Seventy-five years ago, a May newspaper article reported 5,000 tons of hemp were stacked at the site of the Hutchinson hemp plant – where 3M now stands – with 2,000 more yet to be ...

Despite recent setbacks, Hutchinson’s manufacturing sector is growing. Hutchinson Economic Development Authority director Miles Seppelt delivered the news to the Hutchinson City Council ...

The municipalities’ proximity to company plants that for decades produced toxic chemicals made them immediately eligible for money from a massive settlement 3M reached with Minnesota over PFAS ...

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) is proposing a wastewater permit limiting the amount of hazardous chemicals allowed to be dumped into the Mississippi River from 3M’s Cottage Grove plant.