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March 19 virtual forum to address referendum questions
3+ hour, 37+ min ago (9+ words) March 19 virtual forum to address referendum questions'hometownsource.com...
Letter: Protect Monticello against data centers
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (7+ words) Letter: Protect Monticello against data centers'hometownsource.com...
Developer: Data center rules would make project ‘practically impossible’
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (700+ words) Luke Appert, executive director of brokerage services with Cushman & Wakefield and representative for Monticello Tech, speaks with a resident during a January open house about the proposed 550-acre data center site east of Highway 25 and south of 85th Street. MONTICELLO " A…...
Backyard battle: Residents organize against data center proposal
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (1645+ words) Lisa Keenan, left, and Jenna Vandenboom stand near farmland along 85th Street in Monticello Township, where Monticello Tech has proposed a 550-acre hyperscale data center campus that has drawn organized opposition from residents across the city, including many who live nearby....
Lawmakers consider a statewide cellphone ban in Minnesota schools
1+ week, 13+ hour ago (10+ words) Lawmakers consider a statewide cellphone ban in Minnesota schools'hometownsource.com...
Eagan City Council approves one-year moratorium on new data centers
3+ week, 3+ day ago (779+ words) The Eagan City Council is the first Minnesota city to approve a one-year moratorium on new data center development to give the city time to study and evaluate whether data centers require additional local regulation. The council approved the moratorium…...
Planning Commission approves data center zoning ordinance
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1182+ words) MONTICELLO " After months of public hearings, workshops and revisions, the Monticello Planning Commission voted unanimously Tuesday night to recommend approval of a new zoning ordinance regulating data centers and technology campuses within the city. The vote marks a key procedural…...
Broadband expansion completed in City of Bovey
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (210+ words) Construction crew in action." Paul Bunyan Communications has completed expanding its all-fiber optic network, the GigaZone, to the city of Bovey that included over 350 homes and businesses. Those who have signed up for service are being contacted to set up…...
Workshop marks turning point in Monticello data center debate
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (1637+ words) Members of the Monticello City Council, Planning Commission and city staff confer during a joint workshop Thursday, Jan. 15 focused on potential data center regulations, with microphones used for the first time to improve audibility for the packed audience. Residents fill…...
Data centers face increasingly stiff community opposition across US
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (1267+ words) People opposed to a data center proposal at the former Pennhurst state hospital grounds talk during a break in an East Vincent Township supervisors meeting, Dec. 17, 2025, in Spring City, Pa. People listen during an East Vincent Township supervisors meeting where…...