Dana and Michael Strande first learned about PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) in 2012. They lived just one mile away from the world’s first mass producer of PFAS, Minnesota-based company 3M. PFAS are a group of highly toxic chemicals used in everyday…
Randolph Avenue meets Shepard Road in St. Paul near the banks of the Mississippi River, hemmed in by railroad tracks still serving the industrial corridor. Beyond the intersection, nearing the river, a winding network of dirt paths and pitched tents…
Dan Campbell sits with his dogs, Sal and Lassie, at the Randolph Avenue encampment in St. Paul, Minn., on Oct. 8, 2026. Credit: AP/Bridget Bennett Randolph Avenue meets Shepard Road in St. Paul near the banks of the Mississippi River, hemmed…
Ron Huy pulled his two dogs in a cart behind him as he walked along the railroad Saturday in Southport, an industrial zone in St. Paul. He sometimes waits to walk until later in the day, when the metal recycling…
Hundreds of Minnesota lakes, rivers and creeks lie downstream of industrial sites where well sampling shows significant groundwater contamination. In most of them, state agencies have yet to sample fish — or at least publish the results of completed tests — for…
Oct 16, 2026, 4:22 PM Residents in South Brooklyn say they have been smelling gasoline for weeks. Some Sheepshead Bay residents took to social media, writing, "it just fills your nose” and "it’s like getting a whiff of gasoline into your mouth.“ “It…
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