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The Encampment Minerals proposals, one near Hoyt Lakes and the other near Cotton, call for diamond drilling exploratory borings and geological surveys.
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Judge James E. LaFave says the company’s solution for storing waste at the site by lining a tailings pond with bentonite clay is not a “practicable or workable reclamation technique.”
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Plus a town hall meeting will unpack the future of the Boys & Girls Clubs in Grand Rapids and Greenway, a billboard attributing 54,000 fawn deaths to Minnesota's wolves is scrutinized, and Sanford Bemidji offers a new remote patient monitoring service to help reduce avoidable admissions.
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Plus a federal judge dismisses Twin Metals lawsuit, storm damage falls short of disaster declaration, peat soil presents challenge in Barnum firefighting efforts, and appointments now available under new Driver's License for All law.
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Also covered are EPA livestock rules, the expansion of Milford Mine Memorial Park in Crosby and fundraising efforts for a new fitness center on the Iron Range.
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The expansion of the park memorializing those lost in the Milford Mine disaster in 1924 will add 1.55 miles of walking trails, more interpretive signs and new boardwalks.
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An accelerated push toward clean energy alternatives and a growing market for electric vehicles and other battery-powered technologies is reigniting interest in a mineral deposit believed to be the richest in North America.
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Exploratory drilling at the site — reported to be the highest-grade manganese resource in North America — resumed in February after more than a decade.
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The legal route by the Fond du Lac Band to take on the project formerly known as PolyMet was the first of its kind, as was the outcome. And it could have broader implications for tribes and industry in Minnesota going forward.
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Each week Timberjay publisher Marshall Helmberger reports on the news of NE MN