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FCC commissioner urges greater broadband adoption

FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn told the National Rural Assembly that more needs to be done to get poor people to get and adopt use of the Internet.
by Dave Peters

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Rural gathering focuses on — what else? — national security

The National Rural Assembly in St. Paul, Minnesota, kicked off Tuesday evening with an address by Navy Captain Wayne Porter and Marine Colonel Mark Mykleby on the need to shift the U.S. approach to national security.
by Dave Peters

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Rural health providers and the need to collaborate

Rural health providers and the need to collaborate

Clinton MacKinney urged rural health care providers to move toward the accountable care organizations envisioned in the 2010 national health care reform law.
by Dave Peters

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Advice to rural Minnesota: Look beyond the physician

Rural health care needs to get beyond the physician and use other health care providers, technology and other approaches, a number of participants argued at the Minnesota Rural Health Care Conference in Duluth.
by Dave Peters

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Sediment clouding the river: Getting to conversations about why

Sediment clouding the river: Getting to conversations about why

A seminar in Mankato sought to explore issues related to sediment in the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers from the perspective of the farming community.
by Jennifer Vogel

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Flow of information can bring disturbance

Several hundred Minnesotans involved in rural health care gathered in Duluth today for a conference called Cornerstones of Rural Health.
by Dave Peters

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Cool Internet speed comparison

Cool Internet speed comparison

This web site shows you how fast is fast when it comes to broadband Internet access.
by Dave Peters

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