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Greater Minnesota

Discovery Center library to remain closed

Iron Range Resources Commissioner Sandy Layman overturned the IRR board's decision to give the center $200,000 to reopen the history research library.

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Crucial power lines meant for Big Stone II still an option

The Big Stone II power plant is dead, but at least one part of the project may live on. There is interest in building the power lines planned for the abandoned coal plant project in eastern South Dakota and those lines could be crucial to the wind power industry.
by Mark Steil

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Parked rail cars an unwelcome neighbor in Lakeville

Parked rail cars an unwelcome neighbor in Lakeville

Due to the bad economy, about 300 empty rail cars parked on the tracks around parts of suburban Lakeville, and it's a scene that's become familiar in cities and towns around the country.
by Rupa Shenoy

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Rushford levees need $1 million

Rushford levees need $1 million

City officials in Rushford have learned that the levees protecting need more than $1 million in improvements for recertification by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

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