“Southwest Minnesota Broadband Group (SWMBG) has been selected by the federal government to receive a $6.4 million loan and a $6.4 million grant to provide broadband services to eight rural communities in southwest Minnesota.
The SWMBG is one of 11 groups or projects that received funding through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the grants and loans, which were distributed to nines states, on Wednesday.”
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