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Hastings to receive 3M settlement money to treat 'forever chemicals'
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency announced it's linked PFAS contamination in one of Hastings’ wells to 3M's Cottage Grove facility. City officials say the money will help, but won’t cover the full $70 million to build three new treatment plants.
Officials celebrate northern Minnesota power line that could one day help make ‘green’ steel
State and federal officials celebrated the funding and approval of a nearly $1 billion transmission line project that’s designed to help power a carbon-free future for northeastern Minnesota.