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Brainerd fish house company to pay $115,000 to settle discrimination claim

Brainerd fish house company to pay $115,000 to settle discrimination claim

The Minnesota Department of Human Rights says Glacier Ice House laid off an employee who was on leave for cancer treatment, and didn’t give the worker a chance to move into a different position.
by Kirsti Marohn

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Bear incidents on the rise in Cass County

Bear incidents on the rise in Cass County

Officials said the best way to keep bears away is to secure food, including bird feed and garbage.
by Harshawn Ratanpal

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Where’s the water? Drought dries up Minnesota lake levels

Where’s the water? Drought dries up Minnesota lake levels

In north-central Minnesota, a persistent drought stretching over several years has created a “storage drought,” depleting water stored in lakes, streams and groundwater. It will take months of above-normal rainfall before they bounce back.
by Kirsti Marohn

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Jalapeños linked to a U.S. and Chipotle salmonella outbreak are tracked to a Mexican farm and a distributor

Jalapeños linked to a U.S. and Chipotle salmonella outbreak are tracked to a Mexican farm and a distributor

Federal officials have traced a multistate salmonella outbreak to jalapeño peppers from a grower in Sinaloa, Mexico. At least 345 people in 27 states have fallen ill. Most cases are in Minnesota and Colorado.
by The Associated Press

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Minnesota lettuce grower Revol Greens may close Owatonna greenhouse and lay off 89 workers

Minnesota lettuce grower Revol Greens may close Owatonna greenhouse and lay off 89 workers

Revol Greens, which grows lettuce and other greens in a massive greenhouse facility near Owatonna, may close and lay off nearly a hundred employees in October if it can’t find a buyer for the company or an infusion of funding.
by Molly Castle Work

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Rain helps contain wildfires so more of the BWCA will reopen, but fires burn on

Rain helps contain wildfires so more of the BWCA will reopen, but fires burn on

The U.S. Forest service says recent rains have helped firefighters in their effort to contain several wildfires burning in and around Minnesota’s Boundary Waters. Now, the fires are at least 50 percent contained and some are fully contained.
by Hannah Yang

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‘That job changed my life‘: Former Pearson's employee reflects on her days on the candy line

‘That job changed my life‘: Former Pearson's employee reflects on her days on the candy line

On Friday, the maker of the legendary Salted Nut Roll, Pearson’s Candy Company, announced it will close its St. Paul factory. Traci Travis worked there for about eight years in the early 2000s. She is 27 years sober and says the job helped her stabilize her life after treatment.
by Kelly Gordon, Alanna Elder and Aleesa Kuznetsov

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Forest Service to open more of the Boundary Waters to canoeing as wildfire concerns ease

Forest Service to open more of the Boundary Waters to canoeing as wildfire concerns ease

Several popular lakes in the Boundary Waters will reopen to day use beginning July 31, including Moose Lake and the Number Chain of lakes near Ely, and Saganaga and Seagull Lakes at the end of the Gunflint Trail.
by Dan Kraker

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Back into the BWCA: Canoeing campers return to the wilderness after wildfire closure

Back into the BWCA: Canoeing campers return to the wilderness after wildfire closure

The Forest Service Thursday reopens about 40 percent of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness to overnight campers. But some outfitters say more access should be allowed as the wildfire risk wanes.
by Dan Kraker

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State's first 'farm stop' opens in south Minneapolis

State's first 'farm stop' opens in south Minneapolis

MPR News host Clay Masters spoke with Radish Farm Stop owner Lily Gross last April about opening the unique store and spoke to her again last Friday to see how the farm stop's first week went.
by Clay Masters and Aron Woldeslassie

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