Minn-Dak Farmers Co-op fined for pollution in Minnesota

WAHPETON, N.D. (AP) — Wahpeton-based Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative has been fined by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.

The Daily News reports that the sugar beet co-op paid $70,261 for polluting water in Minnesota's Wilkin County in May 2011.

Minnesota regulators say Minn-Dak took numerous actions to address the problem.