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Greg Seitz is the founder and editor of St. Croix 360. He grew up in Stillwater and today lives in May Township, Minn. greg@stcroix360.com

Proposed hog operation near Trade River resubmits full application for state permit

By Greg Seitz | January 20, 2023 | 3 minute read

Cumberland LLC seeks to open facility that would house 26,000 swine in northwest Wisconsin.

Barrens Bandits, Part 2: Flight from justice and a fight for freedom

By Greg Seitz | December 30, 2022 | 9 minute read

The bandits flee the posse after their bold bank robbery, and two other men are charged with crimes they didn’t commit.

Barrens Bandits, Part 1: Brazen 1921 bank robbery set off massive manhunt

By Greg Seitz | December 23, 2022 | 7 minute read

St. Paul gangsters on an interstate crime spree were chased up, down, and across the river.

Flour power: Milling magnate’s stately St. Croix River lodge celebrates centennial

By Greg Seitz | December 16, 2022 | 7 minute read

Historic hunting and fishing retreat was built by Minneapolis grain baron Benjamin Sheffield.

River Falls to move ahead with federal agency partnership to study dam removals

By Greg Seitz | December 9, 2022 | 2 minute read

City approves working with Army Corps of Engineers to analyze possibilities and potential federal financial support.

Rural St. Croix Valley town fights lawsuit over rules for factory farms

By Greg Seitz | December 9, 2022 | 4 minute read

Laketown retains legal counsel to respond to challenge of new ordinance by industry group.

Getting to the goal

By Greg Seitz | December 1, 2022 | < 1 minute read

Readers are St. Croix 360’s only source of funding — and key to ensuring our independence.

Home, home on the river: Kids learn to love the St. Croix

By Greg Seitz | November 18, 2022 | 6 minute read

First-graders at a St. Croix Valley school spent this fall studying the river’s many unique qualities — and then shared what they learned with the community.

Federal funds could quicken Kinnickinnic River dam removal

By Greg Seitz | November 4, 2022 | 5 minute read

Army Corps of Engineers asks River Falls to work together to demolish two dams and restore river.

Cold case: Investigators ask for help identifying human remains found along St. Croix in 2002

By Greg Seitz | October 24, 2022 | 2 minute read

The discovery 20 years ago raised many questions, but few answers have been found so far.

Proposed hog operation near St. Croix tributary sees major setback

By Greg Seitz | October 21, 2022 | 3 minute read

DNR rejects request to revise manure management and says company must reapply for permits.

Fifty miles, fifty years: St. Croix River conservation leaders reflect on five decades since lower river protected

By Greg Seitz | October 14, 2022 | 7 minute read

Anniversary event featured panelists with many memories of efforts to preserve the river in its natural state.

Two lakes in St. Croix River watershed receive new names to remove racist slur

By Greg Seitz | October 11, 2022 | < 1 minute read

Federal board approves new names, including one recommended by Ojibwe band.

Conservation groups petition Minnesota DNR to protect native “rough fish”

By Greg Seitz | October 6, 2022 | 2 minute read

Formal request seeks science-based management of fish that have long been largely ignored.

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