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Jan 12 2021When BPI began to look for a location to build a second manufacturing facility, Community Development of Morrison County and the city of Little Falls, Minn. rolled out the red carpet.
“Carol Anderson with Community Development of Morrison County in Little Falls organized a meeting with us and about 30 peopl...
The Minnesota Legislature and Governor have passed legislation authorizing funding to Minnesota counties to distribute relief grants to local businesses and nonprofits impacted by an executive order related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Morrison County will receive $658,535.37 to administer the Morrison County Relief Grant Program in accordance with this legislation.
Th...
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency grant takes recycling to a new level for Employment Enterprises Inc.
Jan 11 2021Despite that 2020 has been a gloomy year for Employment Enterprises Inc. (EEI) in Little Falls due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the nonprofit 503(c)(3) organization received some good news from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA).
EEI Executive Director Pam Baltes said the organization had submitted a grant application to MPC...
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NuMake strives to make world a healthier place
Dec 19 2020NuMake, a subsidiary of White Dog Labs, recently purchased the former Central Minnesota Renewables Ethanol plant on the northern edge of Little Falls. The plant is currently producing ESP-grade ethanol, with plans to make a protein product for alternative human and animal food sources in the future.
Minnesota Power began its LED Street Light project in April 2020. According to Minnesota Power Senior Communications Specialist Kelley Eldien, all of the street lights and most of the area lights in Little Falls have already been converted to LED. Only some larger customer-owned area lights and floodlights have ye...
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Little Falls Public Works is doing its part to protect the environment with the help of a major change in the way it treats the city’s wastewater.
A $20 million upgrade to the wastewater treatment plant that began in April 2019 is about two-thirds of the way done and slated t...
The Royalton City Council heard an update from James Robins with Robins Consulting that with the bonding bill passed in both the Senate and the House, Royalton was granted $900,000. It has been a long, but productive process, he said.
The funds will be used to replace and upgrad...
The Morrison County Board granted County Administrator Deb Gruber authorization Tuesday to distribute CARES Act funding to local entities.
The CARES Act was signed into law on March 27 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The measure made federal funding available to local, state and federal agencies for use on unbudgete...
MBFC's Annual Meeting was held online on Wednesday, October 28th. At the event, Carol Anderson, the Executive Director of Community Development of Morrison County was recognized as FY2020 Outgoing Board Director in Appreciation of Dedicated Service.
With Clif Allen of Moore engineering in attendance, the Swanville City Council decided Tuesday, to move forward in the process of building a new water tower for the city of Swanville.
Allen said that since the state was able to pass a bonding bill that Swanville’s project would b...
Rural Minnesota CEP Has Job Assistance Expertise
Nov 10 2020As a board member of Rural Minnesota Concentrated Employment Program (RMCEP) for over 15 years, Carol Anderson has lengthy experience helping job seekers and employers through tough economic conditions.
“I was around during the Great Recession in the late 2000s and the most crucial aspect of economic recovery is the sam...
The MN Legion details the veteran benefits from the bonding bill, including the Minnesota Military Museum and the Camp Ripley State Veterans Trail in Morrison County.
The Camp Ripley Veterans State Trail (CRVST) received some good news when we were informed that the $1 million bonding we requested was approved.
The trail wasn’t at a standstill while we were waiting to see if it passed. The land was designated for the trail recently from Boise Cascade, Minnesot...
The Minnesota Senate and House after two failed attempts to do so earlier this year, came together in a bipartisan effort to put forth a $1.87 billion bonding bill. It was signed by Gov. Tim Walz, Wednesday.
The Senate vote was 64-3 and the House vote was 100-34.
The bonding bill include...
White Dog Labs, a biotech firm pursuing new types of sustainable food technology, has acquired a shuttered ethanol plant in Little Falls, Minn., for $9.2 million.
Finance & Commerce reports on the deal for the former Central MN Renewables facility, which closed last summer. Owner Green Biologics, based in the Unite...
