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Stauber, Fischbach hear of need for immediate boost to workforce


Stauber, Fischbach hear of need for immediate boost to workforce
Industry leaders said they need help, but they also have ideas and partnerships ready for the workforce programs to develop.
4:58 pm, Apr. 8, 2021
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Seventh District Congresswoman Michelle Fischbach (left) and Eighth District Congressman Pete Stauber hosted a roundtable discussion on workforce development at the Staples Central Lakes College Farm Ag Center on April 8, 2021.
Rebecca Mitchell/Pioneer Journal
STAPLES With representatives from agriculture, construction, education, mining, hospitality, trucking and timber, there was no shortage of concern over the need for workers right now during a gathering Thursday, April 8, in central Minnesota. ....

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St. Louis County Board argues over copper-nickel mining


VIRGINIA — Keith Nelson was “more than a little ticked off.”
A St. Louis County commissioner, Nelson, of Fayal Township, spent Tuesday criticizing three of his counterparts from Duluth for sending a letter to Minnesota’s U.S. senators and the federal nominees for the Secretary of Agriculture and Interior stating their opposition of copper-nickel mining near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and Voyageurs National Park.
The problem, he said during the latest county meeting, was that the majority of the seven-member board had long backed PolyMet and Twin Metals and just passed a resolution 4-3 expressing their support for such projects. “Letters intended to deceive should not be sent by elected officials on this board or any board or city council,” he said. “And that is clearly what this letter is is an attempt to deceive.” ....

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Iron Range Delegation reaches out to Biden administration


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Iron Range Delegation reaches out to Biden administration
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Marshall Helmberger
REGIONAL  Members of the Iron Range Delegation are reaching out to incoming Biden administration Cabinet nominees in hopes of having influence over decisions that could impact the northeastern Minnesota economy.
In a letter sent last week to U.S. Rep. Deb Haaland, Biden’s pick for Interior Secretary, and Tom Vilsack, who has been tapped as Agriculture Secretary, Iron Range legislators are seeking to have input over natural resource decisions, particularly any mining or mineral exploration decisions that could impact the region. As Agriculture Secretary, Vilsack will oversee the U.S. Forest Service, which manages millions of acres of surface lands in parts of the region and has veto authority for mining projects on the Superior National ....

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