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Published November 13, 2008, 12:00 AM

Minnkota repairing damaged tower

Grand Forks-based Minn-kota Power Cooperative is fielding bids to replace a communications tower in Walsh County that collapsed from the weight of ice during last week’s storm. The collapse severed communications with the Langdon Wind Energy Center. Nodak Electric Cooperative said it also had two antennas on the tower for radio communications.

GRAND FORKS (AP) — Grand Forks-based Minn-kota Power Cooperative is fielding bids to replace a communications tower in Walsh County that collapsed from the weight of ice during last week’s storm.

The collapse severed communications with the Langdon Wind Energy Center. Nodak Electric Cooperative said it also had two antennas on the tower for radio communications.

Minnkota spokesman Mike Nisbet said the co-op has leased a temporary line to restore communication. Fixing the tower is expected to cost up to $250,000.

A Morton County communications tower also collapsed in the rain and blizzard conditions last week.

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