March 2024

Moms who live in Minnesota are invited to join a free virtual fishing challenge during Take a Mom Fishing Weekend (May 11-12), when Minnesota moms can fish without purchasing a fishing license.To participate in the challenge, moms simply need to join the Facebook group and submit one photo of each fish they catch.

With less than half the average snowfall across much of the state and extraordinarily warm winter temperatures, drought conditions in Minnesota have persisted through the winter.

Last Wednesday, representatives from Minnesota’s Senior LinkAge Line along with Minnesota River Area Agency on Aging hosted an online presentation in order to provide information on how Senior LinkAge Line can help older adults and their families with a variety of aging issues.Claudia Thompson, a Resource Coordinator with the Minnesota Senior LinkAge Line through the Minnesota River Area Agency on Aging spoke about how the agency not only provides assistance for older adults, but their caregivers as well, whether that is a spouse, or children, sometimes even just with support.

Last week at the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) PowerXchange gathering, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) use of Farmer Benefit Plans for Empowering Rural America (New ERA) and Powering Affordable Clean Energy (PACE) program funded clean energy projects.