DEPARTMENTS

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THE UPPER MIDWEST’S PROBLEM-SOLVING ABILITY STANDS OUT BY TOM DENNIS

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HOW THE REGION’S COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES ARE MEETING THE ENROLLMENT CHALLENGE

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SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL, WHEN IT COMES TO HOUSING THE GROWING WORKFORCE IN THIEF RIVER FALLS, MINN.

Energy

FOR CARBON-CAPTURE TECHNOLOGY, A NEW DAY HAS DAWNED BY BRAD CRABTREE

Law

JEFF FAGERSTROM, DIRECTOR OF THE NORTHWEST MINNESOTA HOUSING COOPERATIVE, STANDS IN FRONT OF THE COOPERATIVE’S DEVELOPMENT OF SMALLER HOMES IN THIEF RIVER FALLS, MINN.

IMAGE: NICK NELSON/FORUM NEWS SERVICE

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Workplace Safety

TWO WORDS HELP ORGANIZATIONS DEAL WITH THE THREAT OF ACTIVE SHOOTERS: PREVENT AND PREPARE BY DON MOSEMAN

Business Insider

AVOIDING THESE COMMON PITFALLS CAN HELP AVOID EMPLOYEE LAWSUITS BY SETH THOMPSON AND KRISANN NORBY-JAHNER 20

WINDOWS OF OPPORTUNITY A Q&A WITH PAUL MARVIN, THE FOURTH-GENERATION MARVIN TO LEAD MINNESOTA’S ICONIC MARVIN FAMILY OF BRANDS

Our Senior Water Resource Engineer, Tom, loves a challenge. That’s why when designing a solution for stormwater retention/detention, Tom got creative. By creating an eco-friendly solution over a traditional pump station, this portion of flood control provided an innovative approach and saved the Souris River Joint Board millions of dollars in the process.

Turning his passion into progress, that’s what Tom is most proud of. And we are, too.

To learn more about the Centennial Pond/Perkett Ditch project, visit our website at www.ackerman-estvold.com/projects