The employee claims the workers weren't given proper notice under the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act.

The company can employ an investment banking firm to pursue a sale.

Judge Charles Nail approved the plant's request to obtain secured credit.

Northern Beef Packers is asking a federal bankruptcy judge to allow it to borrow $2.25 million from White Oak Global Advisors.

The company had been trying to obtain post-petition financing so that it would hire an investment firm sell its Aberdeen, S.D. facility

The company asked the court to allow it to hire investment banking firm Lincoln International, which is now recommending a sale.

Having filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy this week, Northern Beef Packers is laying off more than 250 workers, leaving only six employees at the beef plant.

Northern Beef Packers announced today that it has filed a voluntary petition for Chapter 11 business reorganization in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of South Dakota.

The Northern Beef Packers plant in the northern South Dakota city of Aberdeen is delaying worker paychecks because of financial woes.

South Dakota Beef Industry Council (SDBIC) directors toured the Northern Beef Packers (NBP) facility in Aberdeen.