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On Friday Sept. 8 th, the Rotary Club of Orono, in partnership with US Congressman Dean Phillips, organized and sponsored a recognition ceremony for Vietnam-era veterans and their families. It
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It s not often that communities welcome the start of road construction and the traffic disruption it brings, but that s the case on a dangerous corridor in western Hennepin County.
The Minnesota Department of Transportation on Tuesday began work on a center median wall on Hwy. 12 to reduce head-on collisions that have too often resulted in fatalities. MnDOT is also putting in a roundabout to make it easier for drivers to get on and off the winding two-lane highway through Orono, Maple Plain and Independence that many in the area have dubbed the Corridor of Death. This is a happy event, said Tina Langhans, who lost her daughter in a head-on crash on Hwy. 12 six years ago and has been pushing for safety improvements since. For me, it brings closure. It s one of the best improvements that can be done.