Drainage projects in southwest Minnesota are on the list of recipients of a total $3.1 million in state grant funding, the Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources (BWSR) announced this week. The Lyon County Soil and Water Conservation District, Yellow Medicine County, and Area II Minnesota River Basin Projects were among the local governments and organizations awarded Water Quality and Storage Program grants, BWSR said. Lyon County SWCD Administrator John Biren said Thursday that the SWCD hadn’t yet received formal notification of a grant award from BWSR. But they had applied for ...