Thursday, July 14, 2011

Minnesota Loggers Get Reprieve

Loggers in northern Minnesota have been granted the right to continue working in State owned lands during the shutdown, until Monday at least.

That's when another court hearing on the issue will take place.

Three Koochiching County business owners went to court last month after the Department of Natural Resources halted their operations because of the shutdown.

A county judge gave them temporary permission to keep working before the Supreme Court transferred the case to the judge handling all shutdown matters.