KTOE Noon News 4-15-25

Top Stories for Noon 4-15-25

• Ponderosa Landfill Offering Free Electronics Recycling Opportunity on April 24th

• Ag-Affiliated Employers Invited to International Student Hiring Training

• Xcel Energy Reminds Customers to Be Careful When Digging during National Safe Digging Month

• Ground Broken at Mankato West High School for New Addition Project
• Small grain and corn planting is underway in Minnesota. USDA’s latest weekly crop update says oats are 9 percent seeded, spring wheat is 1 percent, and 1 percent of the state’s intended corn acres are planted. Farmers also do tillage and apply fertilizer and manure. Topsoil moisture supplies are rated at 70 percent adequate to surplus, and subsoil moisture is 55 percent adequate to surplus.