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Dan Gunderson

Dan Gunderson

Reporter
Minnesota Public Radio
dgunderson@mpr.org

Dan Gunderson joined Minnesota Public Radio's Moorhead bureau in 1987. He enjoys covering a wide variety of issues and meeting the many interesting people in communities across northwest Minnesota and North Dakota. Dan lives in Moorhead with his wife and two children.

Dan Gunderson Feature Archive

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In Moorhead, school funding woes concern entire city

Nine of every 10 Minnesota schools now depend on voter-approved tax increases to pay their bills. But what happens when voters reject a tax increase and schools make deep budget cuts? That's what happened in Moorhead, and budget woes for schools are affecting the entire city. (11/19/2009)
Cordwood home

Builder hoping cordwood home design catches on

A northern Minnesota school teacher will soon move into an unusual new home built of firewood logs in an effort to create affordable, energy efficient homes on the White Earth Reservation using an old construction technique. (11/11/2009)
Whitetail buck

DNR says deer poaching on the rise in Minnesota

The DNR says poaching is on the increase and poachers kill hundreds of deer illegally every year, some for money, some apparently just for fun. (11/05/2009)

Corroding Williams sewage treatment plant concerns town

A sewage treatment plant in a small northern Minnesota town is failing and threatens to dump thousands of gallons of raw sewage into Lake of the Woods. (11/03/2009)

Dakotas' two largest medical providers complete merger

The two largest medical providers in the Dakotas have completed a merger. (11/02/2009)

Ring dike program will protect more than just farms

More than $4 million will pay for ring dikes around farmsteads in the Red River Valley, but flood protection is only a secondary goal for the federal program. (10/27/2009)

Fargo-Moorhead grapples with prospect of $1 billion flood diversion plans

Many Fargo-Moorhead residents favor a diversion ditch to route part of the Red River around the two cities. The ditches could be from a quarter- to a half-mile wide and 15 to 20 miles long. (10/22/2009)

Officials outline top solutions for Fargo-Moorhead flood control

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has identified several possible solutions to the chronic flooding in Fargo-Moorhead, including a diversion plan that officials said had it been in place last March, the millions of sandbags and emergency dikes would not have been needed. (10/19/2009)

Flood-control projects hinge on economic impact numbers

The Army Corps of Engineers has identified 14 options in Fargo-Moorhead for flood control, but there's a catch. For a plan to gain federal approval, the benefit to taxpayers must be greater than the project cost. (10/15/2009)

Critics say changes may hurt welfare fraud investigations

The Minnesota Department of Human Services is expanding its welfare fraud program to more counties. (10/08/2009)

Fargo site to be part of nationwide environmental monitoring project

A new nationwide environmental monitoring network will start collecting data next year at 60 sites. (10/02/2009)

Board extends nickname deadline for Fighting Sioux

The North Dakota board of higher education is offering new hope to supporters of the Fighting Sioux nickname. (10/01/2009)

Officials consider deadline extension for retiring 'Fighting Sioux'

The North Dakota Board of Higher Education will consider extending an Oct. 1 deadline for retiring the Fighting Sioux nickname. (09/25/2009)

Wetlands loss outpacing restoration efforts

Even though Minnesota is spending millions to restore wetlands as part of the state's 50-year plan to add 2 million acres of waterfowl habitat in the state, the state is still losing more than it restores. (09/25/2009)

Pilots flying missions in Iraq and Afghanistan - from Fargo

This year, U.S. Air Force trained more unmanned aerial vehicle pilots than traditional pilots, and some of those pilots are flying missions in Iraq and Afghanistan from halfway across the world in Fargo. (09/15/2009)