Brooks: Sweet sorrow as a tight labor market hits Minnesota right in the caramel apple
It was a crisp autumn weekend at the Pine Tree Apple Orchard. Happy families in sweaters and fleece waited in a line so long it stretched almost to the pumpkin patch, inching closer and closer to the warm donuts and cold cider inside. Fall wouldn't be fall in the north metro without a trip to the Jacobson family farm for fresh-baked pies and fresh-picked apples. This year was no different. ...