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Buffalo residents grapple with bitter truth: It can happen here

Buffalo residents grapple with bitter truth: It can happen here Buffalo residents grapple with a rare outburst of violence.  February 11, 2021 4:49am Text size Copy shortlink: BUFFALO, MINN. – Residents of this Wright County town Wednesday were coming to grips with a bitter truth that countless other American towns have faced: It can happen here. The day after a mass shooting left one dead and four wounded at an Allina Health clinic, people were wrestling with the event, trying to make sense of the senseless. It s a small town. I can t believe it happened, said Joann Innamorato, packing up sandwich orders behind the counter at BJ s Deli. If it was California or New York, you could see it.

Shutdown of Benson, Minn , biomass plant, leaves suppliers in lurch

Shutdown of Benson, Minn., biomass plant, leaves suppliers in lurch John Reinan, Star Tribune © Star Tribune/Star Tribune/Photos by GLEN STUBBE • glen.stubbe@startribune.com/Star Tribune/TNS Randy Tersteeg, left, and Jesus Bazaldua stood in the North American Fertilizer warehouse that once held ash fertilizer from biomass maker Fibrominn. 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.

Minnesota briefs: Financial cleanup continues at swindled Ashby ag co-op

Minnesota briefs: Financial cleanup continues at swindled Ashby ag co-op January 16, 2021 1:37pm Text size Copy shortlink: Swindled ag co-op looking for payback In an ongoing attempt to clean up the mess from a massive financial swindle, an Ashby agricultural co-op is seeking more than $125,000 from local vendors whom it claims should have known they were being paid fraudulently. Ashby Farmers Cooperative Elevator Co. is suing Skjeret Concrete of Fergus Falls and Tri-County Foam Insulation of Alexandria. In court documents, the co-op said both companies did work on the personal home of the co-op s manager, Jerry Hennessey, and were paid with checks drawn on the co-op s business account.

Gnome hunt brings holiday fun to St Paul parks

Gnome hunt brings holiday fun to St. Paul parks St. Paul s parks workers hid a few cute tree fellows for holiday family fun.  December 31, 2020 8:53am Text size Copy shortlink: Circling the trees, they spotted it, squatting Zen-like in the undergrowth. There it is! There it is! shouted 7-year-old Mason Thorson, pointing excitedly at the strange creature. What was it? A bobcat? A bear cub? No, it was Goldy the Golden Gnome of the St. Paul park system. This year, as a holiday treat, the parks staff created a tree gnome scavenger hunt, hiding 11 gnomes in city parks, with rhyming clues to their locations. Ten of the gnomes stay in their designated homes, but Goldy moves to a different park each week.

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