Governor Mark Dayton's plans to improve various areas of the state's infrastructure will be discussed at this year's legislative session. Lieutenant Governor Tina Smith visited WJON to discuss the impact Dayton's plans would have on the St. Cloud area.
A new facility to help fire departments learn how to fight an oil train fire is being planned for Camp Ripley. Governor Mark Dayton has included $3.5 million for the project in his bonding proposal. Don Kerr is the Director of Military Affairs for the Minnesota National Guard. He says it would simulate a small town setting.
The Minnesota Department of Corrections will be asking state lawmakers for in bonding money in 2016. The funding would be used to complete a project at the Minnesota Correctional Facility -- St. Cloud.
The historic Oliver H. Kelley Farm in Elk River has $10.5 million dollars of bonding money on the way after it was signed by Governor Mark Dayton on Tuesday.
Governor Mark Dayton has proposed a $986 million bonding bill this year. Several local projects have made it into the Governor's proposal, including the River's Edge Convention Center.