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After one storm, and maybe another to come, a pause in Lino Lakes
Documents show how the controversial plan to build housing and a mosque in Lino Lakes -- which a developer still plans to move forward with -- laid bare the actions of frazzled city officials and pleas for calm as the city spent four months last year wrestling with what to do amid citizen protests. ... Continue Reading
Amid the debate over school vaccines, a look at opt-out rates in two Minnesota counties
Kindergarten students in Wadena County have the highest rates of non-medical exemptions for vaccines in Minnesota. Put simply, large numbers of parents are deciding not to have their children vaccinated for polio and other preventable diseases – a move that comes as the debate over vaccines has exploded nationwide. ... Continue Reading
Officials fight drones flying contraband over walls at northern Minnesota prison
For more than a year, officials at a federal prison in northern Minnesota have been battling a unique problem: Drones that fly drugs, cell phones and cigarettes over the prison walls during the night and attempt to drop them into the courtyard. ... Continue Reading
In Farmington, a homeowner battles a data center and lack of information
Nancy Aarestad had lived in Farmington for 22 years, and suddenly found out in April of this year that a data center was being proposed one street over from her three-acre home. Worse, she quickly learned that city officials -- following similar moves involving other data center proposals in Minnesota -- had signed a non-disclosure agreement. A question-and-answer with Aarestad on the struggles she and a citizens group have faced getting public information. ... Continue Reading
How Meta wanted – and got – secrecy for its Rosemount project
Documents show how Meta – using a broad strategy involving code names and non-disclosure agreements – obtained early buy-in from largely willing local officials months and even years before the company’s identity was formally made public by the University of Minnesota in September 2023. ... Continue Reading
Challenges to government data access in Minnesota continue
Recent cases have showcased not only the continuing challenges to the public’s ability to access government data in Minnesota – but they have also shown how, in recent years, some requests for public data are being virtually shut down ... Continue Reading
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