Amps and bean bags

Alan Youngberg, from Prairie Dog Electric, was on hand to set up the new backup generator for the Hanna Marshall building. The generator was purchased through a Homeland Security grant of $14,500.

Youngberg took Marshall Jeff Niemark, Deputy Marshall Dan Starr and chief water operator/public works employee David Sutter through the operations of the machine.

Currently the generator is set up to back up the department's radios.

"That is what it is wired for now," Youngberg said. "Whenever you (Neimark) are ready, we can set up other wiring and backup for the generator to run. This is a 75 amp ge...