Archive for month: May, 2021
Area commissioners’ top issues: broadband, highways, telemedicine
in News/by Region NineMore federal funding to expand broadband, rules to allow the continuation of telemedicine, highway funding and more aid for small businesses are at the top of the list for area rural counties.
Those were the messages county commissioners delivered to U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar during a virtual roundtable she hosted Friday. The three commissioners are board members of the Region Nine Development Commission.
Le Sueur County Commissioner Steve Rohlfing hoped Klobuchar will help push for changes to federal rules to allow telemedicine to continue after the pandemic.
“COVID, like it or not, has really created some new avenues for us. Telemedicine is working and we don’t want that to go away.”
Rohlfing said telemedicine visits not only help with doctor and nurse visits but also with social worker and mental health professional visits.
He said current rules on reimbursement are designed to encourage in-person rather than telemedicine visits.
Klobuchar talks economic recovery plans for Region 9
in News/by Region NineSen. Amy Klobuchar talks COVID’s economic impact with the Region 9 Development Commission
The pandemic has hit businesses, hospitality industry and the economies of entire cities, with having to close restaurants for weeks at a time to canceling events that would’ve drawn tourists.
Representatives from Sibley, Le Sueur and Martin County joined the senator to tackle short and long-term pandemic recovery for Region 9.
Sen. Klobuchar announces the Restaurant Act which aims to help eating establishments and venues across the state.
”Mankato Ballroom, Kato Ballroom and a number of other places through the state. Including everything from First Avenue to the Bluestone Amphitheater. That was in the end of the year bill, that applications were just all in for that. The restaurants bill is going to help even more for your region, areas where we have had some significant drop-off from a lot of our restaurants and we want to keep them strong,” United States Senator, Amy Klobuchar said.
Sen. Klobuchar says on the horizon: infrastructure funding is coming as well.
Latest Posts
RNDC Celebrates 3rd Annual Local Foods WeekJuly 23, 2024 - 11:09 am
RNDC Shares Strategic Economic Development Plan Results at Faribault County MeetingMay 12, 2024 - 11:34 am
Region Nine Issued the Nation’s First A Rating for Corn StoverApril 19, 2024 - 12:56 pm
Contact Us
- 3 Civic Center Plaza, Suite 310
- Mankato, MN 56001
- (507) 387–5643
- Mon – Fri 8:00 – 4:30
Fridays from Memorial Day through Labor Day
we are open until 3:30.
The RNDC office is closed most major holidays. Please go to the Calendar for more information.
Our staff follows a hybrid schedule. Please call ahead or contact an RNDC staff member to schedule a meeting.
Join Our Newsletter
Categories
- Archive (3)
- Miscellaneous (5)
- News (168)
- Newsletter (82)
- RNDC Policies (3)
