Minnesota's new 10 percent biodiesel requirement is highest in the nation, good for farmers but angering the state trucking association with concerns about price and quality
The FMCSA today announced the agency has put the brakes on a Minnesota-based passenger carrier and has ordered the bus company to "immediately cease all passenger operations."
State Troopers and Motor Carrier Services enforcement officers from Iowa, Minnesota and South Dakota joined efforts targeting truck drivers violating safety regulations along interstate 90 between the Wyoming an Minnesota borders carrying 59 arrests and 139 violations.
The Minnesota Department of Transportation reports that limited services will be available at the Interstate 90 rest areas near Alberta Lea for the next ten weeks while crews work to improve accessibility and update the rest area's facilities.
According to WCCO and the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, the truck driver who was captured on video passing a school bus on the shoulder of the road and nearly hitting a 7th-grade girl has turned himself in to authorities.
