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The Red River Valley Sugarbeet Museum in Crookston is proud to announce that they have chosen the Lyle Kiel family as their Honored Family of 2019. Lyle was a farmer five miles south of Crookston and was elected President of the Red River Valley Sugarbeet Growers Association in 1961 during a time of much dissension […]
Dear Neighbors, I am proud to announce the roll out of the new Dairy Assistance, Investment and Relief Initiative (DAIRI) program, which will provide financial assistance for small- to medium-size dairy producers who enroll for five years of coverage in the USDA Farm Service Agency’s Dairy Margin Coverage program. Through the Agriculture and the Jobs omnibus
Dear Friends and Neighbors, Here is an update with the latest news from St. Paul. SPECIAL SESSION The Governor called a special session for last Friday at 10:00 a.m. to pass the rest of the state budget. The process was not at all transparent, with most bills being decided by a “tribunal” of the Governor,
Dear Friends and Neighbors, Here is an update with the latest news from St. Paul. END OF SESSION We ended the regular Legislative session on Monday at midnight. Due to budget negotiations taking far longer than usual, we only sent one budget bill to the governor – Higher Ed was agreed to, but none of
Dear Friends and Neighbors, Here is an update with the latest news from St. Paul. NEGOTIATIONS Budget negotiations are ongoing between the DFL House, GOP Senate, and the DFL Governor. We haven’t gotten much new information, but the sticking point seems to be whether or not to raise taxes on Minnesotans. As a reminder, the
Representative Deb Kiel gives periodic updates on the happenings at the Capitol and the latest update is listed below – Omnibus Bills This week we finished voting on the first round of omnibus budget bills in the House. These bills included a lot of really harmful policy, including cutting $68 million from nursing homes across
