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BAYPORT, Minn. — Planning to carry out the closure of the Minnesota Correctional Facility in Stillwater four years from now ...
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. According to a news ...
Hundreds gathered in Stillwater on Monday to honor fallen service members during the city's 21st annual Memorial Day ceremony. The event, hosted by the Stillwater Veterans Memorial Committee ...
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 ...
The phased closure of Minnesota Correctional Facility–Stillwater has been confirmed by state officials on Thursday. The closure of Minnesota's second largest prison will take place over the next ...
Top Minnesota lawmakers and Gov ... 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 ...
Minnesota Department of Corrections Commissioner Paul Schnell detailed the plan to close the Stillwater prison by June 30, 2029. Here's what to expect as the prison closes. Supreme Court deals new ...
Chris Shaffer was raised in Stillwater, Minnesota and left our great state for four years to attend the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, where he earned degrees in Meteorology and Mass ...
A Minnesota Department of Corrections K9 officer patrols the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Stillwater as members of the Minnesota House Corrections Division tour the Bayport facility in January ...
The Minnesota Senate on Sunday night, in a 34-33 vote, passed a public safety bill that includes the closure of the 111-year-old state prison in Stillwater. It’s a key part of the budget deal ...
Three wildfires in northern Minnesota’s Arrowhead region have grown from a few hundred acres to several thousand, with new evacuations and reports of destroyed buildings increasing by the day.
Progress is being made battling three wildfires in northern Minnesota, including the Camp ... orders for people living near the fires (see map below). You can check the evacuation areas here.