower in Duluth that will serve as corporate headquarters for the women’s fashion retailer maurices also is an important symbol of the city’s newfound confidence, says Mayor Don Ness. Read more →