Rural Minnesota

On Wednesday, September 19th at 7:00pm the Rural Voices series, hosted by MPR's Kerri Miller, will host an event called "Growing Good Gigs: Educating and Training a Creative Rural Workforce." The event takes place at the Minnesota Discovery Center in Chisholm and seeks to inspire conversations about the rewards and challenges of making a home in rural America. Trent Janezich, Director of Advancement and Customized Training Solutions at Minnesota North College, joined Heidi Holtan to discuss the event and what the newly-formed college contributes to the rural workforce of northeastern Minnesota. Click the "Listen" player above to hear the full conversation.

Grand Rapids Riverfest

The culmination of five regional listening sessions that brought together the expertise of local government leaders and 2020 data. AuditorBlaha, OSA data analysts, and local leaders looked at 20-year local government financial trends to provide context to the 2020 financial data, which represented the first year that local governments received federal pandemic relief funds through the CARES Act.

The culmination of five regional listening sessions that brought together the expertise of local government leaders and 2020 data. AuditorBlaha, OSA data analysts, and local leaders looked at 20-year local government financial trends to provide context to the 2020 financial data, which represented the first year that local governments received federal pandemic relief funds through the CARES Act.

One of six regional organizations established by the McKnight Foundation to stregthen opportunities in rural Minnesota, the Northwest Minnesota Foundation…

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