FORMER DEL MONTE PLANT IN $12.5M LAWSUIT
A bank is suing the owner of the former Del Monte plant in Sleepy Eye, alleging default on an $11.5 million loan and requesting the property be sold by the sheriff to recover some of its losses, which include an additional $1 million in fees, according to the complaint.The court case throws into question future ownership of the facility, which closed in 2019 as a major local employer and canning factory for generations of sweet corn and pea growers before finding a new use two years later by a company that makes and distributes dog treats.The lawsuit, filed Aug.
