WAVERLY, Minn. — Little has changed on Harlan Poppler’s Waverly dairy farm since a jury awarded him $750,000 in damages caused by stray voltage. The verdict came March 19. The court also found that ...

PARKER, S.D. -- South Dakota dairy farmers have a new system in place to help them solve issues with stray voltage on their farms, but some say it doesn’t do enough to address a problem that can cause ...

The power lines servicing a rural Pine River farm must be replaced by Brainerd-based electrical cooperative Crow Wing Power, a Cass County judge has ruled. Judge Jana M. Austad’s order is the latest ...

The power lines servicing a rural Pine River farm must be replaced by Brainerd-based electrical cooperative Crow Wing Power, a Cass County judge has ruled. Judge Jana M. Austad's order is the latest ...

LA CROSSE, Wis. — A Trempealeau County dairy farmer suing Xcel Energy for more than $6 million will try to convince a jury that stray voltage from the utility's lines harmed his cattle. Paul Halderson ...

MINNEAPOLIS - As dead cow No. 79 lay stiff in a tractor scoop one recent cold morning on Greg Siewert's dairy farm, it was pretty clear in the nearby sick barn which would become No. 80. Wobbly on ...

A Trempealeau County dairy farmer suing Xcel Energy for more than $6 million will try to convince a jury that stray voltage from the utility’s lines harmed his cattle. Paul Halderson, who with his ...

MADISON - The Wisconsin Supreme Court today upheld a nearly $533,000 award to Marathon County dairy farmers who claimed a power company's stray voltage hurt their cows' milk production. In a 4-to-3 ...

A dairy farm in western Wisconsin has won a $4.5 million jury award after a five-year legal battle with Xcel Energy over the effects of "stray voltage" on its cows. Earlier this month, a Trempealeau ...

Stray cattle is something livestock farmers deal with on a regular basis by making sure fences and gates are in good working condition. Stray electricity is an entirely different beast. When ...

The following article was written by Arica Olson, a UW-Stout freshman from Wausau, for a writing class. Her professor asked that it be printed in the Dunn County News. -- J.K. All right, who here ...