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Look Up and Look Out for Power Lines During Planting Season

Ag producers across the Midwest are returning to the field for the spring planting season. Nebraska Public Power District and its wholesale power customers are asking equipment operators to look up and look out for power lines. Trevor Roth, operations program manager for energy delivery... Read More.

Power struggle an early storyline as Minnesota legislators work on budget

2025 is a budget year for the Minnesota Legislature. Minnesota Farmers Union government relations director Stu Lourey says there are implications for agriculture. “Fundamentally, they’re charged with passing a new state budget for everything from road construction to meat inspections to potato grading.” He... Read More.

Power Update from Wednesday Night Windstorm

By Lucky Kidd McPHERSON, Kan. —  All customers of the McPherson Board of Public Utilities who lost power in Wednesday night's windstorm have it back. The last of the power to be restored, just to the southwest of McPherson, came back on late this morning. At... Read More.

Heavy Rain and Wind Causes Flooding, Power Outages

By Lucky Kidd Late Saturday night storms brought high winds, heavy rain and flooding to parts of Kansas Saturday night into early Sunday morning. Wind gusts between 60-70 miles an hour were reported across many areas of southwest into parts of central Kansas, with the... Read More.