ST. CLOUD, Minnesota, Nov. 22 -- The Central Minnesota Community Foundation issued the following news release: The Norman C. Skalicky Foundation in partnership with the Central Minnesota Community Foundation, is excited to announce the Community Challenge. The Skalicky Foundation is offering up to $150,000 as a match for every dollar donated to three area food shelves this holiday season. "We are grateful once again to partner with the Skalicky Foundation to support our local food shelves," sa  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Senators Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho) applaud the Senate passage of a Senate resolution recognizing November 2024 as National Native American Heritage Month and the Friday after Thanksgiving as Native American Heritage Day. "In addition to honoring the remarkable achievements of Native Americans and their ancestors, the resolution emphasizes Congress's reaffirmation of tribal self-governance and  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- The U.S. Federal Reserve System posted a notice in the Federal Register on Nov. 19, 2024, signed by Michele Taylor Fennell, Associate Secretary of the Board. Change in Bank Control Notices; Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or Bank Holding Company The notificants listed below have applied under the Change in Bank Control Act (Act) (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and Sec.225.41 of the Board's Regulation Y (12 CFR 225.41) to acquire shares of a bank or bank holding company. The factors  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- The Federal Reserve System posted a notice in the Federal Register on Nov. 21, 2024, signed by Michele Taylor Fennell, Associate Secretary of the Board. Change in Bank Control Notices; Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or Bank Holding Company The notificants listed below have applied under the Change in Bank Control Act (Act) (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and Sec.225.41 of the Board's Regulation Y (12 CFR 225.41) to acquire shares of a bank or bank holding company. The factors that  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- The Federal Reserve System posted a notice in the Federal Register on Nov. 19, 2024, signed by Michele Taylor Fennell, Associate Secretary of the Board. Change in Bank Control Notices; Acquisitions of Shares of a Savings and Loan Holding Company The notificants listed below have applied under the Change in Bank Control Act ("Act") (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and of the Board's Regulation LL (12 CFR 238.31) to acquire shares of a savings and loan holding company. The factors that  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has released the following public communication dated Nov. 15, 2024, from Hennepin County Housing and Economic Development, Minneapolis, Minnesota: * * * To: Matthew Ammon Director, Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development 451 7th Street, S.W. Room 8236, Washington, D.C. 20410 Re: Hennepin County Comments Docket Number FR-6487-N-01 * * * Dear Director Ammon  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service posted a notice in the Federal Register on Nov. 18, 2024, signed by Ya-Wei Li, Assistant Director for Ecological Services. Endangered Species Act; Issuance of Enhancement of Survival and Incidental Take Permits for Safe Harbor Agreements, Candidate Conservation Agreements, Conservation Plans, and Scientific Activities; January 1, 2023, Through December 31, 2023 AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior. ACT  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Nov. 22 -- Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minnesota, issued the following proclamation on Nov. 20, 2024: * * * WHEREAS: Minnesota's geographic landscape and data play a crucial role in the history and cultural heritage of all people in Minnesota, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) serve as a framework for gathering, managing, analyzing, and displaying location-based information; and WHEREAS: An understanding of geography and its applications in GIS provides critical information f  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Nov. 22 -- Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minnesota, issued the following proclamation on Nov. 21, 2024: * * * WHEREAS: Rural health care professionals, hospitals, clinics, and long-term care facilities throughout Minnesota are dedicated to delivering high-quality, community-based care to all people in Minnesota; and WHEREAS: Rural hospitals and health systems are major employers and economic drivers of rural communities and regions; and WHEREAS: Rural communities are addressing their  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Nov. 22 -- Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minnesota, issued the following proclamation on Nov. 20, 2024: * * * WHEREAS: Transgender Day of Remembrance began in 1999 as a vigil organized to honor the memory of Rita Hester and Chanelle Pickett - two Black transgender women murdered in acts of anti-transgender violence; and WHEREAS: Transgender Day of Remembrance has become an annual observance in November that honors the memory of transgender people around the world whose lives were cut   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- Minnesota Corn issued a 32-page 2024 Sustainability Report in June 2024. Here are excerpts: * * * EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ... 