by Sally Jo Sorensen In an October 30, 2012 poston Big Stone Bolder, Ain’t Nobody’s Business…, a BSB author noted: “The hearing date [Nov. 5] complies with the detailed timeline provided by Strata’s attorneys spelling out how The City might streamline Strata’s permitting when under City jurisdiction. The timeline assumes immediate City approval of the annexation … Continue reading »
by Sally Jo Sorensen Area residents and Ortonville city property owners learned Monday night that that they would only be able to speak to annexation issues, rather than a massive quarry project that was triggering the request for annexation of land from Ortonville Township into the City of Ortonville. In response to a large granite … Continue reading »
By Duane Ninneman Sometimes we don’t even need to ask the question to get the answer. That was the case on Thursday, October 25, when Supervisors from Ortonville Township convened a Community Information Forum to discuss recent developments surrounding Strata Corporation’s proposal to mine the granite outcrops at the headwaters of the Minnesota River. Sixty … Continue reading »
The public is invited to a Strata Quarry Community Information & Listening Session tonight (Thursday, October 25) at 7pm at the New Life Baptist Church at 605 Minnesota Street North in Ortonville. A plan by Strata Corporation of North Dakota to develop a granite aggregate quarry just south of Ortonville, in Ortonville Township, Big Stone … Continue reading »
On Monday, October 15 at 3 p.m. 30 citizens attended the City of Ortonville’s Planning and Zoning Commission hearing to consider proposed changes to the city’s annexation ordinance. The issue Local Ortonville Township landowners believe the change is designed to make it easier for Strata Corporation to move swiftly with plans to do an end … Continue reading »
Rebecca Terk writes in Annexation–Without the Mess! that: In order to make Strata Corporation’s plan to blast and crush the outcrops along the headwaters of the Minnesota River as smooth and painless as possible, the Planning Commission of the City of Ortonville is holding a public hearing October 15th to give lip service to the idea of … Continue reading »
by Rebecca Terk, crossposted from Big Stone Bounty Packets have gone out to the Ortonville City Council this evening for Monday’s 7pm meeting in the Ortonville Public Library Media Center. On the agenda, under New Business: “Hedge Annexation.” Rumors of Ortonville City’s possible annexation of the proposed Strata aggregate quarry site in Ortonville Township have … Continue reading »
While Memorial Day has come and gone, Ortonville Township continues to hold the line with its interim ordinance as its board writes zoning rules. Meanwhile, news of the Strata Corporation v. Cowboy Clark Mastel continues to spread throughout the corporation’s back yard in North Dakota. The May 25 Farm Forum, that familiar “Green Sheet” widely … Continue reading »
Krista’s feature, Ortonville Township vs. Strata Corporation; Corporate Juggernaut, Planning Commission Ignore Public Opposition is online at Fargo’s High Plains Reader. Read the whole thing at the Reader. Here’s a taste, along with more of Krista’s moving photos of rancher Clark Mastel: Upriver and across the continental divide in Big Stone County, Minnesota, Strata Corporation … Continue reading »
Shock continues to grow in Big Stone County and beyond as word gets around about the letter, (pdf here) that Strata drafted for rancher Clark Mastel to sign, renouncing his public statements about the big mining corporation’s blast and crush project. When Clark didn’t sign, he, his family, and 800 head of Angus cattle were … Continue reading »
