WASHINGTON, June 29 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service issued the following news release on June 28, 2024: The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) North Central Regional Food Business Center today announced $600,000 awarded in Business Builder grants to provide financial assistance for small and mid-sized farm and food businesses. The funding is being awarded to 15 projects across North Dakota, South Dakota, and Minnesota. "These Business Builder grants   more

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative issued the following news release: United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai will travel to St. Paul, Minnesota from July 1 to July 2, 2024. On Monday, July 1, Ambassador Tai will participate in a roundtable with local tradeswomen. This event is closed press. Ambassador Tai will provide closing remarks at the President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders Meeting. This event  more

JOHNSTON, Iowa, June 29 -- The U.S. Justice Department's Drug Enforcement Administration's Omaha Division issued the following news release: The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Omaha Division hosted its third annual Family Summit at Camp Dodge in Johnston, Iowa, June 27, bringing together families from Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota representing 41 loved ones lost to a fentanyl poisoning. "This is a somber day," DEA Omaha Division Special Agent in Charge Steven  more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, June 28 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota issued the following news release: A Burnsville man has been charged with three counts of wire fraud after defrauding an electronics manufacturing business out of more than $1.2 million, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger. According to court documents, between 2019 and 2020, Thomas Thanh Pham, 52, devised a scheme to defraud a California based company of approximately $1.2 million. Pham, who w  more

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- The White House issued the following news release on June 28, 2024: Today, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. declared that a major disaster exists in the State of Minnesota and ordered Federal aid to supplement State, tribal, and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe storms and flooding beginning on June 16, 2024, and continuing. Federal funding is available to state, tribal, and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a co  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the Department's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.6 million grant to the Minnesota West Community and Technical College in Worthington, Minnesota. This grant will help address the growing demand for skilled workers in robotics, fluid power/advanced hydraulics, welding and CNC machining   more