The Minnesota Environmental Quality Board has posted the proposed agenda for its Wed., September 19, 1:00-4:00 p.m. meeting in the MPCA Board Room, 520 Lafayette Road, St. Paul. According to the ...

A silica sand processing plant in eastern Minnesota has agreed to pay a fine for air quality and noise violations. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency levied a fine of $85,000 for Tiller Corp.

A Minnesota sand mining company has sued the Winona County Commission challenging a ban on the excavation and hauling of sand used by the oil and gas industry in fracking operations. Sign up here.

ST. PAUL - Sand mined in southeastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin opens up cracks between rocks so oil and gas can be removed from the ground in places such as in western North Dakota. But mining ...

ST. PAUL — The Minnesota Court of Appeals upheld Winona County’s ban on mining frack sand, used to fracture shale rock to extract oil and natural gas. In a split decision, a three-judge appeals panel ...

ST. PAUL — A sand mining company is asking the Minnesota Supreme Court to review an appeals ruling that upheld Winona County’s ban on mining frack sand. Minnesota Sands, which filed a petition with ...

A group of property owners has sued Winona County over its frac sand ban. The Post-Bulletin reports the Southeast Minnesota Property Owners and Saratoga Township resident Roger Dabelstein filed the ...