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U.S. House demands records from environmental groups that opposed Twin Metals mine in Minnesota
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![Rising above the treeline (Top of this photo), on the shore of Birch Lake, the Twin Metals Copper Nickel Mine Plant site and Tailings Management site is part of the proposed plan. ] In theory, the copper-nickel mine Twin Metals wants to build in the headwaters of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness is a zero-discharge mine — a closed loop that will endlessly recycle millions of gallons of water, including rainwater and the polluted process water it uses to extract ore and](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/AWHWWVUU5HGVMX6RUZ4PCKXP6A.jpg?&w=252&ar=3:2&fit=crop)
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The animal has been spotted all along the North Shore.
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He had to move away from Minnesota to begin to figure it out
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AuthoredChristopher Vondracek
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Rural child care center on the brink receives cash lifeline
Commissioners voted unanimously to advance $200,000 in forgivable loans and transfer an additional $300,000 for future lending to the county’s only child care center.
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New accuser, this time an in-law, alleges Minnesota chiropractor sexually assaulted him
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Minnesota districts work to take the trauma out of school shooter drills
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