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Times Report After two years as vice president, Mike Skaug was named president of the Minnesota Soybean Growers Association Monday during the nonpartisan’s organization first in-person board meeting in more than a year. “I’m humbled and honored my fellow directors have put their confidence in me to lead this storied organization,” said Skaug, who’s helped lead MSGA’s advocacy strategizing in St. Paul. “I’m eager to hit the ground running to advocate for our members and promote policies that will improve the profitability outlook for Minnesota farmers.” Skaug (prounounced "S-...

RTI Surgical and Exactech Announce Strategic Partnership News provided by Share this article Share this article ALACHUA, Fla., July 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- RTI Surgical, a leading surgical implant company providing blue-chip OEM customers with a portfolio of tissue-based, synthetic and metal implants, has today announced it has entered in a long-term strategic agreement with leading global medical device OEM Exactech, related to the development and supply of biologic bone substitutes. As part of the agreement, RTI Surgical has acquired Exactech's Optecure®, a 510(k)- cleared demineralized ...

Growth in solar power sparks a land rush Developers scramble across Hudson Valley, Upstate to secure acreage for vast solar farms FacebookTwitterEmail This 20 mw solar farm in rural Washington County is one of the largest so far in upstate NY.Rick Karlin/Times Union SCHODACK — Bill Lanford’s mailbox for the past year has been filling up with offers and solicitations to lease part of his family farm. The offers don’t come from housing developers though.  Instead they come from alternative energy companies that are scrambling to secure suitable properties for solar farms. “I’ve been...

There will be a leadership change at the Hughes County Jail starting July 1. Sheriff Darin Johnson told county commissioners at yesterday’s (Mon.) meeting both he and jail administrator Bill Dodge will be retiring June 30. Johnson was appointed interim sheriff in January 2019 filling the position vacated by long-time sheriff Mike Leidholt, who left to take over as the Secretary of Corrections for the State of South Dakota. Johnson was appointed sheriff in February 2019 and was unopposed on the 2020 election ballot. Dodge has been with the Hughes County Sheriff’s Office since 1996 (25 year...

The Hughes County Jail is starting to increase the number of federal prisoners it will hold. Sheriff Darin Johnson told county commissioners at yesterday’s (Mon.) meeting the numbers were reduced last year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Johnson said he’s trying to balance the staff he has available with the number of prisoners the jail could hold. He says he’s been in contact with other jails in the state to get some ideas about employing medical personnel.