Evergreen Acres Dairy farm owner Keith Schaefer faces one count of racketeering and several counts of wage theft after allegedly devising a scheme to withhold hours worked from employee paychecks.

Ellison and his team estimated that Evergreen Acres Dairy robbed immigrant workers of up to $3 million in wages. The complaint filed at Stearns County District Court said owners Keith Schaefer ...

Ellison estimates Evergreen Acres Dairy had withheld at least $3 million in wages from its employees and alleged that the business also retaliated against any workers who raised questions about ...

On Thursday, Ellison’s office announced a settlement with Evergreen Acres Dairy, which operates facilities in central Minnesota. Ellison’s office had filed a lawsuit against the company in ...

Keith Lawrence Schaefer, 57, of Richmond, owner of Evergreen Acres Dairy LLC, faces racketeering and wage theft charges, according to Attorney General Keith Ellison’s office. This picture ...

Keith Lawrence Schaefer, 57, of Richmond, owner of Evergreen Acres Dairy LLC, was charged in Stearns County District Court, according to a Tuesday news release from Minnesota Attorney General ...

A cockroach crawls along the door seal of a refrigerator in a worker housing unit attached to a barn leased by Evergreen Acres Dairy near Freeport, Minn. This undated pair of photos are included ...

When workers approached Keith Lawrence Schaefer, the 57-year-old owner of Evergreen Acres Dairy who was involved in the farm’s day-to-day operations, he would threaten to call the police or ...

and made threats on the workers' employment and lives Evergreen Acres Dairy, based in rural Paynesville, Minnesota, will pay back wages and make repairs to its worker housing to settle a lawsuit ...