Wind farm

PIERRE — The Dakota Range project that would turn wind into electricity 10 miles northeast of Watertown in Codington and Grant counties faces a final decision Tuesday from South Dakota regulators. The state Public Utilities Commission has scheduled a special meeting that starts...

PIERRE — Another big wind project wants to make South Dakota its home. Prevailing Winds could have as many 100 turbines in Bon Homme and Charles Mix counties with 160 South Dakota investors, according to company documents. The investors group also was involved with the Beethoven...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A federal appeals court is rejecting an effort by a Salt Lake City man to overturn his conviction for bilking investors in a fraudulent wind farm business, just days after rejecting a similar appeal from the man's sister. The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Two Utah siblings who pleaded guilty in 2013 to bilking investors in nonexistent wind farms continue to try to overturn their convictions. A federal appeals court in Denver last week dismissed the latest challenge filed by Lauren Elizabeth Scott of Morgan,...

Davison County residents will not have the opportunity to refer the denial of a $40 million wind farm to a public vote. Davison County State's Attorney Jim Miskimins said South Dakota Supreme Court case Bechen v. Moody County determined decisions made by county boards of adjustment...