...submitted to the state Friday that could include assistance for two-year college degrees. Tom Brotski, Potlatch plant transition manager, said the collaboration of effort has been important to people at the mill. Employees signed a severance package...

...outside the employee entrance at the paper mill. "There's a lot less of that today." Tom Brotski, Potlatch plant transition manager, said this week has been pressing all the details and plans begun March 18 into a final few days. "It's...

...is not completed at this time, both sides expressed confidence in the emerging deal. Tom Brotski, Potlatch plant transition manager, said the forest products company is excited about the prospect and while the deal is not completed, it is...

...reassemble the Brainerd mill in preparation for a potential sale to Missota Paper Co. Tom Brotski, Potlatch plant transition manager, said Potlatch took a lot of care to mothball the mill and as a result it will take a lot of care to get it...

...until February. "The other reality is that there are not going to be 616 jobs," said Tom Brotski, Potlatch plant transition manager. Pat Rafferty, who was hired by Job Service to conduct the survey to all dislocated workers, said job benefits...

...with the mill's clean environment, well-maintained equipment and the workforce. Tom Brotski, Potlatch plant transition manager, said Jaakko Poyry's addition is exciting. "They will help us with the marketing and sale of the mill...

...met with most of the members of the Brainerd mill's core team on Saturday morning at Potlatch. Tom Brotski, plant transition manager, said he is "very confident" a buyer will be found and he asked for Oberstar's help in getting that buyer...