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The Cottage Grove City Council late Wednesday approved a 377-unit housing development near the Mississippi River on the site of a shuttered golf course, the latest decision for a scenic riverfront parcel that's been the subject of four years of public debate. Public opposition to the project remains high; the council heard nearly an hour of criticism of St. Michael-based Rachel Development's ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed new, enforceable limits on some PFAS that are much lower than the state’s current advisory limits. If they’re adopted, about a dozen Minnesota cities likely will need to install treatment systems or find a new water source.

A special election is scheduled for next November.

While the city of Cottage Grove is in the midst of completing its most expensive project ever that it says will permanently address the "forever chemicals" that are in its water, it has no plans to spend a dollar on it.  

The city previously built five temporary treatment plants to handle the contaminated water.