The Davison County Commission voted 4-1 yesterday to deny a conditional use permit for a proposed wind farm just west of Mitchell. The farm would have consisted of nine to eleven turbines on a 3-mile by 1-mile area of land owned by Brad and Peggy Greenway. Travis Krumvieda, who lives near seven wind towers in the White Lake area, talked about the impact the wind towers have had on his life…

Doug Greenway told the commission that this is a big opportunity for Davison County….

About $66,000 dollars in annual production taxes would have been distributed to area school districts and townships. Commissioner Denny Kiner said his vote against the permit was due to the opposition he heard from Davison County residents….https://soundcloud.com/wnax-radio/kiner-1-2-10-16

The $40 million project would have been built by Juhl Energy of Minnesota.