Workers used a front-end loader to lift the boom off of him. The man was taken to Hennepin County Medical Center with an injury to his right leg.

A Central Corridor light rail construction worker lost his hand and foot after heavy machinery rolled over on him Tuesday. The worker for contractor Ames Construction was working on an overpass near I-35W when the mobile lift he was in toppled over.

The town of Hallock is waiving fees for home lots in hopes that workers coming to staff a new canola plant will put down roots there. The town has seen a steady decline in population and now has fewer than a thousand residents for the first time since 1950.

The State Patrol reports that there were 88 crashes and 16 traffic-related injuries around Minnesota overnight, but no fatalities. This is the third consecutive year that there have not been any fatalities on New Year's Eve in Minnesota.

The region has lots of work available but few people and little housing. The lack of workers is holding back production at Arctic Cat and driving Digi-Key to the ends of the state and beyond in a desperate search for employees.