A Stearns County dairy farmer who paid a quarter million dollars to settle wrongful housing allegations in October is now being prosecuted for wage theft against immigrant workers who often worked ...
A state investigation into worker exploitation at a Stearns County dairy farm has now resulted in felony charges, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced on Tuesday.
According to the criminal complaint filed in Stearns County, Evergreen Acres owner Keith Schaefer systematically underpaid workers, charged them for living quarters unfit for humans and threatened ...