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Xcel Energy announces leadership appointments

MINNEAPOLIS – Bob Frenzel, Xcel Energy’s president and CEO, announced last week that Brett Carter will be named group president of Utilities and chief customer officer and that Jeff Savage will be chief audit and financial services officer, both effective March 1. “Xcel Energy has an ...

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End of year gratitude We at Breitinger & Sons wish to thank our readers, farmers, commodity producers, those in the supply chain, and all those who put food on our table. Here’s a holiday greeting from our Agriculture Secretary, Tom Vilsack: “As we wrap up 2021 and begin a new ...

Loan processor promotion at Aspire Credit Union

Aspire Credit Union has promoted Jennifer Rodriguez to lead mortgage loan processor. Rodriguez will continue to work in the credit union’s loan department. Rodriguez has been serving the membership at Aspire Credit Union for 10 years, working her way from the teller line to the loan ...

Ross promoted to executive director of Elison Assisted Living

Tom Ross has been promoted from Sales and Marketing Director to Executive Director for Elison Assisted Living of Minot in Minot, North Dakota. Tom holds over 25 years of experience in communications, community service, marketing and sales. He’s been with the community since June of this ...

Slumberland donates beds to area families

Every December, Slumberland Furniture has its biggest bedding event of the year without selling a single mattress or box spring. Throughout the month, Slumberland Furniture as a company will donate about 2,000 mattress and box spring sets to nonprofit partners throughout the communities it ...

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Inflation rate blasts toward 10% The Producer Price Index (PPI), released by the Labor Department Tuesday, rose at the highest level ever recorded. Higher costs for food and energy at the wholesale level led the way. The Fed is concerned retail prices at grocery stores, shopping centers, gas ...