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October 30, 2026
Eco Living – Feed your pumpkin to livestock to keep it out of the landfill
Leaves along the shore of Comfort Lake in Wyoming, MN
October 20, 2026
Don't let leaves litter lakes

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April 25, 2024
Heartland Corn Products fined $11,200 for air permit violations at Winthrop facility
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April 25, 2024
POET Biorefining-Glenville fined $52,805 for air quality violations at Albert Lea facility
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Mud from road construction flowing over sediment filter socks into a wetland.
April 24, 2024
Carver County and Valley Paving fined $50,000 for violations at highway project near Watertown
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April 23, 2024
American Crystal Sugar Co. fined $350,000 for air quality violations at East Grand Forks facility
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A man and woman next to a river pouring a water sample from a plastic container at the end of a long yellow pole into a glass jar.
April 22, 2024
MPCA launches robust program to sample entire Mississippi River within Minnesota
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Two men in a blue fishing boat on a lake.
April 15, 2024
On a passed-down boat, Shagawa Lake water monitoring spans generations
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A man emptying a bag of cans and bottles into a recycling dumpster.
April 12, 2024
MPCA invests more than $1 million to increase reuse, recycling, and composting in Greater Minnesota
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April 10, 2024
Joint agency statement on new federal limits on PFAS in drinking water
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April 3, 2024
Alpine Cabinetry LLC fined $12,933 for hazardous waste violations at St. Cloud cabinet facility
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April 3, 2024
Richard Grand Wildlife Project fined $19,641 for violations at pond and wetland improvement site near Finlayson

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