BAYPORT, Minn. — The state of Minnesota announced plans to shutter the Minnesota Correctional Facility in Stillwater in a phased closure, a move some employees and labor unions strongly oppose.

The Minnesota Correction Facility in Stillwater, the 111-year-old prison near the Wisconsin border, will be closed by 2029, KARE 11 reports. “‘Despite the dedicated efforts of DOC staff to ...

Minnesota's Stillwater correctional facility is set to close by 2029, as part of a budget agreement struck by the Legislature. The facility houses between 1,100 and 1,200 inmates and employs ...

The Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC) says its Stillwater prison will be undergoing a phased closure as part of the state’s economic plan, as well as decrease the amount of current ...

BAYPORT, Minn. — State leaders have agreed to a “phased closure” of the Stillwater state prison which will be completed in 2029, citing safety and costly maintenance concerns at the historic ...

State leaders have agreed to a “phased closure” of the Stillwater state prison which will be completed in 2029, citing safety and costly maintenance concerns at the historic facility.

After Sibanye-Stillwater laid off 40% of its Montana workforce and scaled-down its mining operations in Stillwater and Sweet Grass counties at the end of 2024, the company is entering the new ...

The approximately $5 million in federal funding spent on 50 projects in Carbon and Stillwater counties to address damage from the historic June 2022 flood has some landowners, officials ...

Tim Walz's desk for signature. Closing the Stillwater Correctional Facility is part of the judiciary and public safety budget that the House and Senate approved on Sunday as the Legislature nears ...

ST PAUL, Minn. — Union leaders are calling on Gov. Tim Walz and legislative leaders to stop the closure of the Stillwater Correctional Facility. “The proposed state budget agreement that ...

A proposal to close the 111-year-old Stillwater state prison in Bayport is meeting pushback as well. As a group of legislators and clergy held a news conference and prayer vigil against the health ...

The opening of a popular Saratoga County beach is being pushed back one week. Brown’s Beach will open next Saturday, May 31. It was supposed to open this Saturday, May 24. It’s being delayed ...