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Ground Level®: Amplifying Community Voices

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Broadband 7 revisited: Going without the stimulus

Ground Level’s “Broadband 7″ — places to watch in Minnesota as they try to expand high-speed Internet access — includes three communities going without federal stimulus money. They’re gauging public interest and examining feasibility.
by Dave Peters

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Broadband 7 update: Fiber hard to find and bids high but construction starts

Federal broadband stimulus projects in Minnesota have been beset by bids higher than expected and by a tsunami-related shortage of fiber optic cable, but construction nonetheless is starting this month near Lakefield and Lutsen.
by Dave Peters

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Study: Some rural hospital care is worse

A study published July 6 in the Journal of the American Medical Association reports that small rural hospitals do not provide the same levels of care found in larger hospitals.
by Dave Peters

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Rural gathering focuses on — what else? — national security

The National Rural Assembly in St. Paul, Minnesota, kicked off Tuesday evening with an address by Navy Captain Wayne Porter and Marine Colonel Mark Mykleby on the need to shift the U.S. approach to national security.
by Dave Peters

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