MARSHALL — Like a lot of Minnesotans, last winter Stephen Browne found himself to be pretty much a couch potato. “When I wasn’t sitting down I was lying down,” he said. In his late 60s, he began to feel like he was starting to “rust.” He was feeling achy in his hips and ...
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona’s largest electric company installed massive batteries near neighborhoods with a large number of solar panels, hoping to capture some of the energy from the afternoon sun to use after dark. Arizona Public Service has been an early adopter of battery storage technology seen as critical for the wider deployment of renewable energy and for a more resilient power grid. But an April fire and explosion at a massive battery west of Phoenix that sent eight firefighters and a police officer to the hospital highlighted the challenges and risks that can arise as ...
Ameriprise Financial advisers in Marshall took part in the company’s nationwide volunteer effort the help feed hungry families and individuals in partnership with Feeding America. Together, eight volunteers from Van der Hagen, Skogrand & Associates worked at Marshall Adult Community Center ...
Cory Hubbard has been promoted to department manager of the Farm Underwriting department. He has worked for North Star since July of 2004 and previously held the position of assistant department manager of the Farm Underwriting department. Zach Pringle has been promoted to assistant ...
CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline dropped 11 cents per gallon (3.8 liters) over the past two weeks, to $2.73. Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg of the Lundberg Survey says Sunday that lower crude oil prices contributed to the drop at the pump. Oil prices rose last week, however, because of tensions between the United States and Iran, as well as following the Federal Reserve signal of a potential interest rate cut. The price is 22 cents lower than what it was a year ago. The highest average price in the nation is $3.78 a gallon in the San ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Hawaii, Massachusetts, Minnesota and Nevada are joining the legal fight against T-Mobile’s $26.5 billion bid for Sprint in a case that lawyers on both sides say they hope will reach trial in October. Beau Buffier, a lawyer for New York state's attorney general, told a judge at a Manhattan federal court hearing Friday that the states were added to a rewritten version of a lawsuit filed 10 days ago. Nine other states and the District of Columbia had sued to block the merger, saying it will reduce competition and damage consumers by driving up prices for cellphone ...
