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Historic Rainfall Washes Out Records, Swells River and Closes Roads in Southeast Minnesota
Rochester, MN (KROC-AM News)- The rain that fell across southeast Minnesota Friday and Saturday will go down in history. The excessive rain caused flooding that forced the closure of multiple major roadways in the area. Multiple rivers and tributaries swelled over their banks following the heavy rains. 16 monitoring stations...
Public Meetings Nitrates in Drinking Water
The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) invites private well users in Dodge, Fillmore, Goodhue, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and Winona counties to attend a public meeting in their area to learn about what is being done to address health concerns about nitrate in drinking water. They have two public meetings...
Not just a Gulf problem: Mississippi River farm runoff pollutes upstream waters
Jeff Broberg’s well sits inside a wooden shed not too far from a field he rented about a decade ago to a local farmer. One day, Broberg discovered the farmer was fertilizing with hog manure. In doing so, combined with the commercial fertilizer he was already using, the farmer was almost doubling the amount of nitrogen on the field in hopes of producing a better corn yield.
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