WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued the following statement by Commissioner James Danly on a decision (Docket No. ER20-2705-001) involving Mankato Energy Center LLC: * * * It has recently come to my attention that some people misunderstand what it means when a separate statement is characterized as "concurring in the result." I write separately to express my concerns with how this proceeding was conducted but pause first to explai  more

MANKATO, Minnesota, Sept. 27 -- Minnesota State University Mankato campus issued the following news: Lynn Akey, vice president for student success, analytics and integrated planning at Minnesota State University, Mankato, has been appointed chancellor at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, located near Kenosha, Wisconsin, effective Jan. 2. Akey (pictured at right) has overseen strategic planning at Minnesota State Mankato for the past 10 years, and in her current position, established a new   more

MANKATO, Minnesota, Sept. 27 -- The Specialty Soya and Grains Alliance issued the following news: Customers of U.S. Identity Preserved-certified suppliers will be able to begin using the Identity Preserved United States label on their retail packaging, following a decision by the Specialty Soya and Grains Alliance (SSGA) Board of Directors on Sept. 14 in Fargo, N.D. The board approved the following regulation for usage of the label for retail packaging: An eligible product is one that contain  more

MANKATO, Minnesota, Sept. 27 -- The Specialty Soya and Grains Alliance issued the following news: The Specialty Soya and Grains Alliance (SSGA) board made their way to Fargo, N.D., Sept. 13-14 for the organization's quarterly board meeting. Before they got down to business on Thursday morning, the board toured Grand Farm during the Grand Farm Field Day featuring Nutrien. Grand Farm, established in 2019, is a "network of growers, technologists, corporations, startups, educators, policymakers a  more