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Man killed, 2 injured in Amish buggy crash
LANESBORO, Minn. (AP) -- Authorities say a 21-year-old man has died following a hit-and-run collision between a vehicle and an Amish buggy in southeast Minnesota.
KSTP-TV reports the crash happened Friday afternoon near Lanesboro. Authorities say the man, whose name has not been released, was hospitalized following the crash and later died. Two male teenagers were injured in the crash.
Authorities say 24-year-old Connor Keene of Canton left the scene after hitting the buggy, and his vehicle was found hidden in a hayfield west of the crash scene.
Environmental, corporate partnership strong
KASOTA, Minn. (AP) -- Environmentalists and a mining company will be hosting an open house at the Kasota Prairie in Minnesota with the hopes of introducing more people to the nature area.
Environmentalists and Unimin management, now Covia Corporation, jostled for years over the stretch of grassland near the silica sand mining company's Kasota plant, The Free Press reported. Their court battles in the 1980s gave way to a prairie restoration agreement and partnership that's still going strong.
The Sept. 15 open house is a way to ensure the land's future, said Eric Steinmetz, a member of the Save the Kasota Prairie group.
"Getting people to come out here and appreciate what we saved here is all part of saving the prairie," he said.
St. Paul suggests ending overdue library fees
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter is proposing a clean slate for the 51,000 delinquent library cardholders who owe money for overdue books at the city's public libraries.
Carter's proposal would forgive more than $2.5 million in accumulated library fees and eliminate fines for overdue books altogether, the Star Tribune reported.
He's asking the City Council to approve $215,000 in extra library funding for next year. It would replace revenue collected each year in fines. Library users will still have to pay for lost or damaged items.
"That will unlock the doors to our libraries, so that we can truly say that everyone in our community is welcome at the St. Paul Public Library and that everyone in our community can afford to check out a book from the St. Paul Public Library," Carter said.