Link Snacks to build northern Wis. pipeline
MINONG, Wis. (AP) — Residents of a small village in northwestern Wisconsin stand to benefit from a local employer’s plan to build a new natural gas pipeline.
The residents will have a cheaper and more efficient option for heating and cooking and most of the $2 million pipeline cost will be picked up by Link Snacks.
The growing company wants to expand its headquarters in Minong by about 30 percent and want to switch from liquid petroleum to natural gas. The pipeline will come from a mainline station near Trego.
The two communities are west of Hayward.
The Duluth News Tribune (http://bit.ly/WdPDFs ) says a letter to the Wisconsin Public Service Commission from the project contractor, We Energies, says construction could start this spring.
Natural gas service could be available to the community by spring of 2014.
Jan 20, 2013 at 4:55 p.m.
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Great news!! Now if we can only get the Keystone Pipeline into Wisconsin that would also be great. Means more jobs and more money coming into this state. If Illinois can have refineries in Patoka, then Wisconsin can have refineries too. With today's technology, I'm sure they can build the pipeline, protect the environment and hire superior qualified technicians to maintain the pipeline so any issues that may happen can be resolved immediately. I wish Gov. Walker would have a conversation with the necessary people and see if the Keystone Pipeline is feasible for this state. The alternative would be fracking.
Jan 20, 2013 at 2:19 p.m.
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That is encouraging news.
Jan 20, 2013 at 8:43 a.m.
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Very nice to hear this...this is good news, and definitely progress in the right direction.
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