A state Senate committee considers a bill Friday that would ban new public boat ramps on some Minnesota lakes. It aims to keep invasive species out of lakes not yet infested by them.
(03/19/2010)
A St. Louis County commissioner hopes to shrink the size of a proposed state park around Lake Vermilion, but others say it's too late for that.
(03/15/2010)
A strike could have crippled Duluth snowplowing, clerical work, natural gas and water operations. Libraries would have closed.
(03/04/2010)
The Minnesota Public Utilties Commission (PUC) has approved some key permits for the Mesaba Energy Project; a proposed coal-gasification power plant on the Iron Range.
(03/04/2010)
The City of Duluth and its largest labor union have a tentative agreement on a new contract.
(03/04/2010)
Just days after Google pitched its nationwide offer to bring super-fast broadband to a winning community, Duluth Mayor Don Ness was elbowing for his city to be first in line.
(02/26/2010)
The union representing over 460 city of
Duluth workers has filed its official intent to strike.
(02/24/2010)
The Obama Administration's Great Lakes restoration plan is getting favorable marks in the upper midwest, but many details, including most of the funding, remain to be worked out.
(02/22/2010)
Lake County officials are making plans to avoid the widespread communications outage that hit two weeks ago when a fiber optic line in Duluth was severed.
(02/19/2010)
The growing number of gray wolves in Minnesota and other north central states is fueling a backlash against the predator, which is still protected under federal law.
(02/17/2010)
The Obama administration Monday presented its plans to battle the spread of the Asian carp into more of the Great Lakes, including Lake Superior.
(02/08/2010)
Officials on the North Shore are hoping a communications collapse last week might improve their chances of securing stimulus money to prevent similar problems in the future.
(02/05/2010)
A burned-out cable severed communications at the U.S. Border Patrol office in Grand Marais and across north east Minnesota last week, and local officials are calling for an improved network--for safety and security's sake.
(02/04/2010)
The EPA has opened hearings on the safety of the farm herbicide atrazine and some Minnesota farmers are defending the product.
(02/02/2010)
Interest comes largely over fears the project will create long-lasting pollution as water drains through acidic rock. PolyMet says it can mine the metals while protecting air and water.
(02/01/2010)
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