<a href="http://tng.rotator.hadj7.adjuggler.net/servlet/ajrotator/92713/0/cc?z=tng&pos=2"><img src="http://tng.rotator.hadj7.adjuggler.net/servlet/ajrotator/92713/0/vc?z=tng&dim=90845&pos=2&kw=&click=&abr=$imginiframe" width="300" height="250" border="0"></a>RANKIN - The village board has passed an ordinance to regulate the construction of wind turbines on farmland immediately outside Rankin's corporate limits.

The ordinance, approved 6-0 last Thursday, amends Rankin's zoning code to give the village regulatory authority over commercial and private wind turbines within 1 1/2 miles of the town.

Trustee Lynn Magers suggested the ordinance in February, saying she was personally concerned about possible "health issues" associated with wind turbines being built too close to homes. Vermilion County's wind-farm regulations allow 400-foot-tall commercial turbines to be built as... [continue via Web link]