Drones are prohibited from flying over nuclear power plants and other “sensitive facilities,” according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Prairie Island is one of two nuclear power plants in Minnesota. It’s located along the Mississippi River near the Wisconsin border.

The Goodhue County Sheriff’s Office received a complaint from the Prairie Island Nuclear Plant of four to five drones flying around the area of the plant.

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

Officers from the Prairie Island Tribal Police Department and the Red Wing Police Department reported seeing two drones flying around the nuclear plant and Lock and Dam #3. The officers monitored the drones until they left the area and could not find the drone pilot or pilots.

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