March Goodness Fundraiser for Iron Range Veterans Memorial Public announcement. During March (starting on March 15-March 29, the local Iron Range Veterans Memorial has been selected to participate in an opportunity for online donations. ...
My book "Overburden: Modern Life on the Iron Range" has been out for 18 months (gack, the time!) but I've yet to do an author event west of Grand Rapids.
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For years I've been pushing high speed internet and 21st century e-commuters as perhaps the most important way to diversify the natural resource-based economy of northern Minnesota. ...
So back in college I used to have this summer job where I would travel around the seven-county area of northern Minnesota's Arrowhead region, including the Iron Range, to inspect youth summer work sites and write press releases.
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I have learned from two sources that Tom Bakk told people at the SD-05 convention that he and Tom Rukavina have discussed combining forces before the April DFL state convention, uniting behind the one of them with the most pledged support.
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A highly placed source informs me that yesterday's SD-05 DFL Convention in the heart of the Iron Range was a blowout. State Rep. Tom Rukavina took 16 delegates to fellow Iron Ranger Tom Bakk's mere 3.
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My weekly column for today was bumped from the opinion page of the Hibbing Daily Tribune to make space for an ongoing kerfuffle between HDT publisher Wanda Moeller and the local teacher's union, a sprawling epic that's played out each of the past three Sundays.
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The Canadian mineral company Polymet's proposed copper-nickel mine on the Iron Range hit turbulence this week with a ding to its draft environmental impact statement from the federal Environmental Protection Agency."Inadequate" was the word used to describe Polymet's plans to mitigate the environmental protections for the new-style nonferrous minerals mine on the former LTV site in Hoyt Lakes, one of the Range's pioneering (and now defunct) taconite mines.
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DNR NEWS – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FEBRUARY 4, 2010 Media contacts: Colleen Coyne, DNR communications director, 651-259-5023; Patricia Arndt, Parks and Trails Division planning and public affairs manager, 651-259-5578. ...
DNR NEWS – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DECEMBER 21, 2009Media contacts: Colleen Coyne, DNR communications director,651-259-5023; Patricia Arndt, Minnesota State Parks planning and publicaffairs manager, 651-259-5578.Itasca State Park's youth deer hunt gets kids outdoorsItasca State Park hosted its first firearms youth deer hunt earlierthis fall. ...
The abrupt Nov. 20 closure of the Minnesota Discovery Center, formerly Ironworld, is raising ire across the Iron Range, along with major speculation ab ...
Iron Range Resources acted today to secure the physical and historical assets at Minnesota Discovery Center in Chisholm. Earlier this week, the Ironworld Development Corporation (IDC) announced it would temporarily close the center effective at 5 pm Friday, Nov. ...
I've spent my life on the Iron Range, caught in its mix of ethnic cultures, blue-collar hard-working ethics, and rural small-town living. The summer after I retired from teaching, I attended the scoping hearing for PolyMet, Inc., a proposed Canadian copper nickel mine near Hoyt Lakes. ...
The Upper Minnesota Film Office is working to convince a production company to film the movie "The Convincer" in northeastern Minneso ...
DNR NEWS - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OCTOBER 9, 2009Media contacts: Colleen Coyne, DNR communications director,651-259-5023; Patricia Arndt, Minnesota State Parks planning and publicaffairs manager, 651-259-5578.Fall Festival set for Lake Carlos State Park on Oct. ...
Mark your calendars for Satuday, Sept 5, 8 am to 1 pm, the Bovey Coleraine Youth Center will be having a rummage sale fund raiser at the youth center. There are lots of back to school clothing, and tons of miscellaneous. ...
LOCALDNR NEWS – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AUGUST 31, 2009Media contacts: Colleen Coyne, DNR communications director,651-259-5023; Patricia Arndt, Minnesota State Parks planning and publicaffairs manager, 651-259-5578.Sweet Adelines to perform Sept. ...
By Mary Lou AurellThere are more pipelines crossing Minnesota than there are roads. They not only move crude oil, but may also carry liquid gas, other grades of oil, gasoline, and diesel or jet fuel.
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by Barry BabcockI am lucky – I own and live on eighty acres of forested land with a diverse plant community. Living amidst these trees, shrubs, and herbs and forbs has given me a different perspective.Living with and amongst trees makes me believe that they are undeniably the most important component in our lives; materially, economically, and spiritually.
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DNR NEWS – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 3, 2009Media contacts: Colleen Coyne, DNR communications director,651-259-5023; Patricia Arndt, Minnesota State Parks planning and publicaffairs manager, 651-259-5578.Restored gristmill and steam engine ready for Grinding Days at Old MillState Park on Aug. ...
