MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
ON MY MIND First day back to work at MnDOT
After 20 days of the Minnesota government shutdown, I was contacted by my supervisor yesterday afternoon (July 20) to go back to work today. The shutdown was over. The waiting was over. The anxiety w...
Posted on 7/22/11 at 12:02 AM
MNDOT reschedules highway project informational meetings 
The Minnesota Department of Transportation has rescheduled information meetings related to a project to repair concrete on sections of state Highways 2, 200, and 220 during the 2013 construction season.
By Herald Staff Report , February 15, 2013
2 finalists emerge for Minnesota transportation chief
The chief executive of a major Minnesota-based bus company and a veteran state employee emerged Thursday as two finalists to lead the Minnesota Department of Transportation.
By Brian Bakst , December 06, 2012
MnDOT places new US flags on bridges
Minnesota transportation officials have installed their own U.S. flags on highway overpasses in the northwest Twin Cities. MnDOT was criticized after ordering a Veterans of Foreign Wars outpost to remove U.S. flags from bridges.
By Associated Press , July 20, 2012
Bill for 2011 Minnesota Government shutdown rising
The toll from last year’s political standoff that shut down state government is still rising on Minnesota’s highways. The cost of settling the claims of contractors for road work that was suspended last summer has doubled in the last few months and will climb much higher. Motorists, too, are about to pay a heavy price this summer from the added hassle of dealing with highway work leftover from 2011 to new construction scheduled for this year.
By Pat Doyle , May 03, 2012
Meeting planned for Highway 11 improvements
The Minnesota Department of Transportation will hold a meeting next week to discuss improvements planned this year for state Highway 11 from Baudette to Clementson.
By Herald Staff Report , April 03, 2012
AROUND MINNESOTA: Moorhead slaying trial starts ... Man who died in fall ID'd ... Fund for boy crushed at clinic ... more
Trial will start this week for a man accused of killing his former neighbor in Moorhead nearly 18 years ago.
By Associated Press , June 13, 2011
MnDOT offers chance to shape transportation system
Minnesotans are being offered the chance to help determine a vision for the state's transportation system for the next 50 years when the Minnesota Department of Transportation hosts a workshop Tuesday at the Mall of America in Bloomington.
By Associated Press , June 11, 2011
Minnesota's Bridge to Never?
Debate heats up over stalled St. Croix River bridgeAlaska had its Bridge to Nowhere. It’s starting to look as though Minnesota and Wisconsin might be planning the Bridge to Never. Progress on building a $668 million bridge across the St. Croix River stalled in October when the National Park Service — reversing an opinion issued five years ago — said the bridge should not be allowed because the river is protected by the U.S. Wild and Scenic Rivers Act.
By Mary Divine , December 03, 2010
MnDOT warns of blowing, drifting snow over roads
The Minnesota Department of Transportation advises motorists in northwestern Minnesota to drive with extreme caution due to blowing and drifting snow creating scattered slippery areas and reduced visibility.
By Bemidji Pioneer , November 30, 2010
MnDOT braces for holiday winter storm
The Minnesota Department of Transportation says it's switching over to a 24-hour operation today and Thursday with snow in the forecast during a busy week of travel.
By Associated Press , November 24, 2010
MnDOT to launch flood mitigation program
The Minnesota Department of Transportation is launching a $50 million program aimed at making the state's roads more resistant to future flood damage.
By Associated Press , October 20, 2010
Highway 169 repairs near St. Peter, Minn., to cost $250K
It will cost about $250,000 to fix a 200-foot section of Highway 169 that washed away during recent floods just north of St. Peter, Minn.
By Associated Press , October 06, 2010
Road closed due to propane leak in Beltrami County
Fern Lake Road Southwest, located in Grant Valley Township in southwestern Beltrami County, was closed this morning about 1.5 miles south of Becida Road Southwest.
By Bemidji Pioneer Press , August 30, 2010
AROUND MINNESOTA: 2 charged after baby left in hot car ... ATV driver swerves to avoid deer, dies ... Teen gets 15 years for shooting death ... more
A Minneapolis couple is now charged with child neglect and endangerment after their newborn boy was found crying in a hot car.
By Forum Communications and Associated Press , July 30, 2010
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