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Beet truck driver rolls semi, pinned inside cab

GLENWOOD -- A beet truck driver was pinned in the cab of his semi for nearly an hour following a rollover Wednesday afternoon in Pope County. According to a news...

news / region Thu, Oct 21, 2010 - 12:00am

Beet truck driver in train-truck crash dies

By Archie Ingersoll Herald Staff Writer A 47-year-old man injured last week in a train-truck collision near Fisher, Minn., has died, according to the Hennepin County medical examiner's office in...

news / state Tue, Oct 12, 2010 - 8:42am

The exterior of the Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Co-operative in Renville is pictured in this undated photo. Tribune photo

Renville Co. wins latest round in court battle with co-op

news / region Wed, Sep 22, 2010 - 12:00am

Renville Co. puts teeth in beet plant discharge permit; large fine possible

OLIVIA -- Much to the frustration of downstream farmers, the Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative violated its discharge permit last season by continuing to send millions of gallons of treated...

news / region Wed, Sep 15, 2010 - 12:00am

Renville Co. officials OK seven-axle beet rigs on some roads

OLIVIA -- Seven-axle tractor-trailer rigs will be allowed to carry loads of sugar beets weighing up to 97,000 pounds on portions of three Renville County roads beginning this year. The...

news / region Wed, Apr 28, 2010 - 12:00am

Beet growers struggle in a muddy field northeast of Clara City in this undated photo taken during the harvest season. Sugar beet growers in the area feared they would not be able to harvest their crops in time, but their struggles were rewarded with one of the best crops ever. Photo by John White, Clara City Herald

Sugar harvest drags growers through worst, but big yields lift region's economy

RENVILLE -- Tom Jacobs' father started raising sugar beets in Renville County in 1964, and with the exception of a few years in the early '70s, the family has continued...

news / region Wed, Dec 23, 2009 - 12:00am

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Sugar beet cooperative reorganizes board of directors

RENVILLE -- Mark Arnold of Holloway will serve as chairman of the board of directors for the Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative. Arnold was among those elected during the cooperative's...

news / region Tue, Dec 08, 2009 - 12:00am

Crystal beet payments to be down

MOORHEAD, Minn. - American Crystal Sugar Co. says profits from this fall's sugar beet harvest in the Red River Valley of eastern North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota will not be...

news / state Fri, Dec 04, 2009 - 8:18am

A farmer harvests soybeans Tuesday in a field near U.S. Highway 12, about two miles east of Willmar. Tribune photo by Gary Miller

With the sun shining, area farmers making progress on harvest

WILLMAR -- After waiting on the sidelines during the rainy, dreary month of October, area farmers are finally in the fields and making significant progress on the fall crop harvest...

news / local / region Wed, Nov 11, 2009 - 12:00am

Wahpeton area sugar beet truck driver accused of negligent homicide

WAHPETON, N.D. - The driver of a sugar beet truck involved in a crash that killed a Wahpeton woman has been charged with negligent homicide. Fifty-two-year-old Cathleen Dean of Barney...

news / nation Wed, Oct 14, 2009 - 6:47am

Frustrations are on the rise with waters in Renville County Ditch 45

OLIVIA -- Frustrations are rising faster than the waters in Renville County Ditch 45. Landowners on the ditch's upper reach alleged earlier this year that discharges from the Southern Minnesota...

news / local / region Sat, Aug 01, 2009 - 12:00am

District judge rules for Renville County in tax dispute with co-op

OLIVIA -- A district judge has ruled in favor of Renville County in an ongoing legal dispute with the Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative. District Judge Bruce Christopherson issued a...

news / local / region Wed, Jul 15, 2009 - 12:00am

Southern Minnesota Sugar reports improved compliance, reduction in regulatory issues

OLIVIA -- The Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative is reporting improved compliance with water quality requirements as it starts the process of applying for a new multi-year water discharge permit...

local / region Fri, May 22, 2009 - 12:00am

Area near Bird Island touted as 'sweet spot' that could improve opportunities for energy

REDWOOD FALLS -- Thanks to the Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative, the community of Renville can boast of being the sweetest spot in Renville County. But investors with Norfolk Wind...

region / news Fri, Jan 23, 2009 - 12:00am

The Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative is seeking to renew its wastewater discharge permit, which has opened up discussions in Renville County about returning the company discharge to Beaver Creek via County Ditch 45. The discharge now is sent through the smaller Sacred Heart Creek system via County Ditch 37, shown here. Submitted map

Sugar plant seeking to renew discharge permit

OLIVIA -- The Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative remains unable to meet water quality standards, but Renville County may be asking that it return to sending its treated wastewater into...

region / news Thu, Jan 22, 2009 - 12:00am

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