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Quick-hitting dense smoke alert for Minnesota today

The National Weather Service is warning people of dense smoke moving through the region today. A cold front pushing through the region is bringing a narrow area of dense smoke from wildfires in Canada into our area, severely degrading air quality. This severely degraded air quality is forecast at any one location for a relatively brief […]

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POLK COUNTY COMMISSIONERS APPROVE PERMIT FOR ADDITION OF NEW ELECTRICAL SUBSTATION IN WINGER TOWNSHIP

On Tuesday morning, the Polk County Board of Commissioners met inside the Polk County Government Center for a regular meeting. PLANNING AND ZONING-JACOB SNYDER Assistant Environmental Supervising Administrator Jacob Snyder approached the board with a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) request for a Minnkota Power Cooperative Parcel. Minnkota requested a permit for the expansion, maintenance, and

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MINNESOTA DNR AND MPCA FORMING WORK GROUPS TO PLAN 3M PFAS SETTLEMENT GRANT PROCESS

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and Minnesota Pollution Control Agency are seeking applicants for a new Resident Work Group to help plan a grant process as part of the 3M Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances (PFAS) settlement. About $20 million in grant funds will be available for projects designed to restore or enhance aquatic

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CITY OF CROOKSTON RESPONDS TO EPITOME ENERGY MOVING SOYBEAN PROCESSING FACILITY TO GRAND FORKS

On Monday evening, Epitome Energy announced that it’s chosen to move its Soybean Processing Facility from Crookston to Grand Forks due to delays from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency’s (MPCA) review of their permit applications, which could’ve delayed their 2025 opening and providing market benefits for farmers across Northwestern Minnesota. Crookston Community Director Kari Kirschbaum

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SENATOR MARK JOHNSON AND REPRESENTATIVE DEB KIEL RELEASE STATEMENTS ON EPITOME ENERGY’S SOYBEAN PROCESSING FACILITY LEAVING MINNESOTA

Senator Mark Johnson (R-East Grand Forks) and State Representative Deb Kiel (R- Crookston) released the following statements regarding the announcement from Epitome Energy moving their Soybean Processing Facility from Crookston to Grand Forks, North Dakota, after delays from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA). “This is tough news for Crookston, Northwestern Minnesota, and our state,” Johnson said.

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