Wind

The city of Woodbury will be studying the winds in the coming weeks. The city's planning staff got an informal OK from planning commissioners Monday to plan for a specific wind study that would further define where the best wind resources in the community might be. The study would...

The Encore Wind Ensemble will perform Sunday, Nov. 16, 4 p.m. at Guardian Angels Catholic Church, 8260 Fourth Street North, Oakdale. Admission is free. The performance "Music For A Grand Space" conducted by Dr. Jerry Luckhardt, will feature music by Rossini, Barnett, Della Joio,...

Up to 39 wind turbines could be spinning across Goodhue and Belle Creek townships as early as next December. Goodhue Wind, LLC.

The city of Woodbury continued to talk turbines last week. The Woodbury City Council held a workshop Wednesday, Sept. 17 to discuss the possibility of developing an ordinance that would allow the South Washington County School District to build a 185-foot wind turbine at East Ridge...

Wind turbines look set to become the subject of discussion in Afton over the next few weeks. Up for debate at the next regular planning commission meeting on Sept. 8 will be the questions of whether wind turbines should be permitted within the city, and whether new ordinance language...

Building a wind turbine to generate energy for East Ridge High School was just "a good idea" when officials from School District 833 and the city of Woodbury first discussed it last winter. It appears that the "good idea" will become a reality for the school being built at Pioneer...

The Encore Wind Ensemble, a 45-member band under the direction of Jerry Luckhardt, will perform "American Masters" on Saturday, May 10 at 8 p.m. at The Phipps Center for the Arts in Hudson, Wis. The Encore Wind Ensemble is a collection of some of the top instrumentalists in the Twin...

The Encore Wind Ensemble will perform a concert at the White Bear Lake High School South Campus on Thursday, April 24 at 7 p.m. The group is conducted by Jerry Luckhardt, featuring Minnesota Orchestra trumpeter Charles Lazarus and White Bear Lake composer John Zdechlik's "Celebrations."...

The Encore Wind Ensemble's first Annual Silent Auction Benefit & Concert will be held at the Tartan Park Clubhouse, 11455 20th Street North in Lake Elmo on Saturday, May 3 beginning at 6 p.m. with cocktails. Tickets cost $35 per person. A limited number of tickets are available for...

A wind generator is a nice idea, but I hope the school board spends enough time to learn if there is an adequate supply of wind to make it feasible. The Bulletin's opinion piece of Feb. 6 (Our View: Wind turbine would offer a tangible lesson) makes it sound like all you've got...

It's a simple truth that schools exist to prepare society for the future, playing not only a role in their students' futures, but in the futures of those who will depend on them. Right now, School District 833 officials are looking at a new way to plan for the future -- and it doesn't...

The possibility of using the wind to supply electricity at the future East Ridge High School is being explored, but a final determination of whether to build a wind turbine on the campus is still a ways off, School District 833 officials said this week. Earlier this month school...

School District 833 and Woodbury officials discussed the possibility of using the wind to supply power for East Ridge High School at a meeting Jan. 16. The school is under construction at Bailey Road and Pioneer Drive. Jim Bain, district energy management coordinator, said a large...