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A Minnesota Pollution Control Agency crew makes its way downstream to identify, measure and weigh the fish they collected by electro-shocking about a 500-yard reach of Hawk Creek on July 28. From left to right are Sara Johnson, Bryan Spindler, Chris Butterfield, Erin McGee and Matthew Mitchell. (Tribune photo by Tom Cherveny)

Fishing for answers

CLARA CITY -- Decades ago anglers worked the Yellow Medicine River and Hawk Creek hard. They prized the Yellow Medicine River for its smallmouth bass and Hawk Creek for its...

outdoors Sat, Aug 14, 2010 - 12:00am

MPCA will not require environmental impact statement for Duininck tank project

ASBURY -- The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency will not require an environmental impact statement for a proposal by Duininck Inc., of Prinsburg, to construct a large asphalt storage facility in...

news / region Wed, Jun 23, 2010 - 12:00am

Letter: Taking a chance on pollution

The Minnesota Pollution Control people are directing that a Blomkest-Svea wastewater pond be built about one-eighth of a mile from my well. The recommended distance from a well is one-fourth...

opinion / letters Fri, May 07, 2010 - 12:00am

Letter: Minnesota needs clean air

Air quality in Minnesota is declining. Yet, Rep. Collin Peterson has introduced a "disapproval resolution" to take away the power of the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate some of the...

opinion / letters Sat, Apr 10, 2010 - 12:00am

CVEC to pay $120,000 in penalties over allegations involving gasifier

BENSON -- Chippewa Valley Ethanol Company of Benson will be paying $120,000 in fines to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency as part of an agreement over alleged violations involving its...

region Tue, Mar 30, 2010 - 10:20am

Carol Schmiesing, who retired recently as coordinator of the Kandiyohi County Household Hazardous Waste program, stacks up cans of paint at the Willmar facility. Tribune photo by Carolyn Lange

Requirement for hazardous waste could be harming the environment

WILLMAR -- A state system meant to track minimal quantities of hazardous materials that businesses bring to disposal facilities could be backfiring and actually harming the environment. Kandiyohi County Household...

news / local Mon, Mar 15, 2010 - 12:00am

MPCA board asks for more information on Asbury facility

ST. PAUL -- On a 6 to 2 vote, the citizens board for the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency instructed agency staff to research the possibility of requiring an environmental impact...

news / region Wed, Feb 24, 2010 - 12:00am

Residents oppose Duininck asphalt storage project north of Granite Falls

GRANITE FALLS -- Plans by Duininck Inc. of Prinsburg to erect an industrial transfer and storage facility for asphalt cement are facing opposition from many of the rural residents who...

news / region Tue, Feb 16, 2010 - 12:00am

Recycling in Minnesota

- Minnesota's 41 percent recycling rate has remained unchanged in the last 10 years even though the tonnage of recycled materials has increased. That's because the waste generated continues to...

news / local Mon, Jan 18, 2010 - 12:00am

Fibrominn fined for air quality violations the past two years

WILLMAR -- Fibrominn LLC of Benson will pay a $65,000 fine and install a sulfur dioxide monitor at a minimum cost of $80,000 as part of an agreement it reached...

news / local Tue, Dec 22, 2009 - 12:00am

Fibrominn fined for air quality violations the past two years

WILLMAR -- Fibrominn LLC of Benson will pay a $65,000 fine and install a sulfur dioxide monitor at a minimum cost of $80,000 as part of an agreement it reached...

news / local Tue, Dec 22, 2009 - 12:00am

Fibrominn fined for air quality violations the past two years

WILLMAR -- Fibrominn LLC of Benson will pay a $65,000 fine and install a sulfur dioxide monitor at a minimum cost of $80,000 as part of an agreement it reached...

news / local Tue, Dec 22, 2009 - 12:00am

Letter: Destroying the planet

This is in response to Ron Snyder's July 15 letter on renewable energy costs. Snyder feels common sense is in short supply today on this issue. Ron, does it make...

opinion / letters Fri, Jul 31, 2009 - 12:00am

Public hearing to be held regarding Renville County landfill

ST. PAUL -- A public information meeting on the proposed reissuance of the Renville County landfill operating permit is scheduled for 6 p.m. July 28 at the Renville County Office...

news / local / region Thu, Jul 16, 2009 - 12:00am

The scam of selling nothing

The president's new budget will attempt to thrust upon us the biggest scam since the dot-com boom: the sale of nothing. This initiative will drive our utility bills considerably higher...

opinion / letters Thu, Mar 12, 2009 - 12:00am

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