Plans for a major expansion and improvements at the Appleton Area Recreational Park have come to an end. Last fall the Swift County Board voted to use $600,000 in reserve funds and a 1 million dollar ...

Federal officials have been searching for a place to expand immigrant detention in Minnesota, and the shuttered private ...

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 ...

Internal ICE planning documents propose spending up to $50 million on a privately run network capable of shipping immigrants in custody hundreds of miles across the Upper Midwest.

ST. PAUL — Minnesota Sen. Torrey Westrom, R–Alexandria, is calling for immediate public hearings on the decision to close the Minnesota Correctional Facility in Stillwater and is urging the state to ...

Faith and community group representatives held a prayer vigil Tuesday to urge Appleton civic leaders to pause talks with the owner of the prison about its use as a detention facility. Bishop Jen Nagel ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dozens of faith leaders and community members gather in Appleton, MN Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025 to protest the likely re-opening of ...

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 ...