McLean County farmers don't mind wind farms
By Anne Cook
Sunday December 17, 2006
Heather Coit
Ellsworth farmer Randy Lloyd gives members of the DeKalb County FFA a tour near the new McLean County wind farm
ELLSWORTH – Corn is finally out of the fields on top of the Bloomington moraine, and residents can see how dramatically their horizon is changing.
Towering wind turbines dominate the landscape. Some are finished, measuring 398 feet from the ground to the tip of an upright blade. Others are under construction, and hundreds of workers and vehicles swarm over the rural roads, delivering blades, tower pieces, cranes and other equipment and supplies to building sites.
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