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<DESCRIPTION>POWER OF ATTORNEY (PUBLIC): POA
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POWER OF ATTORNEY

            Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes
and appoints each of Paul K. Sandness and Debra S. Anderson, signing singly,
the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

  (1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
capacity as an officer and/or director of MDU Resources Group, Inc.
(the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

  (2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such
Form 3, 4, or 5 and timely file such form with the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar
authority; and

  (3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit
to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it
being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on
behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in
such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.

            The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact
full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing
whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of
any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and
purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with
full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or
substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power
of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned
acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in
such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor
is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to
comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

            This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect
until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with
respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities
issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a
signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

            IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power
of Attorney to be executed as of this 7th day of January, 2013.

						/s/ Kenneth Frank Morehouse
								Signature

						Kenneth Frank Morehouse
								Print Name
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