The report from Program Integrity Director Tim O’Malley comes days into a Minnesota legislative session, and many of its recommended fixes require lawmakers’ approval.
Ely remains divided between those who want mining and those who don’t believe it’s worth the risk to the Boundary Waters.
![Rising above the treeline (Top of this photo), on the shore of Birch Lake, the Twin Metals Copper Nickel Mine Plant site and Tailings Management site is part of the proposed plan. ] In theory, the copper-nickel mine Twin Metals wants to build in the headwaters of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness is a zero-discharge mine -- a closed loop that will endlessly recycle millions of gallons of water, including rainwater and the polluted process water it uses to extract ore and](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/YHBTRGPTHTAE2QDYTS6YZ24OS4.jpg?&w=252&ar=3:2&fit=crop)
Why was this decision not 9-0?
On Strib Varsity this week: Don’t miss Totino-Grace vs. Alexandria and more boys basketball games featuring some of Minnesota’s top teams. Plus, we’ve got exclusive boys hockey and girls basketball section tournament livestreams.
The Boston punks will perform March 6 with local bands in the Black Forest Inn parking lot before their sold-out show at the Palace Theatre.
The German discount grocer applied for a permit to remodel the former Lunds & Byerlys space in downtown St. Paul. The area hasn’t had a full-service grocery store in almost a year.
![Dave Ramberg of Professional Yacht Services covered a boat in shrink wrap at North Shore Marina. Boat yards around Lake Minnetonka spent the day winterizing boats Thursday October 29 , 2014 in Lake Minnentonka ,MN. ] Jerry Holt Jerry.holt@startribune.com](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/KME5JRXZDNCAC22TMW3QELZD34.jpg?&w=80&ar=1:1&fit=crop)
![Main entrance to the Gonda Building. For more than a century, the city of Rochester has been shaped and defined by the Mayo Clinic. Now the Mayo has a $6 billion vision to reshape the city and itself.Wednesday, February 21, 2013 ] GLEN STUBBE * gstubbe@startribune.com ORG XMIT: MIN1302211648220346](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/DW2TKC4EDLZZOGDOC5ZEYZNOJ4.jpg?&w=80&ar=1:1&fit=crop)
