Jennifer VogelA community broadband project in southern Minnesota has met with one obstacle after another. Now it’s got another scheme for moving ahead. Read more →
MPR News How communities are facing the future
By Jennifer Vogel
Jennifer Vogel reports and writes for the Ground Level project, focusing on complex topics that play out in Minnesota’s communities and that involve residents getting engaged with the challenges of the day.
The Minnesota program that feeds state aid to cities will see a big boost in 2014, but local levies are still increasing as cities contend with rising costs and take on delayed road improvements and other projects. Read more →
Minnesota Public Radio News partnered with the Minnesota State Demographic Center to hold the second Minnesota Data Opener, which this year focused on challenges facing rural areas. Winners were announced today during an online chat. Read more →
People in the small western Minnesota city of Hoffman are trying to figure out how to weather the closing of a nursing home, the biggest employer in town. Read more →
Bill Dougherty runs a houseboat rental business on Rainy Lake and he thinks he’d benefit if International Falls and Koochiching County put more effort into promoting tourism. Read more →
To keep International Falls vital, Library Director Diane Adams is helping kids explore their dreams and consider new career paths Read more →
Voyageurs National Park Superintendent Mike Ward is exactly the kind of person who can bring nature-loving tourists and International Falls residents together. Read more →
Falls High School in International Falls added an engineering class this year with the aim of broadening job options for local kids. Read more →
Koochiching Economic Development Authority Director Paul Nevanen is exploring all avenues to diversify the job base in International Falls, from manufacturing to entrepreneurism. Read more →
If International Falls succeeds in creating a more entrepreneurial culture, it will need more people like RaeAnne Conat. Read more →