Page 3 - Derek Howe News Today

Line crews are busy responding to about 70 outage points in the Lake Country Power service area, after Tuesday's spring storm.

REGIONAL— The price of power is heading higher for customers of Lake Country Power, beginning in April. The electric cooperative’s board of directors voted last week to approve higher …

A day after a storm ripped through the western Iron Range, Grand Rapids Mayor Dale Christy saw good coming from a bad situation. “The cool part here is with all the division there is in society, you see neighbor helping neighbor,” Christy said. “Its a good thing.” For the second time in three days, thunderstorms on Monday evening ripped across northeastern Minnesota. In Grand Rapids, the destruction was “horrible,” Julie Kennedy, Grand Rapids Public Utilities gener...

A prominent Ottawa real estate developer has resurrected a plan to build a nine-storey apartment complex near the intersection of Preston Street and Carling Avenue in Little Italy. Taggart Realty Management has submitted a proposal for a mid-rise structure at 93 Norman Ave., just west of Preston about four blocks north of Carling. Taggart Group vice-president Derek Howe said the plan currently calls for 127 rental apartments in a mix of studio, bachelor, one- and two-bedroom units. The design f...

An Ottawa developer says its proposal for a pair of apartment highrises in Centretown meets the standard of a civic “landmark” required at the site under city planning guidelines. The Taggart Group of Companies recently filed a proposal to build two towers of 28 and 30 storeys at 267 O’Connor St., between Gilmour and MacLaren streets. The plan calls for a total of 541 rental units, 339 underground parking spots and a small amount of retail space on what’s now the site of a six-storey me...