3 LETTER FROM LEADERSHIP ... 4 INTRODUCTION ... 6 PEOPLE ... 7 Sponsorships ... 7 Scholarships ... 7 County activities/outreach ... 8 PLANET ... 9 State of Minnesota Goals ... 10 Research Best Management Practices ... 11 Production and Environmental Stewardship ... 11 Innovation Grants ... 11 Advocate for Research Investments ... 11 Advoca  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service issued the following news: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $7 million in eight projects to support the development of wetland mitigation banks for agricultural producers through the Wetland Mitigation Banking Program (WMBP). Through wetland mitigation banks, wetlands are restored, created or enhanced, generating credits that can be purchased by producers looking to compensat  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology issued the following news: The National Construction Safety Team has reached an important milestone in its investigation into the 2021 partial collapse of the Champlain Towers South condominium in Surfside, Florida, with the transfer of evidence custody to the Miami-Dade Police Department (MDPD). The transfer became possible once the team from the National Institute of Standards and   more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, Nov. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following remarks on Nov. 20, 2024, by Rosie Hidalgo, director of the Office on Violence Against Women on the second day of the 19th Annual Government-to-Government Violence Against Women Tribal Consultation: * * * As Prepared for Delivery Good morning, everyone. I hope each of you found rest and renewal last night. As we come together for day two of the 19th Annual Government-to-Government Violence Against Women Triba  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Nov. 22 -- The Minnesota Department of Agriculture issued the following news: * * * Comments are being accepted through December 18 * * * The Minnesota Department of Agriculture is seeking input on a draft state aquaculture plan. Comments are being accepted now through December 18. Minnesota recognizes aquaculture, which is the practice of privately raising fish or other aquatic life, as agriculture. At its peak in 2005, the direct revenue associated with aquaculture in  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued the following news release: As Prepared for Delivery Good afternoon. It's an honor to welcome President Clinton to Treasury today to mark the recent 30th anniversary of the establishment of the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund. President Clinton and I have a long-standing shared belief that increasing access to economic opportunity for people and places that historically have been underserved is crucially impo  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 -- Rep. Tom Emmer, R-Minnesota, issued the following news release on Nov. 21, 2024: Yesterday, Congressman Tom Emmer celebrated with St. Cloud resident Becky Carlson at the Pentagon as she received the Zachary and Elizabeth Fisher Distinguished Civilian Humanitarian Award from the U.S. Air Force for her work with her non-profit organization Becky's Troop Care Packages. "Becky Carlson has been a friend to our office for years, and she has never wavered in her support for ou  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: Rep. Ilhan Omar released the following statement on voting NO on HRes 1449. "I voted NO on HRes 1449 because the bill endorses the harmful definition of IHRA that dangerously conflates legitimate criticism of Israel to antisemitism and further harms our ability to address antisemitism. I condemn antisemitism unequivocally, however this resolution does nothing to combat antisemitism. I will continue to stand  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) released the following statement following the announcement of arrest warrants made by the International Criminal Court for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and also Mohammed Deif, the military commander of Hamas on October 7th. "The International Criminal Court's decision to issue arrest warrants is an important step to hold these war c  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 -- Rep. Brendan Boyle, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on Nov. 21, 2024: * * * Legislation Named in Honor of Katherine Bensen, Daughter of the late U.S. Rep. Rick Nolan, Who Passed Away After a Courageous Fight Against Lung Cancer * * * Today, Representative Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA) and Representative Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), joined by Senator Tina Smith (D-MN) in the Senate, reintroduced the Katherine's Lung Cancer Early Detection and Survival Act, a bica  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i), chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, led Committee passage of the following bills at a business meeting: * S.4643, Zuni Indian Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2024; and * S.4998, Navajo Nation Rio San Jose Stream System Water Rights Settlement Act of 2024. During th  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service issued the following recall alert: Nov. 20, 2024 Wolverine Packing Co., a Detroit, Mich. establishment, is recalling approximately 167,277 pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The fresh products have a "use by" date of 11/14/2024 and the frozen products are labeled   more