Social Security cuts would hit rural areas hardest
In Minnesota's metropolitan counties 14 percent of residents receive Social Security benefits. In rural counties it's more than 23 percent.
In Minnesota's metropolitan counties 14 percent of residents receive Social Security benefits. In rural counties it's more than 23 percent.
Rachel Zanmiller has been battling leukemia since giving birth last month.
This will be her third term leading Minnesota Republicans.
Two people were arrested and two children were placed with family service.
It featured four cast members playing anchors of a fictional Minnesota TV news channel.
Minnesota had three teams in the Frozen Four but didn't claim the national title.
West St. Paul told Ryan Weyandt the art violates city code.
The former MLB will become part-owner of the Wolves and Lynx.
Far northwestern Minnesota stands the best chance for higher snow totals.
The public is advised to avoid approaching him and to call 911.
Cases and hospitalizations have been on the rise in Minnesota.
The former Gopher guard entered the transfer portal last month.
Meanwhile, the governor of Michigan is urging people to stay home to slow the spread.
A growing number of rural Midwestern churches -- where generations have been baptized, married and buried -- are closing their doors as rural America loses residents to cities and suburbs. "There’s a kind of sadness to see the rural decline,” one observer says.
Beltrami County - like other rural areas around Minnesota - has decided the venerable old bookmobile is no longer the most cost-effective way to provide library services to residents far from any brick-and-mortar library. OK, then what is? There's not exactly any consensus on that yet.
People in their 30s and 40s have continued to move to parts of rural Minnesota, new research shows -- perhaps drawn by a higher quality of life, a slower pace, more security, cheaper housing and a better place to raise children. The results add nuance to larger trends of population decline, young people leaving and elderly populations increasing in rural areas.
The Minnesota Justice system is reeling from a Cook County Court shooting that left three injured. KARE-11 reports concerns over safety are being raised, and although most courts have electronic security more than 60 percent are without metal detectors.
A new study finds that the gap is narrowing between the amount of households in rural Minnesota and Twin Cities-area that have some form of Internet access. A new study released by the Center for Rural Policy and Development said 70.6 percent of households have some form of broadband Internet access, as opposed to with the 79.2 percent of households in the seven-county Twin Cities metro area.
KAAL-TV reports there are six job-seekers for every full-time job opening in the southeastern part of the state. That translates to about 17,000 people looking for work, when there are only 2,800 job openings.
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