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Notebook: How has SD fared under Obama?
Based on historical trends and recent polling, there seems little chance that a majority of South Dakota voters will mark their ballots this year for the re-election of President Barack Obama. The deeper question is how South Dakota has fared during the...Tags: Tom Daschle, Dennis Daugaard, Politics, John Thune, Elections
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Great Lakes levels near all-time low
At the end of the summer, Myke Sherman noticed something he hadn't seen in his 25 years of working near Thumb Lake, in Charlevoix County: the lake's island was no longer an island. Sherman, operations director for the Lake Louise Christian Community,...
Tags: Cornwall, U.S. Army, Science and Technology, Environmental Issues, Lakes and Ponds
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Lawmaker: Corps to miss Asian carp plan deadline
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A member of Congress from Michigan says the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will not meet a legal deadline for completing a plan to preventing Asian carp from invading the Great Lakes. Rep. Dave Camp said Friday the Corps...
Tags: Barack Obama
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Corps water-fee plan raises questions about project
Amid uncertainty about the federal government’s plan to start charging some users for surplus water taken from the Missouri River reservoirs, the South Dakota Board of Water Management delayed two big decisions today on permits for the Lake Andes-...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice
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U.S. Army Corps asks for comments on invasive species pathways
CHICAGO — The Army Corps of Engineers announced Friday it is midway through a public comment period regarding a paper released that outlines 18 points of entry for aquatic nuisance species to transfer between the Mississippi River Basin and the...
Tags: U.S. Army, Science and Technology, Lakes and Ponds, Energy Resources, DNA
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U.S. Senate candidates square off in Shepherdstown
matthew.umstead@herald-mail.comJoe Manchin had help rebuffing repeated assertions Tuesday night by Republican John Raese that West Virginia’s junior Democratic senator was on the wrong political team in Washington. Mountain Party candidate Bob Henry Baber said Raese’s...Tags: Government, Environmental Issues, Politics, Energy, U.S. Department of Energy
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Other Voices: Religious rights and Missouri River water
Mitchell Daily Republic: Religion is a right — even for prisoners Two American Indian inmates say their religious rights were being trampled in the state penitentiary, where a tobacco ban affected their religious ceremonies. The prison went...Tags: Justice System, Justice and Rights, Religion and Belief, Crime, Law and Justice, Civil Rights
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Port looks to new technology to solve dredge disposal
The Maryland Port Administration is completing its initial review of a multimillion-dollar proposal that would turn Baltimore harbor shipping channel muck into bucks. The plan might eventually replace time-tested dredge disposal methods of piling...
Tags: Building Material, Science and Technology, Talbot County, Havre de Grace, Baltimore County
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The Feds Cannot Stop A River Run or Gulf Running Through It
“We need a federal levee system, and if we don't get [it] Braithwaite won't exist anymore.” So the words came from local rescue hero1 Jesse Shaffer who is credited with saving 120 lives during Isaac. If there is a bigger example of an...
Tags: Mark Twain
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Study finds no high-risk pathways for Asian carp
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A federal study of 18 potential aquatic links between the Great Lakes and Mississippi River watersheds says none of them are likely pathways to the lakes for Asian carp. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released the...
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Complaints come to Tip of the Mitt about beach grooming bill
A bill intended to make grooming beaches along the Great Lakes easier has only resulted in confusion, says Jennifer McKay, policy specialist for Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council in Petoskey. That confusion has led to several calls of complaint to the...
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Rains helping area waterways for fishing
It's still way too warm out to be considered fall fishing, but the rain being dropped on the area and into local streams, rivers, ponds and lakes is a welcome sign for anglers who are dreaming of fall lunker fishing. When the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers...Tags: Hellertown, Cementon, Jim Thorpe, Lakes and Ponds, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Sep 6, 2012
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