On a busy manufacturing floor inside a cramped 85-year-old converted dairy creamery in the city of Tower in northeastern Minnesota, a handful of workers are welding together a wood-burning furnace ...

Daryl Lamppa, a 71-year-old tinkerer born and raised in Tower, Minn., invited his son and daughter for Thanksgiving dinner a couple of months ago. Lamppa had something to show them: his own patent, ...

Every winter as I turn on my oil burner heat unit I do so with a touch of trepidation and guilt. I pride myself on living as sustainably as possible and on my pursuit of environmentally friendly ...

The Senate late Friday was poised to approve a bill to place new restrictions on the use of wood-burning furnaces. Proposed rules would require that furnace owners ...

Gas furnaces generate heat by burning natural gas. They’re available in varying sizes and energy efficiencies and produce a hot, dry heat. While still the most widely used furnaces, they’re starting ...

FOREST ACRES, S.C. — A proposed ordinance would ban outdoor wood-burning furnaces in Forest Acres. Supporters believe the devices pose health hazards, while others say this action by city council is ...

LAKEWOOD – Complaints about the exterior wood burning furnace at 36 Ohio St. in the village of Lakewood poured in during the public comment period at the recent village board meeting. Samuel Whitmore, ...

NEWTOWN -- Currituck Road resident William Thiessen said the smoke from a neighbor's outdoor wood-burning furnace causes him to have frequent sore throats. Thiessen also said he has had to sleep in ...

WESTFIELD - Embers from a wood-burning furnace are believed to have sparked a fire at a local lumber yard which heavily damaged one of the buildings Sunday afternoon. The fire was reported at about ...