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Railroad panel urged to finish work in 6 months

(The Associated Press circulated the following article on January 30.) BROOKINGS, S.D. — A special committee set up to review an agreement the Brookings City Council reached with the Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad last year has been urged to finish its...

Rail hearing waits again

(The Associated Press circulated the following article by Chet Brokaw on January 17.) PIERRE, S.D. — A state hearing has been postponed for a second time on the Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad’s request to use eminent domain for its proposed $6 billion...

DM&E needs support — legislator

(The following article by Bill Harlan was posted on the Rapid City Journal website on January 4.) RAPID CITY, S.D. — The expansion of the Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad is as important to western South Dakota as converting the Homestake gold mine into...

Landowners object to rail plan

(The following article by Dustin Bleizeffer was posted on the Casper Star-Tribune website on January 2.) CASPER, Wyo. — Donley Darnell and Rick Wehri are ranchers in the Thunder Basin National Grassland in northeast Wyoming, where the Dakota, Minnesota &...

Probe of DM&E project requested

(The Associated Press circulated the following on December 28.) SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Two U.S. House members want the House to investigate a proposed $2.3 billion federal loan for the Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad’s coal train project. The Federal...

Probe of DM&E project requested

(The Associated Press circulated the following on December 28.) SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Two U.S. House members want the House to investigate a proposed $2.3 billion federal loan for the Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad’s coal train project. The Federal...