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On Thursday afternoon Governor Tim Walz announced a plan to distribute $853 million in relief to communities impacted by COVID-19 with $12 million allocated to food shelves and food banks. The remaining $841 million will be distributed to counties, cities, and towns. Crookston will receive $604,304 in aid. “I have not read the full bill […]
Dear Neighbors, Our latest special session ended early Saturday morning, unfortunately with many things left undone due to demands for more spending from the governor. After all four caucuses in the House and Senate came to an agreement about how the federal CARES Act money would be distributed to local governments, the governor then demanded
The Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) plans to release funds from the CARES Act to school districts on June 30 through Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) and the Governor’s Emergency Education Relief (GEER). Schools in Crookston will receive a total of $328,422. Of that total, $302,697 comes from ESSER funding based on Title
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced $7.7 million in grant awards to two transit providers in Minnesota as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, signed by President Donald J. Trump on March 27, 2020. The City of Rochester in Olmstead County will receive $7.2 million to continue
The Crookston City Council met on Monday night with all the items on the consent agenda. Among those were approving the City’s COVID-19 preparedness plan authorizing the reopening of city hall on Wednesday morning explains Interim City Administrator Angel. “We will be opening the doors to the public in the morning,” said Weasner. “We had
Republicans and Democrats in the Minnesota Legislature are at odds over the allocation of funds to counties from the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act to counties. Minnesota received $1.87 billion dollars from the CARES ACT, with a portion, $667 million, to go to counties, cities, and towns struggling with COVID-19. Hennepin
