Ground Level®: Amplifying Community Voices

Your story is powerful. The stories you share with others honor the complexity of our communities while forging a more equitable and vibrant future.

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We’d like to hear your thoughts and questions. Your ideas about solutions. How are your communities? What are you seeing today? And what do you want to see tomorrow?

Note that while we will exercise editorial judgment for language, length and avoiding personal attacks, we will not sacrifice your meaning. We will ensure your main message comes through on air and online.

The Blandin Foundation picked the Fond du Lac Band of Chippewa, Itasca Economic Development Corporation, Kanabec County, Lake County, Southwest Minnesota Broadband Services, Lake of the Woods County Economic Development Agency, Lac qui Parle Valley School District, Mille Lacs County and the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe as recipients of community grants to increase the adoption of Internet use by residents.
Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Aitkin, Carlton and Pine counties have begun talking about how they can solve their broadband problems together. They brought their plight to the state’s task force on broadband.
Latinos and voter ID
Outstate Minnesota cities with high concentrations of Latino residents split their vote on the photo ID constitutional amendment question in Tuesday’s election.