BECKER, Minn. — Air quality testing has begun following a volatile and stubborn fire at Northern Metal, a Becker recycling plant, earlier this week. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency says they’re ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) --Becker city leaders say major progress has been made as they try to put out a fire at the Northern Metal Recycling plant. The fire began Tuesday morning in a pile of junked cars ...

BECKER, MINN. – At the first Becker City Council meeting since the Northern Metal Recycling fire that closed schools and spread black smoke from burning scrapped vehicles for miles, residents demanded ...

Authorities say the fire at a recycling plant in Becker that has been burning for more than a day could last several more days. ‘We’re not really sure how this started, but we’re finding it’s very ...

BECKER, Minn. -- The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency on Friday, Feb. 21, ordered Northern Metal Recycling to stop accepting scrap metal at its Minneapolis and Becker, Minn., sites until it corrects ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO)-- A massive fire burned at Northern Metals Recycling in Becker much of last week. Just one week earlier, Minneapolis fire inspectors cited the company for several code violations at ...