News from June, 2010
- Part 1: Rules skirted and lakes under attack
- Part 2: A stinking mess
- Part 3: Overwhelmed and worried
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Part 1: Rules Skirted And Lakes Under Attack
http://www.startribune.com/investigators/96725284.html?elr=KArksUUUoDEy3LGDi O7aiU
Dan and Janelle Tepper wanted to build a three-bedroom house on the shore of North Long Lake, but they couldn't squeeze in everything they wanted without breaking the rules. The lot in north-central Minnesota was just too narrow. They needed permission to build 20 feet closer to the lake.
Neighbors protested. They said allowing the Minneapolis buyers to build so close to the lake and a nearby road would pollute the water and flood the road. If the county was going to allow that, two neighbors argued, rules aimed at protecting the lake were not worth ...
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Part 2: A Stinking Mess
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Lake Independence was supposed to be Minnesota's first success in the Clean Water program. Instead, it was our first failure.
By TOM MEERSMAN, Star Tribune Last update: June 25, 2010 - 6:23 AM
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Part 3: Overwhelmed And Worried
Star Tribune Last update: June 25, 2010 - 7:33 AM
As he guided his boat across the surface of Cross Lake, state conservation officer Cary Shoutz studied the lakeshore house in front of him. It was 6,900 square feet of living space crammed on a 23,000-square-foot lot with a lawn sprawling downhill. "The elevation is going to drain all the runoff into this channel here," said Shoutz, a 22-year veteran of Minnesota's lakeside enforcement wars. "It's legal. But it would have been nice if they could have left natural growth near the water and built a catch basin for ...
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