The Squirrels fielded 12 place-winners, including three champions while the Vikings boys put 21 athletes on the podium, including five individual champions
Tharaldson Ethanol doesn't want a new soybean crushing facility in Casselton competing with them for crops, but they've said they'd be happy to drop their opposition in exchange for a $40 million payment and, no, I'm not making this up.
Rep. Jared Hagrit, a Republican from District 20, a soybean grower himself and a past chairman of the United States Soybean Board, joined this episode of Plain Talk to talk about the Casselton project and why it's important.
Many Casselton residents support the plant, but would prefer another location, and most who spoke critically want a shorter tax-exemption period for the $500 million project.