An ethanol plant shutdown for most of the past two years is getting ready to reopen. The DENCO plant in Morris in west central Minnesota fell victim to a sharp downturn in the ethanol industry in 2007-2008. The plant’s Australian owner, the now-defunct Babcock and Brown Environmental Interests, closed it in January 2009. A new…
Dan Gunderson, who covers Northwest Minnesota for Minnesota Public Radio News, talks to Cathy Wurzer about important stories on his beat during Morning Edition. He reports on a a legal dispute over genetically modified seed, this year's harvest, rain in the forecast and a flood diversion project for Fargo Moohead.
There has been talk recently about having multi-party talks in Washington D.C. to negotiate several water issues causing political skirmishes across the international border.
Heads up, Med City residents. The University of Minnesota-Rochester may not have a football team or cheerleading squad in its cards, but it will have a mascot soon.
The former Fergus Falls State Hospital is an imposing collection of Victorian-style buildings. The problem is no one knows what to do with the complex. The city is seeking buyers with ideas -- and money. Someone put up an ad on Craiglist offering the site for $1. The city didn't put up the ad, but doesn't mind the publicity.
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