Employees at the freshwater lab were told they could leave their jobs or apply for a limited number of new jobs elsewhere in the EPA, and funding for an estimated 25 early-career researchers ended.
At virtual meetings Tuesday, employees were told to focus on wrapping up current projects and to download personnel files from their work computers, two people who attended the meetings said.
Radar tracks put Michael Bratlie, an experienced military and commercial pilot, just past Two Harbors, Minnesota, in his two-engine plane. There the flight path apparently ended.
Developers from Duluth and Brainerd want to transform the historic Silver Rapids Lodge into a resort featuring a new lodge, restaurant and bar, indoor pool, hot tub and tiki bar.
The water, which contained "some fluoride and miscellaneous substances but nothing of particular concern or note," reached Lake Superior, according to a state incident report.
The fundraising challenge was inspired by comments from billionaire Kathy Cargill, who was critical of Duluth for raising concerns about her purchase of 20 homes on the city鈥檚 Park Point
On Monday, Feb. 12, the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society announced that the Arlington, a 244-foot bulk carrier, was discovered in Lake Superior more than 600 feet below the surface.
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