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Revitalizing rural

The Daily Circuit hosted Professor Jack Geller, Chuck Hassebrook, executive director of the Center for Rural Affairs in Lincoln, Nebraska, and Jeff Kletscher, mayor of Floodwood, to talk about rural vitality in America.
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Governor’s group: State not on track to meet goal of broadband for all

Gov. Mark Dayton’s broadband task force says Minnesota is not on track to meet its goals of high-speed Internet availability for all households by 2015. It is urging a sales tax credit or an income tax exemption to encourage phone, cable and other companies to provide better high-speed access to the Internet in parts of Minnesota.
by Dave Peters

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The Duluth beer-beef cycle

The Duluth beer-beef cycle

Duluth brewers and restaurateurs Tim Nelson and Rod Raymond are recycling the spent grain from beer-making and using it to feed cattle they hope to serve patrons next spring.
by Dave Peters

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Blandin picks another nine broadband communities

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.
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Another rural broadband effort emerges

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.
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