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Wednesday Jun 17 | Pipestone County Star

Pater regretful after spill

The manure spill that occurred at Randy Patera s 650-head dairy farm south of Pipestone on May 5 and led to the contamination of the lake at Split Rock Creek State Park was the result of a design flaw in his cutting edge lagoon system that was built with the intentions of being environmentally sound.

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Sat Jun 13, 2009

High Times

Sheriff Injured while Searching for Marijuana

News Sheriff Injured while Searching for Marijuana Wed, Jun 10, 2009 4:18 pm more: headline news Source: www.erwinrecord.net After breaking his ankle, Sheriff Kent Harris has been taken to the emergency room after falling near Rock Creek Park.

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Thu Jun 11, 2009

Pipestone County Star

Contamination rises at Split Rock C...

The beach water at Split Rock Creek State Park near Ihlen isna t noticeably discolored and doesna t smell foul from the May 4 manure spill that contaminated the water and closed the beach to swimming, Friday, May 22.

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Sat Jun 06, 2009

Pipestone County Star

Open House, Whopper feed Sunday, J...

On Sunday, June 7 ita s open house day at Minnesota State parks and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources invites everyone to head to any state park, including Split Rock Creek State Park, and recreation area for free.

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Fri May 29, 2009

Pipestone County Star

Major manure spill temporarily clos...

A major manure spill that occurred at a dairy farm in Pipestone County on May 4 forced the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources officials to close the beach at Split Rock Creek State Park near Ihlen over the Memorial Day weekend.

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Wed May 27, 2009

WCCO

Clogged Pipe To Blame For Manure-Soiled Beach

The beach will remain closed for all of this week and will not open until testing shows the fecal coliform level has been reduced.

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Sat May 23, 2009

WCCO-TV

Manure Spill Closes Beach At SW Minn. Park

No swimming in Split Rock Lake this Memorial Day weekend. A manure spill from a dairy farm has closed the beach at Split Rock Creek State Park.

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Fri May 22, 2009

Local

Manure spill closes state park beach in SW Minn.

A recent major manure spill from a Pipestone County dairy farm has forced the closure of the beach at Split Rock Creek State Park for the entire Memorial Day weekend, state conservation officials said this afternoon.

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Thu Apr 23, 2009

Washington Times

Associated Press Ingmar Guandique, 27, accused of the 2001 slaying of Chandra Levy in Rock Creek Par

ASSOCIATED PRESS Ingmar Guandique, 27, accused of the 2001 slaying of Chandra Levy in Rock Creek Park, is escorted Wednesday into the D.C. police department's violent crimes unit by Detective Todd Williams.

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Wed Mar 18, 2009

Pipestone County Star

Trailblazing

Thanks to Minnesota voters, funding is available to build parks and trails and the prospect has created a lot of excitement for the nonprofit Friends of the Casey Jones Trail Association.

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Mon Mar 16, 2009

National Parks Traveler

The Only Planetarium in the National Park System

You can't see the Milky Way in most large cities, but the planetarium at Rock Creek Park offers city kids another way to star-gaze. Photo by Alireza Teimoury via Flickr.

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Thu Feb 05, 2009

ECM Post Review

Douglas Swenson Day in Chisago County

The Chisago County Board of Commissioners adopted a resolution Wednesday night, Feb.

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