— A decade ago, Appleton tipped into a spiral of economic duress, signaled by a sound no louder than the whir and clang of an electronic gate in February 2010. moved the majority of its operations and ...

ST. PAUL – An abandoned western Minnesota prison became a viable option to house state prisoners Wednesday when two Democratic senators said that leasing space in it makes more sense than new ...

as a top turret gunner on a B-24 bomber with the 15th Air Force in Italy and had 15 combat missions behind him when he was reported missing over the Adriatic Sea on Jan. 20, 1945. He never returned ...

APPLETON - Aldermanic candidate Maiyoua Thao raised nearly $13,000 in the first five weeks of her election campaign, far outpacing the war chest of any other aldermanic candidate on record. Thao said ...

Minnesota is courting an influx of 1,600 Pennsylvania prison inmates, hoping to save jobs at Prairie Correctional Facility, a private prison in Appleton. The prison, owned by Corrections Corporation ...

APPLETON, Minn. — The Prairie Correctional Facility in Appleton could become a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center. That’s according to new reporting from the Washington Post ...

APPLETON, Minn. — For nearly 50 years, the public TV station in this Swift County town has dutifully offered its rural viewers the time-honored menu of public broadcasting: many children’s shows, some ...

Minnesota’s only privately owned prison, vacant for 15 years, may get a new life as a detention facility for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The shuttered Prairie Correctional Facility in ...

MONTEVIDEO, Minn. — An Appleton man was killed and four others injured in a two-vehicle crash on Minnesota Highway 7/U.S. Highway 59 in Chippewa County at 4:19 p.m. on Sunday. The Minnesota State ...

ST. Paul, Minn. (AP) -- Republicans pushed legislation though a committee on Tuesday to re-open a privately run prison in western Minnesota despite repeated interruptions from protesters who briefly ...

APPLETON — An Appleton resident said he is exploring his legal options after receiving a written warning advising him that he cannot enter the city office building for one year. Mitchell Fett said he ...

APPLETON, Minn. — A western Minnesota town is mourning the loss of a beloved butcher. Curtis Olson, 35, was killed a week ago this past Sunday after his pickup truck collided with an SUV near the town ...