Drones over Red Wing nuclear plant What we know. According to Red Wing police, just after 6:30 p.m., authorities received a complaint from the Prairie Island Nuclear Plant stating

Red Wing police officers say four to five drones were spotted flying around a nuclear plant on Wednesday. According to a press release from the Red Wing Police Department, officers with the Goodhue County Sheriff's Office received a complaint from the Prairie Island Nuclear Plant on the 1700 block of Wakonade Drive that four to five drones had been spotted flying around.

Police in southern Minnesota saw two drones flying around a nuclear plant Wednesday but were unable to identify the pilot. Shortly after 6:30 p.m., local dispatch received a call about “four to five” drones flying around the Prairie Island Nuclear Plant in Welch,

The Goodhue County Sheriff's Office and Red Wing Police Department are investigating reports of drones flying near the Prairie Island Nuclear Plant.