PFAS are ubiquitous in manufacturing, hard to destroy and known to have harmful effects in humans. 5:49 pm, Feb. 10, 2021 ×
The Lester River empties into Lake Superior in January 2021. The Lester River and other streams can carry contaminants like PFAS from runoff to the lake. (Steve Kuchera / File / News Tribune)
DULUTH Some 20 years after first confronting the contaminating-effects of human-made “forever chemicals,” the state of Minnesota introduced a blueprint Wednesday, Feb. 10, for how to prevent, manage and clean up contamination from those chemicals.
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency s blueprint seeks legislative solutions, including the designation of PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, as hazardous substances. The blueprint also seeks funding to begin broader sampling for the presence of PFAS in drinking water, fish and places such as Duluth’s Western Lake Superior Sanitary District.
A partnership between the Riverview School and Stonehill College in Easton will bring a new graduate degree opportunity to the Upper Cape.
Slated to begin next fall, the college will be using the Riverview School as a satellite campus for a masterâs of education program that centers on inclusive education. Students who complete the program will obtain state licensure in special education in either preschool through 8th grade or grades 5 through 12.
While the program will enable this licensure, the program focuses on inclusivity of all kinds, including race, gender and sexual identity, and ethnicity.
The program is designed to allow working professionals the ability to further their education and is going to be offered one weekend each month, with the ability to complete the degree within 18 months.
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Chris Booth and his mother Amy Booth, both of Warren, wait to ship Christmas packages Tuesday at the High Street NE Post Office in downtown Warren. Deadlines to mail items meant to arrive before Christmas are approaching rapidly.
WARREN Standing in line and waiting for her turn to purchase stamps and pick up boxes at the Warren Post Office on Tuesday was city resident Deanna White.
“My cousin lives in Indiana and she couldn’t get things” there, so White sent packages from Warren.
She said she noticed Tuesday was the last day for retail ground service packages to be sent in time to be received by Christmas.
WARREN Standing in line, waiting for her turn to purchase stamps and pick up boxes at the Warren Post Office on Tuesday, was city resident Deanna White.
“My cousin lives in Indiana and she couldn’t get things” there, so White sent packages from Warren.
She said she noticed that Tuesday was the last day for retail ground service packages to be sent in time to be received by Christmas.
The best present she’s received early couldn’t be shipped by the postal service, however: It’s her son, Isaiah, home for the holidays from a naval base in Louisiana, she said.