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Brad Cobb, right, of the Green Corridor Initiative, and Rebecca Wodder lead the way Thursday on the pedestrian bridge in Granite Falls. Tribune photo by Tom Cherveny

Senior adviser to Secretary of Interior tours Minnesota River

GRANITE FALLS -- More than two decades of work to clean up the Minnesota River has brought together a diverse partnership of stakeholders in the state's namesake watershed, and produced...

news / region Fri, Nov 16, 2012 - 12:00am

Editorial: A muddy river has started to recover

opinion / editorials Wed, Nov 14, 2012 - 11:02am

Anglers offer evidence that the Minnesota River is improving, including reports of catching sturgeon and other fish sensitive to water quality. Tribune file photo

MPCA says results are being seen on troubled Minnesota River

WILLMAR -- Efforts to reduce phosphorus reaching the Minnesota River are producing results, according to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. Staff with the MPCA monitored the lower 20 miles of...

news / region / outdoors Tue, Nov 13, 2012 - 12:00am

Carl Ohliger of Granite Falls was among residents voicing objections to plans by Xcel Energy to remove the Minnesota Falls dam during a tour of the site Thursday sponsored by Clean Up the River Environment. "The state has more money than the dam is worth. What noise level (will it take) to stop this?'' he asked.
Tribune photo by Tom Cherveny

Xcel expects 107-year-old Minnesota Falls dam to be removed by end of year

GRANITE FALLS -- Xcel Energy remains on track to remove the 107-year-old Minnesota Falls dam yet this year. A contractor is lined up for the project, but Xcel Energy is...

news / region Mon, Oct 15, 2012 - 12:00am

Outdoor community theater to open Meander weekend in Granite Falls, Minn.

Thu, Oct 04, 2012 - 7:50am

2012 arts crawl celebrates love of place, creativity along Minnesota River in western Minnesota

Thu, Oct 04, 2012 - 7:00am

Minnesota River Board director Shannon Fisher

Minnesota River Board seeking outside review to help decide its future

WILLMAR -- An independent task force will be charged with recommending whether or not there is a future for the Minnesota River Board. Members of the joint powers group representing...

news / local / region Tue, Sep 18, 2012 - 12:00am

Minnesota River Board agrees to work on problem of finding viewers for drainage projects

WILLMAR -- Never before have so many projects come before the ditch authorities in Minnesota's agricultural counties seeking to improve drainage systems, redetermine benefits, add new laterals or make other...

news / local Tue, Sep 18, 2012 - 12:00am

During her visit Sept. 20, 2008, Hazel Redbird of Eagle Butte, S.D., views the inscription on the monument erected at the state memorial to the Wood Lake Battlefield. Tribune file photo

Taking a sesquicentennial tour of U.S.-Dakota Conflict of 1862

There is heightened interest as Minnesota marks the 150th anniversary of the U.S.-Dakota Conflict of 1862. Hundreds of monuments and markers are scattered throughout southwestern Minnesota and the Minnesota River...

extra Sat, Aug 11, 2012 - 12:00am

Special prosecutor named in slaying of three sisters in River Falls, Wis.

RIVER FALLS, Wis. -- A special prosecutor will lead the case against a father charged with killing his three young daughters in River Falls. Assistant Attorney General Gary Freyberg will...

news / nation Fri, Jul 20, 2012 - 9:42am

North Dakota man arraigned in deaths of his three Wis. daughters

A North Dakota man accused in the deaths of his three young daughters in a gruesome incident at a residence in River Falls, Wis., last Tuesday made his initial appearance...

news / nation Thu, Jul 12, 2012 - 3:02pm

The block surrounding a home on Morningstar Avenue on River Falls' east side remained barricaded and guarded by police early Wednesday morning as staff from the Department of Justice Crime Scene unit and area officers continued the death investigation. Steve Dzubay photo.

Father in custody in deaths of 3 children in River Falls, Wis. (video)

About two hours after he allegedly killed his three children at the home they once shared, a former River Falls man turned himself in to police at their station, soon...

news / nation Wed, Jul 11, 2012 - 7:56am

Be headstrong and trust in God, Marv and Diane Patten advise flood victims in northeast Minnesota. They were unprepared for the floodwaters that hit their home and business in Granite Falls in 1997. Tribune photo by Tom Cherveny

Headstrong 1997 flood survivors find their answer

GRANITE FALLS -- Speak up for your needs, be headstrong and trust in God. That's the advice Marv and Diane Patten offer up for flood victims in Duluth, having been...

region Sat, Jun 23, 2012 - 12:00am

Flooding in Moose Lake this week. (Photo by Larry Slater / courtesy of the Pine Journal)

Duluth area update: Evacuations under way in Moose Lake, Willow River

Evacuations are under way in Moose Lake and Willow River today as rivers and lakes continue to rise, swollen by runoff from this week's record-setting rains. City administrator Mark Vahling...

news / state Thu, Jun 21, 2012 - 12:50pm

Comment sought on Chippewa River bank stabilization project near Watson, Minn.

WATSON -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is inviting public comments on its plans to stabilize and protect the banks of the Chippewa River Diversion approach...

news / region / outdoors Mon, Jun 18, 2012 - 12:00am

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