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Governor Tim Walz was in Blue Earth this week to discuss rural broadband efforts

Olmsted County also has the lowest unemployment rate in southeast Minnesota.

The Lost Wages Assistance program, managed by FEMA, will provide individuals receiving unemployment benefits with an extra $300 a week.

The week of July 25 is the last week for the additional benefit payment unless extended by the federal government.

Businesses with 50 or fewer employees are eligible for grants of up to $10,000.

The daily number of Minnesotans applying for unemployment insurance has been on the decline since Friday, according to the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development.

The growth in exports from Minnesota outpaced the nation as a whole during the third quarter of this year.

Rochester, MN (KROC AM News) -  Minnesota’s economy lost 1,500 jobs in August, led by declines in construction and manufacturing.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Gov. Mark Dayton's economic development chief is stepping down.

St Paul, MN (KROC AM News) - A recent look at Minnesota’s job market found the highest number of openings in more than 10 years.

Rochester, MN (KROC AM News) - Minnesota’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was steady at 3.7-percent last month even though the state saw a net gain of about 11,800 jobs in February.

St Paul, MN (KROC AM News) -  Minnesota’s economy shed 7900 jobs in January.

Even though employers cut 5200 jobs last month, Minnesota’s unemployment rate fell a tenth of a point from November to 3.6 percent - the lowest monthly rate for the state since April 2001. The December rate was a full point lower than in the same month a year earlier ...