Objection to PowerOn Midwest Scoping Decision
June 19th, 2026
Here it is, North Route Group and NO765MN Objection to Scoping Decision — done and filed ahead of schedule. Then on to Campaign Finance 1001 for tomorrow!
Last minute notice – PUC “Planning Meeting”
June 18th, 2026
Hot off the press – FIVE days notice, including the weekend. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT MEETING, because if they need a planning meeting “regarding implementation of the new Chapter 216I governing energy infrastructure permitting,” well, could we have a clearer showing of a need for RULES? Rules are what’s implemented to deal with the statutes. DOH!
They’re probably going to round up all the usual suspects to come to an agreement on how all, ALL, of these routing and siting dockets will be handled (without rules, without a rulemaking) and ram them all through.
This notice includes TL-26-135 which is the transmission across Hwy. 52 for the Google Echo Zone data center in Pine Island, and TL-25-112 which is the Iron Range-St. Louis Co.-Arrowhead transmission docket, which has a little link that serves the Google data center in Hermantown.
This should be entertaining at the very least!
Oh, but wait… a WTAF follow up after receiving a panelist invite:
Instead, they’re asking “others” NOT to participate.
Indictment – 15 “Antifa members” charged
June 18th, 2026
It took a while to find the indictment — so many articles about it but no links?!?! Here it is:
Corruption, Inc. – MUCH more than IRS
May 29th, 2026
Read this all-inclusive Get Out of Jail Free card:
What a stunning admission of guilt!
White House: 202-456-1111 (good luck with that)
www.whitehouse.gov/contact
Call your Congresscritter:
www.congress.gov/members/find-your-member
Today’s State of the City
May 19th, 2026
Today the RW Chamber of Commerce held a “State of the City,” billed as Mayor Gary Iocco and Council Administrator Chris Heineman. At the most recent Council meeting it was billed as Iocco with two council members. ??
The planned part of this shindig was review by Chris Heineman, not exactly stimulating, and after he went through slides, which I’d guess from his comments that he’d done something similar last year, the baton was tossed to Iocco who improvised, and I didn’t get a lot of it down.
Here’s the recording: Nope can’t do it on phone, and can’t do it from the computer either, “Sorry, you are not allowed to upload this file type.” But I do have a recording — need to figure out how to post it.
Posting the recording wasn’t working at all on phone, but here’s what notes I’ve got, and I missed a LOT. Chris just pretty much read the slides, but it was hard to keep up with Iocco:
