RED WING — Need help buying that first home? Updating a business? The USDA has some solutions. The United States Department of Agriculture has opened its Rural Development program for residents of ...

In this April 5, 2010 photo, Lisa Kartek stands near an open field and looks toward the home she purchased in Annandale, Minnesota, through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Development ...

Rural community development encompasses a diverse range of strategies that empower local populations by harnessing social capital, tailored educational and economic interventions, and integrated ...

As the Biden administration ends, a recent pilot funding program focused on creating jobs and supporting workers in an innovative, flexible way could shape Biden’s rural legacy. The Recompete Pilot ...

A ceremony to formalize a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Centre for Disability in Development (CDD) and the Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific (Cirdap) took ...

DES MOINES — Leaders of the Methodist Manor Retirement Community in Storm Lake were planning a renovation project. Then along came a federal loan program that gave them the resources to not only ...