shop online at www.missourivalleyshopper.com March 5, 2019 • Page 9 USDA Announces Investments To Improve Rural Electric Infrastructure “WHEN I WAS LOOKING FOR A JOB, I PUT THE CLASSIFIEDS TO WORK!” HURON, S.D., February 28, 2019 nomic diversity. dent of the United States from the Acting Assistant to the Secretary for • Bonn Homme Yankton Electric Task Force on Agriculture and Rural Rural Development Joel Baxley today Association is receiving a $9 million Prosperity (PDF, 5.4 MB). In addition, announced that USDA is investing loan to build or improve 118 miles of to view the categories of the recom$122 million to expand and upgrade line, serve 228 new, rural consumers mendations, please view the Rural rural electric systems in Arkansas, and finance $434,356 in smart grid Prosperity infographic (PDF, 190 KB). Florida, Indiana, Oklahoma and technologies. Bon Homme provides USDA Rural Development proSouth Dakota. The funding includes electricity to more than 3,800 convides loans and grants to help more than $7 million to finance sumers over 1,300 miles of line in expand economic opportunities and smart grid technologies to improve four counties including Bon Homme, create jobs in rural areas. This assystem operations and monitor grid Hutchinson, Turner, and Yankton sistance supports infrastructure imsecurity. in southeastern South Dakota. Its provements; business development; “Modern and reliable electric inservice territory is primarily agricul- housing; community facilities such frastructure is foundational to build- tural, including cattle producers and as schools, public safety and health ing prosperity in rural America,” farms growing corn and soybeans. care; and high-speed internet access Baxley said. “Under the leadership of In April 2017, President Donald J. in rural areas. For more information, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, Trump established the Interagency visit www.rd.usda.gov. USDA is committed to being a strong Task Force on Agriculture and Rural partner in improving this essential Prosperity to identify legislative, infrastructure.” regulatory and policy changes that USDA is investing in seven procould promote agriculture and jects through funds from the Electric prosperity in rural communities. In Loan Program. The loans will help January 2018, Secretary Perdue prebuild or improve 964 miles of line to sented the Task Force’s findings to benefit more than 6,200 business and President Trump. These findings inresidential customers. cluded 31 recommendations to align For example, in South Dakota: the federal government with state, • West River Electric Associalocal and tribal governments to take tion is receiving a $30 million loan advantage of opportunities that exist to build or improve 163 miles of in rural America. Increasing investline, serve 1,049 new customers and ments in rural infrastructure is a key finance $2.4 million in smart grid recommendation of the task force. technologies. Smart grid includes To view the report in its entirety, computer applications, two-way please view the Report to the Presimachine-to-machine communications, geospatial M I S S O U R I VA L L E Y information systems and other tools to increase the Book 67 Intermediate Sudoku Puzzles by KrazyDad reliability and efficiency Fill the puzzle so that every row, every column, and every of electric power systems. section contain the numbers 1-9 withoutRrepeating a number. 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