The U.S. Department of Agriculture has designated 18 more Minnesota counties as primary natural disaster areas due to heavy rain, flooding and cold temperatures from May 1 through July 1. The designation makes farmers and ranchers in those counties eligible …
Farmers in four southwestern Minnesota counties are eligible for federal help with crop damage caused by recent heavy rain and hail. U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has designated Rock County a primary disaster zone. That’s where storms damaged about 100,000 …
President Obama has signed a federal disaster declaration for 18 Minnesota counties hit hard by severe storms, high winds and flooding in late June. The declaration issued Thursday makes federal disaster aid available to state and eligible local governments, and …
More than 4,000 motorists stopped for minor traffic offenses in Wabasha, Minn., have avoided a citation by taking a driver safety course. The county is among a number of other Minnesota counties offering the classes as an alternative to a …