HERMANTOWN — For now, all work on a proposed massive data center in the southwest corner of this city has been placed on hold, as the Minnesota Environmental Quality Board agreed that further review of the project is warranted.

A petition signed by more than 100 concerned area residents triggered the pause, allowing time to consider whether an Environmental Assessment Worksheet should be prepared to avoid any potential harm to neighbors, the landscape and/or local waters, including Rocky Run, a designated trout stream

Hermantown city officials previously had assured the public that an already completed Alternative Urban Areawide Review was sufficient to demonstrate that the project would have no serious adverse impacts. But an Oct. 21 email from the Environmental Quality Board ordered th

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