MOUNTAIN IRON â Steve Skogmanâs daughter recently made him a T-shirt reflective of her dadâs sense of humor, which has been as reliable as his doggedness to get out of rehab and back to his home and the lake.
It reads: âIn my defense, I was left unsupervised.â
Itâs just exactly something the 68-year-old would say â in this case to warrant the medical emergency and ensuing accident at his home in mid-May that left him in a coma for several weeks and now battling to regain mobility and short-term memory.
It s a miracle, really, that her husband even survived, said wife Linda Skogman.
MOUNTAIN IRON â A proposed expansion of Heliene, Inc. s solar panel manufacturing plant in Mountain Iron is getting some sunshine at the Minnesota Legislature.
An expansion of up to $10 million would add a new 40,000 square-foot solar panel production line and 30,000 square-feet of warehouse space, according to Martin Pochtaruk, Heliene, Inc., president.
âWe are out of space,â Pochtaruk said. âWe have no space in the building and no warehousing space.â
Heliene is the only solar panel manufacturer in Minnesota.
The plant s 75 employees are currently manufacturing 1,000 to 1,100 solar photovoltaic modules per day.
A second production line would manufacture an additional 2,500 modules per day and create 25 to 30 new jobs, Pochtaruk said.