Winona nonprofit hosts listening session about internet access by Allyson Fergot

“Winona, Minn. (WKBT) -- More than 3,000 homes in Winona County don't have access to the internet according to Dan Wilson, a policy assistant at Engage Winona.

Engage Winona is a nonprofit focused on expanding access to community decision-making.

On Wednesday, they partnered with the Minnesota Dept. of Employment and Economic Development to host a listening session about internet access…” Read More

Rural broadband access by Dan Wilson

“The State of Minnesota recently passed a state budget that will include up to $215 million over the next several years to expand internet access. With an additional $650 million coming from the federal government, there will be a lot of resources dedicated to solving the problem of broadband access…” Read More

Conservation programs can help solve nitrate crisis by Dan Wilson

“Similar to what it did in Flint, Mich., the EPA has determined that local Minnesota agencies have not been doing enough to protect Southeastern Minnesota residents from harmful elevated nitrate levels in their drinking water. In response to this, most elected officials seem more interested in grandstanding against imagined enemies than working on a solution. This is to be expected, as the EPA lays this disaster squarely in their laps...” Read More

EPA Ruling Is a Wake-up Call to All of Us by Dan Wilson by Dan Wilson

“Similar to what the EDA did in Flint, Mich., the EPA has determined that local Minnesota agencies have not been doing enough to protect south-eastern Minnesota residents from harmful elevated nitrate levels in their drinking water.

In response to this, most elected officials seem more interested in grandstanding against imagined enemies than working on a solution. This is to be expected, as the EPA lays this disaster squarely in their laps…” Read More

Let’s face up to the risks associated with groundwater nitrates in southeastern Minnesota by Dan Wilson

“As a farmer in southeastern Minnesota, I’ve seen my neighbors contract a myriad of entirely preventable diseases related to the water they have been drinking. 

Toddlers in our daycares have experienced birth defects and developmental delays due to preterm births and low birth rates, and it’s likely that our hospitals are filled with those undergoing treatments for entirely preventable cancers. All of this is caused by unsafe levels of nitrates in our groundwater…” Read More