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Greater Minnesota

Heartland Girls' Ranch helps heal underage victims of sex trafficking

Heartland Girls' Ranch helps heal underage victims of sex trafficking

To combat the growing problem of sex trafficking, Minnesota is changing how it views underage victims. Advocates are asking lawmakers to help support safe housing that's not juvenile detention. The Heartland Girls' Ranch, founded more than 20 years ago as a place for abused or neglected girls, is one such healthy refuge from sexual exploitation.
by Sasha Aslanian

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Silica sand mine study requested by state agencies

Silica sand mine study requested by state agencies

State agencies are calling for a broader and more detailed environmental study on two proposed silica sand mines in Winona County. The recommendation comes as some legislators are considering the possibility of a statewide study of the potential environmental and health effects of the booming industry.
by Stephanie Hemphill

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Worker burned at Minn. Crystal Sugar factory

Officials are saying little about an accident that seriously burned a worker at the American Crystal Sugar Co. plant in East Grand Forks last week.

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Small towns look to Legislature for help with aging school buildings

Small towns look to Legislature for help with aging school buildings

Two small Minnesota towns are struggling with the same problem: flooding that left the local school buildings in bad shape. In Rushford-Peterson and Moose Lake, the damages were repaired and students are back in school, but officials in both districts say the fixes are temporary.
by Elizabeth Baier

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Red Wing mayor lobbies for silica sand industry

Red Wing mayor lobbies for silica sand industry

Red Wing's Mayor Dennis Egan has taken a new job as executive director of the newly-created Minnesota Industrial Sand Council. The council is a group of companies with interests in mining silica sand and providing services to the industry. Officials in other southeastern Minnesota cities don't know much yet about the council, but some say best practices should be left to state officials and not an industry group.
by Elizabeth Baier

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Cold fusion a hot idea for Minnesota research into sustainable energy

Cold fusion a hot idea for Minnesota research into sustainable energy

A small company is gambling that a new line of scientific research could lead to development of a breakthrough alternative energy. Researchers with the Hunt Utilities Group are focused on a theoretical energy source once commonly known as cold fusion. They're asking new questions about the technology widely dismissed by the mainstream scientific community.
by Tom Robertson

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Hunt Utilities Group looks for new sources of sustainable energy

Hunt Utilities Group looks for new sources of sustainable energy

A small company is gambling that a new line of scientific research could lead to development of a breakthrough alternative energy. In Pine River, the campus of the Hunt Utilities Group sits on 70-acres dotted with an eclectic mix of experimental buildings designed to promote sustainable living. Researchers here are focused on a theoretical energy source once commonly known as "cold fusion."

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2 Great Lakes hit lowest water level on record

2 Great Lakes hit lowest water level on record

Two of the Great Lakes have hit their lowest water levels ever recorded, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Tuesday, capping more than a decade of below-normal rain and snowfall and higher temperatures that boost evaporation.

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