St. Cloud State University has been awarded nearly $148,000 from the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development, to train 84 employees of Netgain.
The Bernick Family Foundation and the Central Minnesota Community Foundation is accepting applications for their 2013 grant program. The foundation plans to give away about $150,000.
Anoka County is turning down a $1 million grant to promote healthy lifestyles. State officials are puzzled and say no county has ever turned down the grants from the Statewide Health Improvement Program, or SHIP.
Changing demographics in central Minnesota has prompted the CentraCare Health Foundation to give its clinics a $512,600 grant. The money will be used to train staff on cultural competency.
A woodworking company in western Stearns County has received a quarter-million grant to help train it's employees. The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development has awarded the $250,000 grant to Bayer Built Woodworks of Belgrade.