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Listen: Was Minnesota home to nuclear missiles during the Cold War? Curious Minnesota podcast host Eric Roper discusses the 1950s initiative to install missile sites around the Twin Cities. May 6, 2021 10:16am Text size Copy shortlink:
Fears of a Soviet attack during the 1950s spurred the federal government to install four missile sites around the Twin Cities. The Nike-Hercules nuclear warheads stored in those bunkers stood ready to take down Soviet bombers headed for the Twin Cities.
Curious Minnesota host Eric Roper discusses the topic with reporter Michelle Griffith, a former Star Tribune intern who now works at the Fargo Forum newspaper.
In a region of the country with so many lakes and rivers, it is no surprise that water quality and water use are critical issues. In addition to domestic uses, Wisconsin and Minnesota residents want clean water for recreation, wildlife habitat, and industry.Â
Water is used for cooking and drinking every day, and knowing that the source of that water is good and safe is important, though most people probably donât give it much thought.Â
Most rainwater and snowmelt in the region runs off buildings, parking lots, roads, highways, and farm fields into the hundreds of streams and rivers that eventually flow into the Mississippi River, the source of drinking water for much of the Twin Cities area.