Annual Garden Day is Sept. 7 at ACC

The Lyon County Master Gardeners are holding their annual Garden Day on Saturday, Sept. 7, at the Marshall Adult Community Center. Kirsten Boehne will share her knowledge on “The Monarch Butterfly.” Boehne has been a butterfly enthusiast since she was a young girl. She raised her first monarchs when she was in elementary school. Now, decades later, she has raised several hundred. Boehne has become an advocate and teacher sharing her love of monarchs. She will speak about the life of a monarch butterfly and show how to raise them in order to increase their survival. A second topic, “Putting Your Perennials to Bed,” will be presented by Master Gardener Sue Morton. She will guide you through a plan to prepare your perennials for a Minnesota winter, and discuss trimming, mulching, harvesting seeds and planting your fall bulbs and rhizomes.

Registration is $15 at the door. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. Presentations are 9 a.m.-noon. For more information, text Sue at 507-423-8335.

Long lines at Minneapolis airport due to security changes

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Changes in the configuration of security checkpoint lanes at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport led to long wait times for some travelers.

A remodeling project has shrunk the space at one of the security checkpoints at Terminal 1, so airport and Transportation Security Administration officials made that checkpoint — the south checkpoint — available only to TSA PreCheck travelers.

All other travelers must go through the terminal’s north checkpoint.

Minnesota Public Radio News reported that some travelers had wait times of more than an hour Monday morning.

The remodeling project is expected to last through mid-December.

U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar released a statement Sunday calling for the TSA to increase staffing at the airport, which has seen a rise in passenger traffic. She says it’s critical that officials mitigate the impact on wait times caused by the construction.

Line 3 protesters rally at Enbridge’s Bemidji office

BEMIDJI (AP) — Dozens of people rallied outside a Minnesota office of Enbridge Energy to protest the company’s proposed Line 3 oil pipeline replacement.

Protesters said six members of their group chained themselves to a gate early Monday at Enbridge’s office in Bemidji, prompting the office to close for the day.

Police Capt. David LaZella said demonstrators left on their own and no arrests were made.

The $2.6 billion replacement pipeline would carry Canadian crude from Alberta across northern Minnesota to Enbridge’s terminal in Superior, Wisconsin. Enbridge says the current Line 3, which was built in the 1960s, is subject to corrosion and cracking.

Environmental and tribal groups say the project risks oil spills in pristine areas of the Mississippi River headwaters region.