In annual report to Renville County, the Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative outlined the costly challenges it faced meeting environmental compliance goals in 2021.
Entry day for the Kandiyohi County Fair is from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Aug. 9 for Open Class. The fair runs Aug. 10-13 at the fairgrounds in northwest Willmar.
Paul Fry, vice president of operations for Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative, will succeed Steve Domm as president and CEO of the Renville-based Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative.
Downstream landowners opposed a request by the Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative to extend its wastewater discharge period by an extra month into April. A compromise agreement will allow it do so, but it must stop the discharges if waters reach agreed-upon trigger levels.