Allete boosts profits as it moves to renewables 
Duluth-based Allete announced Tuesday that it boosted its earnings for shareholders and increased the value of its stock over the past year while battling floods, fires and increased pressures to add renewable energy and use less coal.
Duluth News Tribune, 05/15/2013
Minnesota Legislature looks toward increased solar electricity
A conference committee of the Minnesota House and Senate has agreed to a compromise energy bill that will require large utilities in the state to generate at least 1½ percent of their electricity from the sun by 2020.
Duluth News Tribune, 05/15/2013
Scorcher in southern Minnesota; 100 degrees in St. James, Fairmont
UPDATE: Most of Minnesota is sweltering under sunny skies and hot south winds while the Red Lake-area fire grows to 6,000 acres in sun and strong winds.
Duluth News Tribune, 05/14/2013
Minnesota heading toward solar electricity
A conference committee of the Minnesota House and Senate has agreed to a compromise energy bill that will require large utilities in the state to generate at least 1½ percent of their electricity from the sun by 2020.
Duluth News Tribune, 05/14/2013
Allete boosts profits as it moves to renewables
The Duluth-based energy utility faced storms, fires and moved away from coal.
Duluth News Tribune, 05/14/2013
Skeleton found on Iron Range identified as former New York man
The skeletal remains found Saturday in an old iron ore mine dump near McKinley have been identified as a former New York man, although authorities still have no idea how or why he ended up dead on the Iron Range.
Duluth News Tribune, 05/14/2013
PolyMet impact study is ready for review
PolyMet Mining Corp. said Monday that the revised environmental report for its proposed copper mine and processing center near Hoyt Lakes is complete and headed to state, federal and tribal agencies for review.
Duluth News Tribune, 05/14/2013
29 people to be honored at St. Louis County Board meeting for saving man’s life
Gary Kainz remembers stepping into a drop-off in Loon Lake south of Aurora on Aug. 1 and then slowly sinking.
Duluth News Tribune, 05/14/2013
ID found with skeleton in Iron Range pit identifies former New York man
The skeletal remains found Saturday in an old iron ore mine dump near McKinley have been identified as a former New York man, although authorities still have no idea how or why he ended up dead on the Iron Range.
Duluth News Tribune, 05/13/2013
Minnesota pushes solar power; mines, mills off the hook
The Minnesota Legislature appears poised to enact landmark state energy policy in coming days requiring, for the first time, that big utilities make electricity from the sun.
Duluth News Tribune, 05/13/2013
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