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    April 15, 2018
    Ginny Yingling, a hydrogeologist with the Minnesota Department of Health, talked to Doreen and Gary Deutsch at a April 3 public meeting at Park High School. The state will spend $700 million in 3M settlement funds to clean up contaminated water. The Deutsches get their water from a private well at their home which is about a mile from a former 3M disposal site in Woodbury. William Loeffler / RiverTown Multimedia
    State to residents: 3M cleanup cash will flow to their faucets first, fish second
    COTTAGE GROVE — After nearly eight years of litigation, 3M Corp. has forked over money to fix municipal and private wells polluted by the...
    news/government-and-politicsApril 15, 2018 - 7:50pm
    March 30, 2018
    Working groups proposed for $850 million 3M settlement
    WASHINGTON COUNTY — Public meetings have been added and rescheduled in light of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and Department of...
    news/government-and-politicsMarch 30, 2018 - 12:31pm
    Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Assistant Commissioner Kirk Koudelka and Rep. Tony Jurgens, R-Cottage Grove, discuss Jurgens' bill in the House Environment Finance Committee March 20. Courtesy of Minnesota House Photography
    East metro reps take on 3M settlement
    ST. PAUL — Attorney General Lori Swanson announced last month that the $850 million settlement negotiated between 3M Corp. and the state...
    news/government-and-politicsMarch 30, 2018 - 6:00am
    March 29, 2018
    St. Paul Park City Council is studying the city's possible treatment needs for the future, to ensure municipal water is below the Minnesota Department of Health's perfluorochemical health-based values. Katie Nelson / RiverTown Multimedia file photo
    St. Paul Park considers PFC mitigation options as two wells slip above health-based values
    ST. PAUL PARK — St. Paul Park is determining how to deal with perfluorochemicals in drinking water, now that another municipal well is...
    news/government-and-politicsMarch 29, 2018 - 9:48am
    March 8, 2018
    State House analyzes 3M settlement in committee
    As the Minnesota Department of Health, Pollution Control Agency and Department of Natural Resources begin forming a working group that will eventually...
    news/government-and-politicsMarch 8, 2018 - 1:32pm
    February 23, 2018
    The sign for the 3M Chemolite plant located in Cottage Grove can be seen from Highway 61. A settlement between 3M and the state may allocate money for Cottage Grove to construct water treatment facilities. Katie Nelson / RiverTown Multimedia
    Cottage Grove, Woodbury prepare for 3M settlement disbursements
    Cottage Grove and Woodbury may finally be getting financing for water treatment after a settlement between 3M Corp. and the state of Minnesota...
    news/government-and-politicsFebruary 23, 2018 - 3:50pm
    February 22, 2018
    Department of Natural Resources Commissioner Tom Landwehr, Attorney General Lori Swanson, and Pollution Control Agency Commissioner John Linc Stine discussed the uses of the $850 million settlement between the state and 3M Feb. 21. Katie Nelson / RiverTown Multimedia
    3M settlement money earmarked for water improvements
    Nearly 24 hours after Attorney General Lori Swanson and 3M Corp. settled their lawsuit for $850 million, Swanson, the Minnesota Pollution Control...
    news/government-and-politicsFebruary 22, 2018 - 12:19pm
    Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson speaks at a news conference Feb. 20. Katie Nelson / RiverTown Multimedia
    State settles for $850M in 3M lawsuit
    Just before the trial between Minnesota and 3M Corp was set to start more than seven years after filing, the parties agreed to a $850 million...
    news/crime-and-courtsFebruary 22, 2018 - 8:28am
    February 20, 2018
    Cottage Grove houses one of the east metro's 3M sites. Katie Nelson / RiverTown Multimedia
    State v. 3M trial halts before it begins
    The trial seven years in the making between the state of Minnesota and manufacturing behemoth 3M Corp. has begun. Jury selection began Feb. 20...
    news/crime-and-courtsFebruary 20, 2018 - 10:10am
    February 8, 2018
    New MDH analysis finds east metro rates no higher in cancer, low birth rates
    New analyses of birth outcomes and rates of cancer in south Washington County released by the Minnesota Department of Health this week show that...
    news/science-and-natureFebruary 8, 2018 - 1:25pm
    November 28, 2017
    Cottage Grove watches state-3M lawsuit closely
    New filings in the state of Minnesota's lawsuit against 3M alleging perfluorochemical water pollution caught Cottage Grove's attention. The new...
    news/government-and-politicsNovember 28, 2017 - 1:15pm
    October 10, 2017
    A crash outside 3M involved one car the evening of Oct. 5. Photo courtesy of Cottage Grove Public Safety
    Police: Drunken driver crashes into 3M property in Cottage Grove
    Police said a St. Paul man crashed into the entrance of the 3M-Cottage Grove campus after drinking at Treasure Island Oct. 5, leaving the driver...
    news/accidentsOctober 10, 2017 - 11:51am
    July 26, 2017
    3M fights footing the water bill
    The city is ensuring residents they will not have to pay for perfluorochemical remediation in light of 3M's dispute over whether they are responsible...
    news/government-and-politicsJuly 26, 2017 - 9:14am
    June 20, 2017
    Construction crews work on the well 10 site where eight granular-activated carbon filters will be delivered June 27. Katie Nelson / RiverTown Multimedia
    Big bill for 3M in Cottage Grove PFC remediation; company denies some responsibility
    The cost of drinkable water in Cottage Grove keeps increasing — but only for 3M Co. Costs keep racking up for perfluorochemical mitigation...
    newsJune 20, 2017 - 3:13pm
    May 23, 2017
    Cottage Grove imposes watering ban after state PFC decision
    Cottage Grove announced a watering ban and encouraged citizens to participate in water conservation in light of the Minnesota Department of Health's...
    news/government-and-politicsMay 23, 2017 - 11:29pm
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