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Sartell Mayor Joe Perske addressed issues facing the City of Sartell during his annual State of the City Address.

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We're learning more about the sale of the former Verso Paper Mill today (Thursday). The Benton County Auditor-Treasurer Kari Thorston says American Iron and Metal paid just over $11.5 million for the property on the east side of the Mississippi River.

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The Sartell paper mill bought by a Montreal-based scrap metal and recycling company is not going to be reopened, company officials say.

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Local leaders say they are in the dark about the planned sale of the Verso Paper Mill in Sartell. The Verso Paper Corporation announced the deal in an email yesterday (Tuesday).

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Verso Paper Corporation has announced plans to sell its fire-damaged paper mill in Sartell.

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We are down to our #2 story of the year in our countdown of the Top 10 Local News Stories of 2012. It's a story that shook the town of Sartell, and many others in Central Minnesota. We look back at the explosion and fire at the Verso Paper Mill.

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The Minnesota Occupational Safety and Health Administration has closed its investigation into the explosion and fire at the Verso Paper Mill. OSHA cited Verso for two serious citations. They were fined a total of $39,200, which the company did not contest and paid.

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A battle of words is brewing between Sixth District Congresswoman Michele Bachmann and the head of the union for the Verso Paper Mill in Sartell. Union President for the United Steelworkers Local 274 Lyle Fleck called a news conference this (Tuesday) afternoon at Watab Park in Sartell to basically call out Bachmann.

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Democrat Jim Graves is attacking Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann with a new TV ad featuring workers who lost their jobs at a Sartell paper mill. The ad shows several workers who say they didn't hear from Bachmann after an explosion and fire led to the closure of Verso Paper Corp.'s mill, putting almost 260 out of work.

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Union leaders will meet this week with management at the Verso Paper Mill in Sartell. Lyle Fleck is the President of United Steelworkers Local 274. He says they'll hold effects bargaining sessions tomorrow (Wednesday) and Thursday.

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