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Future of Clinton, MN, Grain Elevator Uncertain

Wheaton Dumont Co-op suffered devastating fire two weeks ago

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The messy cleanup of debris from a massive grain elevator fire in Clinton, MN, late last month continues, reports the Star Tribune.

Most of the scarred scrap metal strewn about the site had been picked up and moved out as of last week, as had the grain that spilled out amid the smoke and flames.

But two weeks after the fire drew scores of firefighters from neighboring communities to the western Minnesota farm town of 400 people, a feeling of uncertainty lingers.

Will Wheaton Dumont Co-Op Elevator, which owns and operates more than a dozen grain elevators in western Minnesota and the Dakotas, rebuild the structure that once dominated the town's skyline and served as a magnet for area farmers?

For now, it's up to the insurance company.

Read the full report at the Star Tribune.

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