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Community Development of Morrison County works to ensure businesses can invest in Morrison County. Whether it’s helping a new business get started, or an existing business expand, Carol Anderson, executive director, is busy. During a July planning session, Anderson updated the County Board about what’s been going on. One of the larger projects Community Development has worked with, North Freeze Dry, is about ready to go.

Governor Tim Walz today announced that the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) will provide over $13 million to help 15 businesses across Minnesota expand. The funding, from DEED’s Job Creation Fund and Minnesota Investment Fund, will leverage nearly $766 million in outside investment and create 652 jobs over five years. “Minnesota is proud to be a top state for business and to live and work,” said Governor Walz. “I am grateful to the workers, entrepreneurs, and businesses that call Minnesota home and contribute to our economy. We are committed to supporting our businesses and investing in the future of...

The answer to a potential major issue with the city of Little Falls’ utility delivery system was to build out more fiber optic lines. Monday, the Little Falls City Council unanimously approved a request from City Engineer Greg Kimman to partner with Consolidated Telephone Company (CTC) to maintain infrastructure components within its water and wastewater systems. The project will cost the city $731,000 — $395,000 of which will come from its American Recovery Plan Act (ARPA) funding from the federal government. An additional $206,000 will be paid for out of the wastewater improvement fund, with $130,000 coming from the...