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New CVEC top exec no stranger to the industry

BENSON -- Mike Jerke will succeed Bill Lee as the general manager of the Chippewa Valley Ethanol Company in Benson, the company announced. The company operates a 48 million-gallon-a-year ethanol...

news / region Tue, Sep 29, 2009 - 12:00am

Chippewa Valley Ethanol Co. in Benson has been one of the ethanol industry's pioneers of the Minnesota model: farmer-owned cooperatives producing value added earnings for corn growers. File photo

Innovator in ethanol industry taking on new ground

BENSON -- Bill Lee is leaving an ethanol plant known as a leader in innovation for what he believes will be the next big step in renewable energy. Lee said...

news / region Tue, Sep 29, 2009 - 12:00am

Pipestone wind turbine plant laying off up to 160

PIPESTONE, Minn. - A wind power company in southwestern Minnesota has announced it will eliminate 70 jobs this summer with another 90 layoffs possible by the end of September. According...

region Mon, Jun 08, 2009 - 9:09am

Josephino Iouanis, left, makes change Thursday from the till for Joseph Pokoche right, while Erik Thompson of the Prairie Sun Bank in Milan observes. The opportunity to learn about business is one of the reasons that members of the Micronesian community in Milan created a company to re-open the community's only gas station. Tribune photo by Tom Cherveny

Reopening of Milan's gas station is a big step forward for owners from Micronesian island

Opening a full-service gasoline station may sound like a throwback to the good old days, but for the owners of the Island Service Company, it's a warp-speed leap into the...

news / local / region Tue, May 19, 2009 - 12:00am

Gene Fynboh of the Chippewa Valley Ethanol Company holds a handful of newly harvested corn cobs from a field south of Priam in mid-October. Chippewa Valley Ethanol Company demonstrated it is possible to harvest corn cobs along with the yellow grain under difficult conditions. Tribune file photo

Ethanol producer hopes to create biomass market

BENSON -- Weather conditions made it very difficult to harvest this year's corn crop, but they didn't stop the Chippewa Valley Ethanol Company from gleaning corn cobs along with the...

Sat, Dec 13, 2008 - 12:00am

Ethanol company tests new biomass

The Chippewa Valley Ethanol Company plant in Benson is taking a positive step toward finding an alternative energy source and providing more value to its producers. Chippewa Valley is going...

Fri, Oct 17, 2008 - 12:00am

Willmar MUC and Kandiyohi Power sign off on landmark agreement

SPICER -- Officials of Kandiyohi Power Cooperative and Willmar Municipal Utilities have signed landmark agreements that enable Kandiyohi Power and Willmar -- and possibly other municipal utilities and co-ops in...

region Thu, Oct 16, 2008 - 12:00am

CVEC looks at harvesting corn cobs as form of biomass fuel

PRIAM -- Their grandparents knew the value of corn cobs as a fuel, and used them to help warm the house or heat up the oven for baking bread. Yet...

region Thu, Oct 16, 2008 - 12:00am

Corn cob demo schedule changes

BENSON -- Due to the late harvest, the schedule for the corn cob harvest demonstration hosted by the Chippewa Valley Ethanol Company has been changed. The times remain from 10...

news / local / region Mon, Oct 13, 2008 - 12:00am

Guidance from a feathered friend

Wed, Sep 17, 2008 - 12:00am

Emerging bio-energy markets are here to grow (and see)

BENSON -- On a clear day, it's possible to stand on the highest ground on Mary Jo and Luverne Forbord's Prairie Horizons farm and see the state's pioneer green energy...

news / local Tue, Sep 02, 2008 - 12:00am

Local couple putting bioenergy to the farm test

BENSON -- Mary Jo and Luverne Forbord took 30 acres of good cropland and decided it's time to find out: Are productive conservation and bioenergy for real, or are they...

news / local Tue, Sep 02, 2008 - 12:00am

Ethanol co. VeraSun shares fall on stock offering announcement

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - Shares of VeraSun Energy Corp.

nation / business Fri, Aug 15, 2008 - 8:00am

Willmar Area Crime Stoppers offers reward in fur theft case

WILLMAR -- The Willmar Area Crime Stoppers is offering a reward of $5,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the theft of thousands of...

Mon, Jun 02, 2008 - 12:00pm

Minnesota agencies urge probe of Otter Tail Power Co.

Officials from two state agencies are urging an independent investigation to determine whether Otter Tail Power Co.

Thu, May 29, 2008 - 8:00am

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