April 2024

Outdoors host shares how to change story of our polluted waters

MANKATO – “Minnesota Bound” creator Ron Schara had a two-part message for anyone who cherishes the lakes and streams in our part of the state.“Our southern Minnesota story is a sad one for what we’ve done to the water,” he told his audience at a conference on lake health in the region.And yet, that story doesn’t need to end there, with an abundance of lakes no longer fit for fishing or swimming, Schara said.“We don’t have to take that,” he said.

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Out of the Past

50 years ago - April 18, 1974Six hundred entries involving between 800 and 1,000 students, from 17 schools, will be included when the District 10 solo and ensemble contest is held at Sleepy Eye Public schools Friday.

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Hotter summers, wetter springs

No, the record-breaking Minnesota winter we just had is not the new normal, Katie Black told the local farmers and residents seated before her.A strong El Nino pattern had a lot to do with it, exacerbating the warming temps we’ve been seeing for years, said Black, a University of Minnesota Extension educator in climate adaptation and resilience.“This winter is not what every winter is going to look like going forward,” she said.

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