AGP Executive Report
Last update: 15 minutes agoHealth Care Deal: Sanford Health and North Memorial Health have signed a definitive agreement to merge into one nonprofit system, with Sanford’s CEO Bill Gassen leading and North Memorial’s Trevor Sawallish continuing to run the Twin Cities region; the combined group plans to invest $600 million in North Memorial’s Robbinsdale and Maple Grove hospitals. Agriculture & Weather: With drought still biting parts of the Plains, cattle producers are weighing hard choices as pasture conditions and fire recovery collide with another dry stretch. Energy Planning: Otter Tail Power filed a 15-year resource plan with Minnesota regulators, including new gas and wind additions plus solar and battery projects already in the pipeline. Politics & Policy: Democrats are increasingly backing independents in red states to blunt the party brand, while Senate Republicans again blocked war-powers limits on Trump’s Iran policy as GOP opposition widened. Biofuels Fight: A year-round E15 ethanol bill cleared the House, but environmental groups and oil-refining states are teaming up to push back as it heads to the Senate. Local Spotlight: Parkston senior Hayden Mette earned a Build Dakota Scholarship for electrical construction and maintenance at Mitchell Tech.
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