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Frac sand ban not happening in Houston County

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Planning commission will ask board to reject the ban

The latest idea for banning the frac-sand business in Houston County had a short life. 

About 100 people attended a hearing in Caledonia, Minn., last week, mostly to support a plan to block fracking-related activity in the county. 

But, after a four-hour session, the county planning commission said it would ask the full county board to reject the ban. 

That decision apparently convinced the anti-mining activists that their new plan wasn’t going anywhere. 

At today’s Houston County Board meeting, a mining opponent was set to withdraw the request for new sand mining rules.

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A native of Prairie du Chien, Brad graduated from UW - La Crosse and has worked in radio news for more than 30 years, mostly in the La Crosse area. He regularly covers local courts and city and county government. Brad produces the features "Yesterday in La Crosse" and "What's Buried on Brad's Desk." He also writes the website "Triviazoids," which finds odd connections between events that happen on a certain date, and he writes and performs with the local comedy group Heart of La Crosse. Brad been featured on several national TV programs because of his memory skills.

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