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    July 22, 2018
    The 3m Citizen-Business Working Group met July 13. Cottage Grove representative Dave Schulenberg and Afton representative Barbara Ronningen look over a draft charter for the group. Katie Nelson / RiverTown Multimedia
    3M settlement groups hold inaugural meetings
    COTTAGE GROVE — On a wet, rainy summer day, the 3M settlement working groups sat down together for the first time to start brainstorming...
    news/government-and-politicsJuly 22, 2018 - 6:00am
    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 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
    March 21, 2017
    Justice Sikakane, a 2007 Woodbury High School graduate and distinguished alumni. (Bulletin photo by Youssef Rddad)
    Woodbury High alumnus reflects on transient high school years and desire to give back
    Taking the nontraditional road is a path of which Justice Sikakane is well aware. As a high school student, he was unfocused and wasn't always...
    businessMarch 21, 2017 - 3:00pm
    March 6, 2017
    A rendering of the new Caribou Coffee & Einstein Brothers Bagels that was submitted to the City of Woodbury.
    Another Woodbury spot for coffee and bagels
    A proposed coffee and bagel shop could be a future breakfast and caffeine stop for those who drive along Century Avenue in Woodbury and Maplewood....
    businessMarch 6, 2017 - 10:38am
    February 8, 2017
    Yoshio Matsumoto (courtesy photo)
    Does Trump order echo the past?
    President Donald Trump's recent ban on immigration from seven countries has one Woodbury man drawing parallels from his past. Yoshio Matsumoto...
    news/government-and-politicsFebruary 8, 2017 - 6:27am
    September 28, 2016
    Residence Inn opened Friday in Woodbury
    After much anticipation, the Residence Inn by Marriott opened last Friday in Woodbury's CityPlace. The 116-suite hotel is the newest addition...
    businessSeptember 28, 2016 - 5:12pm
    September 23, 2016
    Residence Inn opens Friday in Woodbury
    After much anticipation, the Residence Inn by Marriott will open Friday in Woodbury’s CityPlace. The 116-suite hotel is the newest addition...
    businessSeptember 23, 2016 - 9:34am
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