Entries by Region Nine

Area commissioners’ top issues: broadband, highways, telemedicine

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More federal funding to expand broadband, rules to allow the continuation of telemedicine, highway funding and more aid for small businesses are at the top of the list for area rural counties. Those were the messages county commissioners delivered to U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar during a virtual roundtable she hosted Friday. The three commissioners are […]

Klobuchar talks economic recovery plans for Region 9

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Sen. Amy Klobuchar talks COVID’s economic impact with the Region 9 Development Commission The pandemic has hit businesses, hospitality industry and the economies of entire cities, with having to close restaurants for weeks at a time to canceling events that would’ve drawn tourists. Representatives from Sibley, Le Sueur and Martin County joined the senator to […]