Stillwater prison to close 

The Minnesota Correction Facility in Stillwater the -year-old prison near the Wisconsin frontier will be closed by KARE reports Despite the dedicated efforts of DOC staff to keep the facility running the conditions at Stillwater have deteriorated to the point that they compromise the safety efficiency and operational integrity Minnesota Corrections Commissioner Paul Schnell informed reporters at a news conference Thursday afternoon The facility has staggering maintenance demands and an outdated design that cannot meet modern standards for defense and safety The wildfires burning in northeastern Minnesota are growing more slowly due to lower temperatures higher humidity and more firefighters and urgency crews work together to slow the spread MPR News reports All together the three biggest fires have now consumed about square miles of forest close to the size of the city of Minneapolis Minnetonka-based UnitedHealth Group s stock has tumbled further after the Wall Street Journal announced that the Department of Justice is assessing the insurance giant for realizable Medicare fraud UnitedHealth Group dismissed the Wall Street Journal s description in a comment to FOX We have not been notified by the Department of Justice of the supposed criminal probe announced without official attribution in the Wall Street Journal in the present day The WSJ s reporting is deeply irresponsible as even it admits that the exact nature of the possible criminal assertions is unclear We stand by the integrity of our Medicare Advantage effort If you re one of the thousands of fairgoers who park on Falcon Heights streets during the State Fair you ll be in for a surprise this year The city will charge to park on their streets from a m to p m during the days of the fair according to the Star Tribune How did we get here The city convened a State Fair task force of contributors in to look at quality-of-life issues for local residents during the fair Stories of fairgoers peeing in yards or even ringing the doorbells of locals to ask if they could use the bathroom had piled up The task force came up with the parking fee plan last year then presented it at a inhabitants hearing in March Falcon Cam has been a success The live stream set up by the Minnesota Department of Natural Information watched the progress of four peregrine falcon eggs Over Mother s Day weekend all four Falcon Cam eggs hatched Now the momma bird will be responsible for the bulk of their brooding and feeding duties Over the coming weeks the chicks will grow a second coat of white down feathers and become more progressing reports KSTP The post Stillwater prison to close appeared first on MinnPost