Blue Earth County

Pandemic creating workforce training opportunitiesFebruary 25, 2021 - 12:47 pm
If there’s one good thing to come out of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, it’s this: Greater Minnesota has more opportunities to train people to fill ongoing job vacancies. That was what researchers at the Mankato-based Center for Rural Policy and Development told lawmakers Monday during a House workforce and business development committee hearing. “The data […]
A call for racial understanding in Greater MinnesotaFebruary 25, 2021 - 12:46 pm
Minnesota’s summer of protests, violence, and personal and political reckoning brought issues of race and racism front and center in 2020. For many Greater Minnesota communities, however, making their towns more welcoming to everyone was a priority long before then. Motivated by a variety of concerns, many leaders have partnered with University of Minnesota Extension […]
EDA grant targets south central Minnesota manufacturers hit hard by pandemicJanuary 29, 2021 - 12:57 pm
By Bernadette Heier | January 28, 2021 at 6:21 PM CST – Updated January 28 at 6:53 PM NORTH MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) — A $74,552 Economic Development Administration grant is set to aid south central Minnesota manufacturers. Democratic Sen. Tina Smith, of Minnesota, says the grant will help manufacturers and communities in the region […]