WAITE PARK -- Cities, townships and counties that were included in the federal disaster declaration from June storms have started the reimbursement process.
The Minnesota Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management held an applicant briefing in Waite Park today...
Paynesville High School will be one of two schools in Minnesota to receive federal grant money to build a safe room for students, staff and community members.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is granting $2 million to help repair a 3-foot wastewater pipe damaged by Duluth storm damage last June. U.S. Rep. Rick Nolan announced the grant Monday. Nolan says the grant will go to the city of Duluth and the state of Minnesota to repair damage to the Western Lake Superior Sanitary District pipe.
Local providers of emergency shelter, rent and mortgage funding are about to face a major challenge. FEMA has slashed the amount of emergency housing support funding from 2.9 million dollars to 1.1 million dollars for the state of Minnesota.
Stearns County has qualified for federal disaster assistance for the storms on July 1st and 10th. The county has had over $531,000 in uninsured damage to infrastructure.