Category: Rural Headlines

EXCERPT: “A coalition of local agriculture and nonprofit interests want to know what small towns and rural communities can immediately do to attract and maintain large-scale businesses. To find out, Greenseam and the Center for Rural Policy and Development are asking lawmakers for $250,000 for an economic development study . . . Similar studies have been ...

EXCERPT: “U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced today the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $276 million in rural electric infrastructure to improve system efficiency and reliability . . . USDA’s $276 million investment will build nearly 1,000 miles of line and improve 733 miles of line to meet current and future needs of rural ...

EXCERPT: “Many older adults love the sense of community and the slower pace of life in rural America. But would health challenges there make life difficult?” FULLSTORY: http://bit.ly/2Fvrqvg

EXCERPT: “City leaders in Greater Minnesota are lauding legislation introduced today that would boost state funding for grant and loan programs that help cities pay for expensive wastewater and drinking water infrastructure projects. The bill, SF 2668/HF 3122, spearheaded by chief authors Sen. Gary Dahms (R-Redwood Falls) and Rep. Dean Urdahl (R-Grove City), allocates $167 million ...

EXCERPT: “Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Anne Hazlett today unveiled a new webpage featuring resources to help rural communities respond to the opioid crisis. ‘While no corner of the country has gone untouched by the opioid crisis, small towns and rural places have been particularly hard hit,’ Hazlett said. ‘The challenge of opioid misuse is an ...

EXCERPT: “Though our cities now teem with fiber optic cables and 4G signals, it’s still common for rural areas to struggle with even basic connectivity. In the UK, a new pact between church and state could help local religious hubs become bastions of faster broadband. The National Church Institutions (NCIs) of the Church of England and the government will ...

EXCERPT: “Waldorf employees can point out where the walls are, literally, crumbling at the city wastewater treatment plant. They use a refrigerator door to help cover an entryway — they could fix the old door that broke, but it would likely cause the frame and potentially the nearby wall to shatter. This facility was built in ...

EXCERPT: “Greater Minnesota is a big place, but it seems like there are some concerns that communities are facing no matter where you go. Members of the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities said Thursday that infrastructure needs and a child care shortage in the state are high on the list of topics Minnesotans are concerned ...

EXCERPT: “On the final stop of their statewide tour, representatives of the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce visited JBS on Monday to show local Chamber members their wishlist for the upcoming legislative session and talk about the challenges facing Minnesota businesses . . . Doug Loon, president of the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce, said the state’s annual ...