David Shaffer
Reporter
Energy and business
Latest from David Shaffer
Review: 'The Death of Kings,' by Rennie Airth
FICTION: New evidence turns up years after a man is executed for an actress' death.
January 6, 2017
Rebuilt trout streams benefit anglers and fish
Earth-ripping work has helped restore more than 60 miles of trout streams in the past five years in western Wisconsin and southeast Minnesota. The big machines strip away thick layers of bank sediment that destroy trout habitat.
June 19, 2016
Reviews: ‘Dear Mr. You’ by Mary-Louise Parker and ‘The North Water’ by Ian McGuire
Books in brief.
May 22, 2016
To the Hills (that is, Black Hills) for fly fishing
Black Hills fishing revives after a brush with drought and invasive species.
April 28, 2016
Northern Oil top executive was investor in loan package under SEC investigation
Inquiry looks at stock movement that yielded millions in payouts.
April 16, 2016
State's largest wind farm yet proposed in southwest Minnesota
Nobles 2 Power Partners wind project would be larger than the nearby Nobles Wind Farm.
April 5, 2016
Large solar project approved near Marshall, Minn. for Xcel Energy customers
Regulators approve second major solar farm to serve Xcel Energy customers.
March 31, 2016
Appeals panel upholds fraud conviction of Bixby Energy CEO Bob Walker
The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Walker's claims that he was naive.
March 25, 2016
Minnesota regulators decline to speed up oil pipeline review
Enbridge Energy said the state's process would delay the oil projects.
March 25, 2016
No change in review process for Minnesota crude oil pipelines
Enbridge Energy said the timetable causes unreasonable delay
March 24, 2016
Higher electric rates for Otter Tail Power customers
But Minnesota regulators order scaled-back interim rate hike
March 24, 2016
First Midwest cellulosic ethanol plant is producing tank-car loads of fuel
Poet Inc. is shipping fuel from Iowa facility, which could hit full output by year's end.
March 23, 2016
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