Minnesota Power

The meetings in Coleraine, Floodwood, Hermantown and Cloquet will allow members of the public to comment and ask questions about the proposed route of the 63-mile line.

The Public Utilities Commission, which must approve the sale, is taking comment on a judge's recommendation to block the sale and a settlement between the investors and the Department of Commerce.

Plus: the St. Louis County Sheriff's Office released video of the July 15 officer-involved shooting; Minnesota Power and state agencies heard public comments in Cohasset Monday; and Minnesota's e-bike rebate lottery opens July 30, 2025.

The Public Utilities Commission extended the deadline to comment on the utility's plan for providing power through 2039 at the request of environmental organizations.

Power lines are down in the road Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in front of the Wells Fargo Bank. The entrance to the road from Highway 33, north of Taco Bell, is blocked off.

A year after millions of gallons of coal ash wastewater spilled from a Minnesota Power plant in Cohasset, the groups allege the company hasn't been following federal rules.

Meetings in Eveleth, Duluth, Cohasset, Little Falls and online will give the public a chance to comment on how the utility plans to provide power through 2039.

Parent company ALLETE strongly disagrees with the ruling. The sale to raise capital for the clean energy transition has raised concerns from environmentalists and industry.

The line would run from its Iron Range Substation near Grand Rapids to its St. Louis County Substation near Hermantown with a connection to American Transmission Co.’s nearby Arrowhead Substation.

The meeting on Minnesota Power's proposed 85-megawatt solar facility in Cohasset is rescheduled to 6 p.m. on April 21, 2025.