Published: Mar 29, 2012 Source: https://www.southernminn.com/northfield_news/archives/article_f5753560-a83c-510a-aa21-948fd6f9b5f0.html ASECA — Employees of Birds Eye Foods in Waseca were evacuated shortly after 5 p.m. Wednesday when ammonia leaked inside the building. Waseca emergency personnel responded and as of 5:40 p.m. said the leak had been contained. “Everyone was evacuated and accounted for within the first five minutes,” Waseca Fire Department chief Gary Conrath …
Birds Eye to gain jobs in consolidation
Published: Apr 19, 2011 Source: https://www.southernminn.com/waseca_county_news/archives/article_2be74c6e-8aa3-5db7-b22c-4fde121af1f7.html WASECA — The Waseca Birds Eye® plant will soon gain jobs after a corporate consolidation by Pinnacle Foods Group LLC. Operations will be moved from Pinnacle’s Fulton, N.Y. plant to its plants in Waseca and Darien, Wis. to “locate all vegetable processing closer to the crop growing region, eliminating approximately one million shipping miles …
City will provide water treatment rate reduction for Birds Eye plant
Source: https://www.southernminn.com/waseca_county_news/archives/article_e8861fe8-2a18-53d8-a851-2ce2529fcdcc.html ASECA — The Waseca City Council agreed to reduce the rate for its emergency treatment of Birds Eye Foods’ corn pack wastewater but has not committed to a long term rate reduction during the winter months. At Tuesday’s council meeting Birds Eye representative Phil Brewer said the company did everything they could but were unable to keep up …
Sewer fee jump moves city closer to wastewater facility
Source: https://www.southernminn.com/waseca_county_news/archives/article_9ebe8cac-5df5-52ad-b403-2c8cb457a629.html WASECA — Improvements to the city’s wastewater treatment facility, estimated to cost $17 million, moved one step closer to reality Tuesday evening when a 60 percent sewer rate increase was approved. Two weeks ago the Waseca City Council approved a 5.5 percent electric service rate increase. At Tuesday’s council meeting, a 60 percent increase in the sewer service …