Blue Mounds State Park finds E. coli in water system
LUVERNE â Blue Mounds State Park Manager Chris Ingebretsen is hoping follow-up testing completed Monday by the Minnesota Department of Health will provide the all-clear after the parkâs main water...
View ArticlePatchwork of SD driver’s ed programs under review
By Nora Hertel PIERRE (AP) â The South Dakota Department of Public Safety has begun reviewing the state’s assortment of driver’s education programs, and one instructor says she would be open to more...
View ArticleNew safety requirements set for Keystone pipeline
By Joan Lowy WASHINGTON (AP) â Safety regulators have quietly placed two extra conditions on construction of TransCanada Corp.’s Keystone XL oil pipeline after learning of potentially dangerous...
View ArticleBomb squad called for suspicious backpacks found outside Cottage Grove armory
COTTAGE GROVE â A bomb squad was called to Cottage Grove Monday morning after suspicious backpacks were found outside the National Guard Armory. National Guard staff called police after they arrived...
View ArticleLightning blamed for two house fires Saturday
BIGELOW â One home was heavily damaged and another had roof damage after taking direct hits from lightning strikes Saturday morning near Bigelow and Rushmore. The Bigelow Fire Department was...
View ArticleMosquito spraying scheduled in Mitchell for Thursday
The Mitchell Parks and Recreation Dept. will spray the City of Mitchell for mosquitoes between 9 p.m. and midnight tonight, June 19. Residents are asked to stay indoors during the spraying and keep...
View ArticleSpend July 4 with family and friends, not in the hospital
Sarah Buhs Cloquet Area Fire District Flying or exploding fireworks are illegal in Minnesota, but legal fireworks like sparklers â which can burn up to 1,200 degrees â can be just as dangerous...
View ArticleFuneral Saturday for bicycling mom killed in crash
By Mary Divine St. Paul Pioneer Press STEEN, Minn. â Andrea Boeve had one of those 1,000-watt smiles that could light up a room. Her laugh, friends say, was loud and happy and contagious. âI wish...
View ArticleStudy shows Aberdeen, Harrisburg, Canton and Mobridge in or near oil train...
Some South Dakota communities are in or near what one environmental group calls the âblast zonesâ of railroads that carry oil shipments from North Dakota and Canada. The group ForestEthics has put...
View ArticleMinnesota planning âBakken awareness 101â
LITTLE CANADA â Minnesota emergency services personnel will be trained and equipped in a few years to deal with oil train disasters, but the governor worries about what could happen before then....
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