Bushmills Ethanol in Atwater has agreed to pay a civil penalty after discharging polluted wastewater from 2008 and 2011 and providing false information about those discharges.
Popular TikToker showed his life as a federal agent. Charges say it's all a lie.
Authorities allege the Minnesota man has a long history of deceit.
Minnesota's COVID-19 update for Tuesday, September 21
Today's report features cumulative data from Saturday, Sunday and Monday.
6 Minnesota schools named National Blue Ribbon Schools
The schools are recognized for their academic performance or progress in closing the achievement gap.
Stalk & Spade opening a second location, this one in Edina
The 50th and France location will open in "early 2022."
Burnsville Center seeking approval to aid in redeveloping struggling mall
The Burnsville City Council will vote on the plan on Tuesday.
Watch: Deputy springs to action as classic car burns near house
It was a race against time as the flames neared the house.
Mike Zimmer needs to become 'Riverboat Zim' to save the Vikings
Zimmer's tendencies have put him on the edge of the hot seat.
Fridley woman guilty of all charges for role in Monique Baugh murder
Monique Baugh died New Year's Eve 2019 after being kidnapped and shot.
COVID vaccination site at Mall of America to expand hours, capacity
The site will increase its capacity to 500 doses a day.
Iron Range senator's wife charged with domestic assault
Sen. Tomassoni said he didn't think he'd be able to defend himself due to his ALS diagnosis.
CDC: Minnesotans sickened by salmonella from unknown food source
Minnesota has reported the second-most cases so far.
Rosen receives handwritten cards from entire Gopher football team
Rosen lost his wife to brain cancer on August 30.
Bloomington-based Advanced BioEnergy to sell Nebraska ethanol plant
Advanced BioEnergy, based in Bloomington, Minn., says it plans to sell its largest ethanol plant in southeast Nebraska to Flint Hills Resources, the Pioneer Press reports. The Kansas-based refiner has agreed to pay more than $170 million. Advanced BioEnergy CEO Rich Peterson told the newspaper he believes it is the highest sale price for a U.S. ethanol plant in four years.
Fairmont ethanol plant shutting down
Biofuel Energy says it's closing its ethanol plant in Fairmont until the price of corn comes down. The drought that has ravaged the Midwest's corn crop has pushed up corn prices and erased the profit margins of ethanol producers. A plant in Little Falls shut its doors this summer.
Minnesota ethanol plant faces felony charges
Southwest Minnesota ethanol cooperative Corn Plus faces felony charges after federal regulators accuse them of misleading reports about pollution equipment. The latest complaint says company officials falsely claim pollution equipment was working when it wasn't. It's the latest in a series of environmental infractions.
As corn gets scarce and expensive, more ethanol plants shutting down
There's no word on when an idled ethanol plant in Little Falls might reopen. But plant closings are becoming more common in an industry squeezed by drought-inflated corn prices. At least seven ethanol plants in the Midwest have closed and many others are operating at reduced capacity.
High price of corn idles Little Falls ethanol plant
The Central Minnesota Ethanol Co-Op has suspended operations until they can buy corn or sell ethanol at a better price, the St. Cloud Times reports. The Little Falls plant is using the downtime to complete maintenance and other projects, but most of the 30 employees are out of work.
Ethanol producers gather in Minnesota
The 28th International Fuel Ethanol Workshop and Expo, the largest trade show for the country's ethanol producers, is taking place at the Minneapolis Convention Center this week. On Tuesday, the convention highlighted how the ethanol industry is faring since the expiration of a federal tax credit.
Report: Ethanol industry pumps $5 billion into Minnesota economy
Minnesota’s ethanol industry generated more than $5 billion in total economic activity in 2011 and supported more than 12,600 jobs, according to a new report from the Minnesota Department of Agriculture, the Alexandria Echo Press reports.
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