N-B Video: Wind farms approved in Wells County — the vote

Area Plan Commission member John Schuhmacher makes a motion to approve, with conditions, 86 wind turbines for southern Wells County, leading to a controversial 6-4 vote in favor of the plan. Schuhmacher made the motion after no one would initially make a move to approve or deny Apex Wind Energy's proposal. Members had to regroup for about 30 minutes to regroup and create the proposal that Schuhmacher introduced. The vote followed more than four hours of presentations. The News-Banner will have highlights from these presentations in the days ahead. Due to memory constraints and batteries, this video edited out some of the silence following the first call for a motion, as well as some of the official language from the proposal. Learn more in the Friday, March 2, News-Banner. (Video by Chet Baumgartner)