In today's Star Tribune south metro section, columnist Katherine Kersten says that Wal-Mart seems to have gotten a bad rap for nothing.  She writes:

"With such a reputation for ruthlessness, Wal-Mart must be struggling to find workers, right?

"Yet when the company opened a new store in St. Paul's Midway area in May 2004, about 6,000 applicants vied for 325 job opening, according to Joyce Nisk, the store's acting manager in 2005. That, too, was nothing new. For years, people have beaten down the doors to work at Wal-Mart."

Will the same thing happen in southern Scott County, when the newest Wal-Mart opens somewhere nearer Jordan than Shakopee?