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MONTEVIDEO -- A local environmental organization is charging that mercury levels in fish sampled in the Granite Falls and Montevideo area are higher than in fish tested elsewhere in the...

WILLMAR -- Despite concerns about putting too many eggs in one basket, the Willmar Municipal Utilities is increasing its request for power from the Big Stone II power plant from...

WILLMAR -- Willmar Utilities Commission members say they need more questions answered before they commit to buying power from the proposed Big Stone II power plant. Commissioners again tabled a...

WILLMAR -- The Willmar Municipal Utilities Commission must decide by Jan. 1 how much energy it wants to buy from the proposed Big Stone II power plant in eastern South...

WILLMAR -- Willmar Municipal Utilities could buy more power than originally thought from the proposed Big Stone II power plant. But utility officials won't make a decision on buying more...

WILLMAR -- Rising construction costs and concerns over global warming are leading utilities to drop plans for new coal plants in the United States. The Associated Press reported that proposals...

ST. PAUL -- A plan to build electric transmission lines in western Minnesota is static as utilities behind the project scale back their design for the related Big Stone II...

WILLMAR -- An energy consultant thinks the cost of the proposed Big Stone II power plant will increase, now that two of seven owners have withdrawn from the project. "The...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Great River Energy of Elk River is withdrawing as an owner of the $1.6 billion Big Stone II power plant, a new coal-fired power plant...

MONTEVIDEO -- A newly announced agreement requiring the partners in the Big Stone II power project to greatly reduce mercury emissions and to offset carbon dioxide emissions has not allayed...

WILLMAR -- Two administrative law judges are recommending the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission allow transmission lines be built to carry power to Minnesota from the Big Stone II power plant...

PIERRE, S.D.

MONTEVIDEO -- Gov. Tim Pawlenty has instructed the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources to look into requests that the Boundary Waters Commission be reconvened to consider water appropriation requests for...

WILLMAR -- Supporters and opponents of the proposed Big Stone II power plant in eastern South Dakota are waiting to hear if construction will be recommended for new transmission lines...

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