Perhaps best known for filling party balloons and causing Mickey Mouse voices, helium is a critical element for many industries ranging from semiconductors to fiber optic cables. One of its biggest uses is as a coolant for MRIs. A new mining boom could be underway on the Iron Range following the discovery of a large, highly concentrated reservoir of the colorless, odorless, tasteless and non-toxic gas. Helium’s discovery in northern Minnesota earlier this year is a win for an area that could use it,
Legislation to distribute $16.75 million in onetime fiscal year 2025 funding among more than 40 organizations and municipalities for job training programs and other workforce development initiatives was approved Friday by the House Workforce Development Finance and Policy Committee. “Our workforce is in crisis,” said Rep. Hodan Hassan (DFL-Mpls), who sponsors HF5205. She added that the bill is an essential part of the solution to fixing the workforce shortage affecting all parts of the state. As
In celebration of Women's History Month, here is a (brief) history of women in the workforce in Northeast Minnesota using Census data. Women are slightly less likely to be in the labor force (employed or actively looking for work) than men. However, for the women that are in the labor force, they are less likely to be unemployed than their male counterparts. The unemployment rate for women in the region (4.2%) was nearly a full percentage point less than that for men (5.3%).To read more: Northeast Region
Sent from traditional, ancestral & contemporary lands of Ojibwe, Dakota, Northern Cheyenne & other Native peopleNEWS RELEASEFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 27, 2024Contact: Jeanine Dahl, jeanine@northlandfdn.org / (218) 428-1736Promise Act Grant Program providing grants up to $50,000 for Minnesota small businessesNorthland Foundation is accepting applications from northeast Minnesota businesses through May 21, 2024 Northeast Minnesota – The Northland Foundation announces the Promise Act Grant Program, making
Eligible businesses will:Have primary business operations located in the State of MinnesotaBe located in a community that has been adversely affected by structural racial discrimination, civil unrest, lack of access to capital, a loss of population or an aging population, or a lack of regional economic diversificationBe registered with the Minnesota Secretary of State, if required by Minnesota State Law Sole proprietors operating their business under their own name do not need to be registered with the