DETROIT LAKES, Minn. — After emotional testimony from area residents, the Becker County Planning Commission approved a conditional use permit for a gravel pit in Lake Eunice Township, roughly between ...

DETROIT LAKES — Matt Hedstrom was an American Family insurance agent in Detroit Lakes for many years before his retirement, and he got along with just about everybody. So it’s been a shock to his ...

WASHTENAW COUNTY, MI — A county judge has again sided with a rural township that denied a mining company’s proposed 400-acre gravel mine in southwestern Washtenaw County. But the dispute is not ...

SHARON TWP., MI — A sand and gravel mining operation in rural western Washtenaw County needs to expand to keep up with demand for materials used in roadwork and other building projects, company ...

State lawmakers are once again seeking to remove local control over gravel mining operations. A series of House bills introduced earlier this month would give the Michigan Department of Environment, ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. A Gallatin Gateway nonprofit has sued the Montana Department of Environmental Quality to contest ...

A proposed mining expansion in the city of DuPont has generated some concern with its potential environmental impacts, including the draining of local groundwater that feeds into a creek along the ...

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