The first wind-monitoring tower in the metro area was erected today at Wayzata High School. The suburban school district is considering installing a wind turbine to generate its electricity and will use the monitoring tower to gather data. The Spirit Lake Community School District in northwest Iowa has been powering its schools with wind energy since 1993 and now has two turbines on its property. The school district was the second in the nation to purchase a wind turbine and the first to use the wind as its primary energy source. School Superintendent Tim Grieves says the decision to install the first turbine was a natural one: