“Gerry Patton’s passing, and Ted Suss’s move out of the county have been very sad and significant losses to Redwood County’s DFL unit,” said Karen Malmberg, Redwood County DFL Chair. “I signed on to be Gerry’s Vice Chair in 2019 to help him with the technology side of things. Then COVID slowed us down to a crawl. Now losing Gerry and Ted has brought us to a full stop. So it’s time to rebuild from the ground up.”
I learned to ride a bike on a hand-medown boy’s Schwinn. The vinyl banana seat was torn and the front tire was out of alignment, but I rode it all around Jasper until the spring of 1975, when I laid eyes on a blue five-speed Raleigh in the window of Frackman’s Hardware. It even had a front head lamp! I had a little money saved from working at my dad’s grocery store, so I struck a deal at the store: $30 dollars down and $5 a week until it was paid off.
Earlier this month, Iowa-based Summit Carbon Solutions (Summit) submitted its first route permit application to the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) for the Otter Tail and Wilkin Counties section of its proposed Midwest Carbon Express CO2 pipeline network in Minnesota. This leg of the project is 28.1 miles, a small fraction of the more than 212 miles of highly pressurized hazardous liquid CO2 pipeline proposed for Minnesota. Submitting a permit application to the PUC is one of many steps Summit needs to take before they can begin the construction of any CO2 pipelines in Minnesota. Summit’s proposed CO2 pipeline network will cut through Chippewa, Cottonwood, Jackson, Kandiyohi, Martin, Otter Tail, Redwood, Renville, Wilkin, and Yellow Medicine Counties.
To the Editor: Gov. Walz is proposing that he would like to reduce transportation greenhouse gases by 30% by 2025 and 80% by 2050.
Many may not know, but Minnesota's ethanol industry is the third largest in the United States and is responsible for purchasing and beginning the value-added processing of over half of the corn crop produced in the state. As the world continues to focus on ways to reduce emissions from all aspects of our economy and utilizing more renewable energy resources in the process, it is critical that Minnesota’s ethanol industry take the necessary steps to ensure that biofuels like ethanol remain a viable low-carbon solution and competitive in that marketplace in the years and decades to come.
IDEAg Group LLC., producers of Minnesota Farmfest and Dakotafest, announces strong attendance at the 2022 farm shows. The Farmfest show grounds welcomed 28,000 show-goers and Dakotafest experienced an increase over 2019 and 2021 of 27,100 people through the gates.
In recognition of his legislative commitment to promote homeownership across the state, Senator Gary Dahms (R-Redwood Falls) has been honored with the ‘2022 Housing Leadership Award.’ The award, which was presented by Housing First Minnesota, an association of more than 1,200 home builders, remodelers, developers, and industry suppliers, highlights a commitment to promoting durable, affordable homeownership for Minnesota families.
Question: I have recently noticed several semi-trucks with lug nuts on their front tires that are pointed and stick out beyond the edge of the cab. I’m concerned that they could cause damage to other vehicles. Is there a law about this?
Paid Election Letter To the Editor: I attended a meeting with Attorney General Keith Ellison that was hosted in Marshall at the end of August. Along with 70 other people from SW Minnesota, I heard Ellison respond to questions from the crowd for a good hour or more – people raising up the issues that they face in their lives.
On Feb. 17, I started my regular routine for the day and read “Jesus Calling” a daily devotion. On that day here is what jumped out at me. “Do not fear change. It is easy to make an idol of routine, finding security within boundaries you build around your life. Don’t try to force-fit today into yesterday’s mold. Instead ask Me to open yours eyes so you can find all I have prepared for you in this precious day of Life.”