The Minnesota Department of Commerce has concluded that the Big Stone II power plant’s utilities have not proven the need for a new, large coal-fired power plant, a ...

Hundreds of double-crested cormorants and ring-billed gulls on Marsh Lake in Big Stone County have died from Newcastle Disease, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR). As ...

Otter Tail Power Company also is required to weigh the costs and benefits of keeping the company’s Hoot Lake ... Big Stone II participants are Otter Tail Power Company, Central Minnesota ...

The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission Tuesday released its final written order following its January 15 decision to grant a certificate of need for Big Stone transmission. Five regional electric ...