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Statewide Blog

Downed power lines create wildlife kill zone

Downed power lines create wildlife kill zone

Linemen for North Star Electric Cooperative found a grisly scene recently while troubleshooting a power outage in northwest Minnesota, where power lines run through some very remote and difficult terrain.
by Dan Gunderson

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Local governments win with shutdown ruling

A Minnesota judge has ruled that core services and local aid must continue to be funded in the event of a government shutdown. Ramsey County Judge Kathleen Gearin is ordering Minnesota budget officials to keep paying for “critical core functions” in a shutdown and has appointed former Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Kathleen Blatz as…
by Michael Olson

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DEED awards 51 Small Cities Development Grants

Fifty one small cities in Greater Minnesota will share $18.5 million in grants designed to improve housing and infrastructure in small communities.

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Emergency management, Midwest style

Would you trust a stranger who backed into your driveway and offered to haul your worldly possessions to high ground? Lot's of people along the Souris river apparently did.
by Dan Gunderson

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Souris crests, evacuees receive help from near and far

Souris crests, evacuees receive help from near and far

The Souris River is slowly retreating in Minot, N.D., where the river peaked early Sunday at levels not seen in more than a century. About 4,000 homes are flooded and a quarter of the town's 40,000 residents are displaced.
by Michael Olson

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