All quiet on the western front concerning the Appleton prison facility
Unlike previous years, there is no movement afoot in the state Legislature or in the Appleton community to campaign for the re-opening of the Prairie Correctional Facility. The pandemic has put this discussion on pause, but interest in and hope for future use of the facility remains very much alive. 12:00 am, Mar. 1, 2021 ×
The Prairie Correctional Facility at Appleton in a Tribune file photo.
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APPLETON It’s quiet on the western front this legislative session, as compared to previous years when bills were introduced and local campaigns launched to promote the reopening of the Prairie Correctional Facility in Appleton.
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BENSON, MINN. – In the fields outside this western Minnesota city is a conveyor belt to nowhere.
Twenty feet off the ground, it ends abruptly, dangling in midair where it used to connect to a giant power plant.
Dozens of Minnesota businesspeople say they ve met the same fate as that conveyor belt cut off and left dangling by the Legislature, which urged them to invest in a cutting-edge biomass energy operation here, then pulled the plug on the Fibrominn plant halfway through what was supposed to be a 22-year commitment.