Judge calls city’s bluff: Minneapolis cannot issue variance to build on protected Mississippi River shore
A Minneapolis man will not be allowed to build a new home on a protected bluff of the Mississippi River, a district court judge ruled in a blow to the city of Minneapolis. City Council members ...
Feds plan to terminate leases at Mississippi River recreation headquarters and visitor center in Minnesota
Federal offices in Minnesota devoted to the Mississippi River recreation area and the state’s water quality are among five ...
National Park Service’s visitor center at Science Museum of Minnesota among sites that could be closed
Videos of scenes along the Mississippi River play on screens as people visit the Mississippi River Visitor Center, within the ...
Minnesota park office faces closure with key staff already laid off
The Trump Administration announced plans to terminate National Park Service leases, including three in Minnesota, to further ...
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Pioneers & Soldiers Cemetery in Minneapolis named to Underground Railroad Network
The cemetery is Minnesota’s newest landmark on the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom. Hare was a black Union soldier during the American Civil War before re-enlisting with the ...
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St. Cloud State wants to raze buildings to create green spaces, cohesive campus
(Leila Navidi/The Minnesota Star Tribune) SCSU opened in 1869 in a renovated hotel along the Mississippi River ... a few more buildings along the river bluffs. The student count grew significantly ...
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The burning of Red Wing Mills on March 4, 1883
Red Wing Mills was almost certainly burned by an arsonist. Investigators believed someone who knew the buildings ignited the ...
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Farm drainage, more rain continue to plague Le Sueur River watershed
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has collected data that continues to show the Le Sueur River Watershed is heavily ...
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Readers and writers: Focusing on collections from Minnesota poets
In a note to the Pioneer Press, Fratzke calls the collection “a sort-of memoir in poetry; missives of gratitude and assessment to the Mississippi River and Minnesota’s wild ... in the roots/at the ...
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A rallying cry at Effigy Mounds: Stand up for parks
Although our family has visited dozens of parks from Maine to California to Utah to Montana to Florida to Texas, one of our ...