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What we hold on Knife River, and who keeps its records.
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Knife River is an unincorporated community in Lake County, with no town government of its own, so its local records are kept by the county. Two Harbors, the county seat, is where the county offices are. See our Lake County page for every county office.
Labor Department file
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 1 investigation with a Knife River address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $266 in back wages agreed for 13 workers. Snapshot of April 22, 2026; a case here is a finding by the Division, not a court judgment, and the city is the one written on the employer's record.
| Employer | Cases | Back wages | Workers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake County Developmental Achievement Center | 1 | $266 | 13 |
Every employer whose address on the record is in Knife River, by back wages agreed; 0 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record in this row. The Minnesota wage theft records page ranks the whole state.
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Other places in Lake County. A town page lists that town's own offices where it has them; Lake County records are on the county page.