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Two men accused of participating in a vandalism and burglary spree that stretched across several counties in southern Minnesota and Northern Iowa have each been charged with 12 felonies in Blue Earth County.

This fall, the Chippewa Valley Ethanol Co. will go in search of the humble corncob.

Firemen Train For Ethanol Fires Published Date: 06-26-2008 01:33 PM CT Yesterday, thirteen Martin County Fire Departments gathered at the VeraSun ethanol plant in Welcome to train for fires fueled by ...

Emergency Crews Hold Drill at Ethanol Plant Published Date: 06-25-2008 10:47 PM CT As common as ethanol plants are becoming in the southern Minnesota landscape, they are still relatively new.

VeraSun Energy is delaying the opening of a Minnesota ethanol plant, a company spokesman said Tuesday.

High Corn Prices Delay Openings of Two Ethanol Plants Published Date: 06-17-2008 10:54 PM CT Brookings, South Dakota-based Verasun has decided to delay opening two of their brand new ethanol plants; one in ...

BioFuel Energy started production at a southern Minnesota ethanol plant this week, even as another company decided to delay operations at its new plants.

BioFuel Energy Corporation's plant in Fairmont is running at 50 percent capacity, just as management had planned. The plant will grind 50,000 bushels of corn a day for the next couple of weeks before expanding to full capacity.

VeraSun Energy Corp. said earlier this week that it would delay the opening of its new ethanol plants in the southern Minnesota town of Welcome and one in northern Iowa.

' Eight years of work on the Fox Lake "Field of Dreams" is almost complete. And just in time, as the grant for the project runs out at the end of this year.

VeraSun Energy Corp. says it will delay the opening of two new ethanol plants - one in Minnesota and the other in Iowa.

One of the nation's leading ethanol producers announced a delay in the opening of two major ethanol plants in the Upper Midwest -- including one scheduled to open July 1 in Hartley.

There has been a change. If you logged in to the Albert Lea Tribune's Web site on late Saturday night or early this morning, you would have noticed a new look.

A 2003 graduate of Martin County West High School and a 2008 graduate of Minnesota State University, she is employed by Immanuel St.

By Tom Connelly * Student commencement address, St. John's University * May 17, 2008 Good afternoon. via Saint Cloud Times

' A Celebration of Life Services for Marlan D. Ebeling, 85, of rural Sherburn, Minn., will be 1 p.m. Friday, May 16, 2008, at St. via Sentinel

“Every one of those ran to an underground tile”

' Vera Steinberg had a love of nature and a dream. That dream came true when Steinberg Nature Park officially opened with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Saturday. via Sentinel

Posted on Wednesday 07 May @ 19:24:53 May Events For many amateur radio operators, the month of May marks an annual pilgrimage to HamVention in Dayton, Ohio. via Handiham.org

In these days of ordeals at airports, we witnessed a beautiful sight recently. We were returning to Minneapolis from Dulles International Airport and while waiting for our plane to come in from Minneapolis, ... via St. Cloud Times Online

Just a few months before the Summer Olympics, and U.S. sprinters have cut their times nearly 10 percent by running 90 meters instead of 100. via The Minneapolis-St. Paul Pioneer Press

“Fairmont is such an awesome place as far as opening up their hands, their hearts”

' Brock Bonin, known for his skill on the Fairmont High School wrestling, football and track teams, is battling a more serious challenger: burns. via Sentinel

“I went to the March of Dimes Web site and found a lot of support and camaraderie”

' On March 15, 2005, Brayden Montana was born to the Kain family of Welcome. The next day, Brayden passed away. via Sentinel