Heron Lake BioEnergy, LLC announced that on March 20, 2014, Granite Falls Energy, LLC determined to remove ShannonJohnson as its appointee and David Thompson as its alternate appointee to the Board of Governors of the company. Effective that same day, Granite Falls Energy designated Leslie Bergquist as its fifth appointee and Kenton Johnson and Martin Seifert as its alternate appointees to the company's Board of Governors. Mr. Berguist has not yet been named to any committees of the Board of Governors.

Leslie Bergquist - Age 54, Appointed Governor. Mr. Bergquist is currently the owner and President of Bergquist Consulting Corporation. Kenton Johnson - Age 25, Alternate Appointed Governor.

Mr. Johnson previously served on the company's Board of Governors from August 2011 to July 2013, as an appointee of Project Viking. Martin Seifert - Age 41, Alternate Appointed Governor. Mr. Seifert has served as the executive director of the Avera Marshall Foundation at AveraMarshall Regional Medical Center from October 2010 to December 2013.