APPLETON, Minn. — President Donald Trump’s ideas about immigrants and the economy went from pathetically stupid to ...
The agreement between Appleton, Minnesota and CoreCivic secures $1.5 million upfront alongside $1.26 million annually to help fund local police, fire, and public works after the city stood to lose 30% ...
A small crowd gathered outside the Appleton Civic Center late in the day on Saturday, Sept. 17, to protest the re-opening of ...
CoreCivic, the private prison company opening a new immigrant detention center in Appleton, Minnesota, has offered to pay the city more than $1.2 million per year. CoreCivic sold the Prairie ...
A long-rumored Trump administration plan to repurpose a private prison in rural western Minnesota for use as a detention center for undocumented immigrants has come to fruition. Prison industry giant ...
This story has been updated since initial publication to add comment from CoreCivic, correct a tax figure and add that property taxes for 2026 have been paid in full. — Prison ...
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An empty 1,600-bed private prison has sat idly on land that was once a soybean field in rural Appleton, Minnesota since the prison failed and, as a result, tanked the town’s economy in 2010. Now, ICE ...
The Appleton City Council voted Wednesday to accept terms outlined in a memorandum of understanding with the company that will be managing the new ICE detention facility in Appleton. The city of ...
A long-rumored Trump administration plan to repurpose a private prison in rural western Minnesota for use as a detention center for undocumented immigrants has come to fruition. Prison industry giant ...
The front gates of vacant Prairie Correctional Facility in 2016, years after the prison closed in 2010. (Photo by West Central Tribune, Willmar, Minnesota) An empty 1,600-bed private prison has sat ...