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Judge Ann O’Reilly (seated far right at table) opened the public hearing Feb. 12 for the proposed Elk Creek Solar Farm near Magnolia. Three people who testified at the public hearing, talked with county commissioners Feb. 20 about their concerns. Mavis Fodness/Rock County Star Herald Photo
Judge Ann O’Reilly (seated far right at table) opened the public hearing Feb. 12 for the proposed Elk Creek Solar Farm near Magnolia. Three people who testified at the public hearing, talked with county commissioners Feb. 20 about their concerns. Mavis Fodness/Rock County Star Herald Photo

‘As a county, what direction do we want to take these agricultural lands in the future?’ –Grant Binford, Luverne farmer

Opponents of Rock County’s first large-scale solar farm say the 1,500-acre business will change the rural ways of living.

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